It's easy to hate on LTD. It is poorly managed, has no safety program to keep its drivers in line and its board is unelected (just like LRAPA, which is also easy to hate). However, we desperately need a functioning public transit system locally and LTD is literally the only game in town.

It would be a shame if the long-range plans to expand EmX so that it can adequately serve our region were to be stopped so far short of its goals. A partial public transit system is much less effective than a fully built one.