Cathy_Orosz's Blog

Without revealing any names, can you give us some details? Which routes were they working? What time of the day? Was it kids that did this? What sets these people off?

Bus drivers are accidently probably missing destinations when passengers stops is coming up on the corner and it happens and it's not their fault; (it's accidental because it happens to me sometimes), their "Stop Request" bell sound is low and they can barely hear it, or people be playing with the bell cord, and passengers don't speak up and say "requesting for the next stop" if the bell doesn't work.

A passenger is exiting off another route and wants to jump on a new route and the previous driver blows the horn and signals to wait, but the other driver isn't paying attention. I should know; I use to run for the bus a lot but I don't no more. It isn't worth it. REMEMBER: THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ANOTHER BUS, BUT NOT ANOTHER YOU. People are rushing to get across the street when the opposite traffic is driving pass and be nearly almost getting hit by other cars.

I know I've been writing a lot, but this is an interesting topic because this is happening on a rare basis.

School bus companies should get involved and just provide more school busses for those who live far from their school with no questions asked so they can't be seen on the city bus.

MCTS should make a rule where no high school students are allowed to ride the city bus no more until they turn 21. Also, what MCTS should do is get people who ride the city bus and who are the age(s) of 21-Years-Old and Older make MCTS Bus IDs for all riders (just as if you would get a instructor permit and drivers license from the DMV). That means when people pay the bus fare by money or bus tickets and receive a bus transfer, or if they have a weekly bus pass, all they would have to do is show the bus driver their picture ID (which is required to have at all times) to be eligible and liable to ride the city bus anywhere and everywhere and as I said before get undercover police officers involved as well just to be on the safe side. All cities with city bus lines in Wisconsin should do this: Green Bay, Madison, Sheboygan, Grafton/Ozaukee, Waukesha, Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha.

It wouldn't require the city, the state, or federal money to be taken out of either. It can come out of people's hard-earned money, if they're willing to go through that. What do you all think? Does that make sense and sounds good to you all or no?

Cathy My husband works for the bus Company and 4 is only the tip of the ice berg as to how many of their employees are assaulted. Why doesn't fox 6 do a story as to why the transit company covers these stories up they never seem to make news, someone at the top (I don't need to name names, you see him on TV talking about the transit Company all the time) is covering up so much of what these people have to deal with, this is nothing new and has been going on for decades.

In todays society they need to arm their selves, suprise one of these ruthless people when they try to assult them!

It sounds like some of the incidents can be blamed on unruly teenagers. In one instance I was told the bus driver asked several teenagers for their fare while they were boarding - instead of forking over any money they started punching the driver in the head. He is still out on disability a year later. All he did was ask for bus fare!