SunRailRiders is seeking a blogger to write about LYNX and crusade
to improve the public bus system that serves Orange, Seminole and Osceola
counties.
For the past 2 years www.SunRailRiders.com
has been raising hell to fix our commuter-train service. We want to give LYNX
the same scrutiny because its riders deserve better service than they’re getting.
Frankly, SunRail’s success depends on LYNX success. We need
a strong, unified, reliable and easy-to-use public-transit system – bus and
train – to improve Central Florida’s livability.
Too many of our neighbors spend 4 hours or more every day riding
the bus or waiting for a bus in the rain and sun. That’s because LYNX doesn’t
have enough buses. This situation is wrong and needs to be fixed NOW.
Ideally the bus blogger has been riding LYNX for years. The
writer needs to be someone who keeps up with local current events (as in reads
local newspapers); knows the ins and outs of the local bus system, and
understands the politics of public transportation. It doesn't matter if the bus blogger doesn't use SunRail.
This is a chance for a creative person who is passionate
about facts and public transportation to get published and make a difference.
The bus blog will initially be incorporated into the SunRailRiders
website. However, it will have its own distinct Facebook and Twitter channels. We would also
back up the blogger with video and photos.
So how about it?
Don’t apply if you hope to get rich, but we can probably
work out a little something, something. Send
an email to sunrailriders@gmail.com.
