We got our new meter yesterday. In 18 hours, we've used 9 kwh. Using that, we should use about 12 kwh per day and 360 every 30 days. Obviously that can fluctuate depending on what we're doing, but that's still less than half of what we were charged for last month.

I think NG was ripping us off with the old meter we had that we didn't know how to read and no one could explain how to read.

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I talked to them and they asked me to wait until I was out there. We fly out Feb 5

Thanks I’ll give them a try!

I know right, with the amount of surveillance checkpoints in the city they know every single person going in and out.

Very nice to know that Worcester is anti-fascism, as should be the rest of America

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Precision in Dudley. Up front and honest about pricing. Excellent workmanship

WRTA sucks. It's free now; great. You can not pay for the bus that doesn't come.

But really, why is there a driver shortage? Drivers get good pay.

There are people asking for money all over the city. Can these people not be trained to drive buses and, when that's been done, they get a decent middle-class lifestyle?

Advanced is great. Avoid Franchi Bros.

Public transit is a public good. It should be funded through taxation robust enough to pay the people who run it attractive and livable wages. This wouldn't necessarily require raising taxes; a better option would be to divert existing tax revenue from the excessive spending we currently allocate to military and police.

Ah. I can see that now on the route specific schedules pages. Damn. If they announced that anywhere I missed it.

Unfortunately, this is the cost of decarbonization.

WRTA 2 16 30 31 has no service on Monday’s

Free - paid idgaf either way. I just need somewhat reliable public transportation 🤷‍♀️ which is apparently too much to ask.

This subreddit: They should just make transit completely free permanently!

Also this subreddit: why can't they afford to pay more workers a higher salary so this doesn't happen?

I’m a bus rider- five days a week, work related- so I get it. It would be great if they would at least be specific which runs exactly are being cancelled when they need to do so, with more than last minute notice. I assume that’s whats up with the new Friday rescheduling, but the random cancellations happen several days a week.

“Catch the next bus using http://bustracker.therta.com”

Also, their tracking system isn’t always accurate - not all buses show up on the tracker- so it’s impossible to know if/when a bus will ever show up.

Sucks.

But yes, communication is not very widespread when a change or cancellation is made, so that does result in people getting stranded - which is not great.

Even when they announce runs will be canceled on certain lines, they never say which ones specifically. It’s crazy.

Also depending on when you were waiting on Monday, they activated their “snow routes” in the afternoon so I know that results in some rerouting so the buses avoid hills.

We also use Child Health in Auburn. They can be hard to get on the phone on Mondays, but we've never had any issues getting sick visits/med checks/annual visits. I like their PCP and all of the other providers they've seen there. Also, they do their own covid testing in-house, which has been amazing because results have always come back within an hour for us.

They cancel busses regularly due to lack of drivers. Can happen any day, not necessarily just Monday. Follow them on Twitter for a heads up. (They have changed Fridays schedules, the specifics are on the website) Good luck

“WRTA @therta Jan 23 Due to a lack of available drivers, some trips on routes 11, 24 & 26 may be missed this afternoon/evening. Catch the next bus using “

I only found out the other day. I was waiting at one of the bus stops and nothing came by. I missed classes because of it.

I’m interested. I played a while back and kept wanting to join other D&D groups but they were always in a campaign

They barely announced it. They posted on Facebook.

Wait what? There were recent cuts made on Fridays but I’ve heard nothing about Monday’s.