Transit grant application top-trending

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News that the Lake Transit Authority has submitted a grant application to fund increased commuter services drew a lot of viewer interest on Tuesday on the Lake County Record-Bee website.

Rogue Valley Transit to lengthen schedules

It will be easier than ever for my husband and me to use Rogue Valley Transportation District (RVTD) buses during stays in Ashland, Ore. The Medford Mail Tribune reported that starting April 2, RVTD will expand weekday hours and add Saturday services.

Green publications should promote public transit

Screen capture: Voting break-down from Mother Earth News poll results

An email from Utne Reader this week invited me to take a “green vehicle” survey that was hosted by Mother Earth News. The first few questions had to be left blank because they involved the answerer’s primary vehicle and “public transit” wasn’t an option.

Help keep bus routes on time

The highlight of my evening commute is the bus’s pass through a downtown Lakeport that is decorated with holiday lights: in storefronts, lampposts and the tree in Old Courthouse Square.

Occupy movement begins at home

An increasing number of Facebook posts and pages concern “occupy” parodies or spin-off movements, among them “Occupy Sesame Street” (“99 percent of the cookies are consumed by 1 percent of the monsters”), “Occupy Gringotts” (We are the 99%… of Wizards”) and “Occupy Autism Speaks” (“We are the 1 in 110”).

Water refill station, anyone?

The most compelling feature for me was what was missing from the “Sustainable Sonoma” exhibit at the recent Sonoma County Fair.

All aboard the yard-sale bus

In the interest of keeping it local, I would like to propose an alternative to charter bus excursions that take Lake County dollars to distant communities. Instead, why not charter a Lake Transit bus to tour yard sales on Saturdays?