Unfortunately, it's a necessary exercise so the outraged fame-jumpers can get their slice of attention, too. Heaven forbid that a public employee simply contact a public entity (LTD) to fix it and then let it contact another public entity (EPD) to catalog it. Never let a faux crisis -- and a chance to fan local hysteria over national politics -- go to waste.
The only news here is that there's a city of Eugene employee who actually rides the bus. For free, of course.