New Haven Independent

Posted by: Edward_H | September 9, 2009 2:49 PM

Has anyone even bothered to ask the people at Bolt Bus if adding New Haven as a stop is feasible for them? Since Morehead does seems more interested in getting reelected than doing productive work maybe someone at the NHI should ask for a response from the company in a future or updated article?

Posted by: The Professor | September 9, 2009 4:24 PM

Edward H,

Doesn't "productive work" GET you reelected? Or are you saying that working to get the City to buy the Q house out of bankruptcy (which morehead did) isn't productive work?

I agree that it would be good to ask Bolt Bus what they think, but it seems that it should be on their radar--New Haven has plenty of people who would like to go to NYC or Boston to visit friends and family fairly regularly, and we're right on I-95, which I understand to be the route that Bolt Bus takes up to Boston.

Posted by: Ben | September 9, 2009 4:36 PM

Hey Edward,
I have talked to them and they are not adding lines till '10. The hope is New Haven would be one of those lines.

Posted by: Edward_H | September 9, 2009 6:36 PM

The Professor

Or are you saying that working to get the City to buy the Q house out of bankruptcy (which morehead did) isn't productive work?

Considering the out of date building is going to need millions of dollars of repairs, no. But that of course is a matter of opinion.

It seems very silly to me as a business owner myself for a politician to go running around creating useless legislation inviting a business to come to New Haven without contacting said business first. This appears to be more about political grandstanding than making a genuine effort to bring a business to New Haven. Contact the business first find out if there are any legal, economic or business reasons for them NOT to come to New Haven then craft legislation to help overcome those obstacles if possible.

Posted by: dee | September 10, 2009 1:42 AM

Can you read, Edward_H? Where does it say anything about legislation? It was a resolution, nothing more, nothing less, and probably didn't take up that much of the BOA's time. But what that resolution will do is show Bolt Bus that the city supports a stop in New Haven, and will work with them to make it happen. If you don't think that will work in New Haven's favor when Bolt is deciding where to put new stops, then you really don't know what "productive work" means.

Posted by: Edward_H | September 10, 2009 11:23 AM

Dee

Can you read, Edward_H? Where does it say anything about legislation?

From the article above:

Riding the wave of enthusiasm, Morehead (pictured) drafted legislation to invite the company to add New Haven to its list of destinations. The non-binding resolution is the first bill that the alderman has authored.

From the previous article on the subject:

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/09/dixwell_race_hi.php#comments

Morehead told students he's "authoring legislation to put a Bolt bus stop in New Haven,"

Since you failed to read the articles yourself I doubt you have the ability to debate what "productive work" is.

Posted by: jmc | September 10, 2009 10:12 PM

Note that the baggage policy seems to disallow transportation of bicycles; that being the case, it is immaterial to me whether the company comes to this city.

Posted by: downtown d | September 11, 2009 12:50 PM

Bolt Bus did see the picture of 5 citizens wearing red showing up at the Board of Alderman hearing on Tuesday. See the image here on the SeeClickFix issue:

http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/7425.html

Here's Bolt Bus' tweet:

http://twitter.com/BoltBus/status/3864787482

"@dwscmt You're welcome! We love the picture of you guys spelling out Bolt! Red shirts and all! :)"

Posted by: Pete | October 18, 2009 3:15 PM

Don't rely on BoltBus if you ever need to work. Their internet and electrical outlets are unreliable. The only reason I'd ever chose them is because they have both internet and electrical outlets, while other companies don't. But in my extensive experience, their amenities work less than half of the time. When they don't work, their drivers are unapologetic and their customer service representatives are confrontational. I'll never spend a dollar of my travel money again on this company, which is just a subsidiary of Greyhound, so I'm not sure why I'm always surprised when stuff does not work.