Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Buzz Kill

Last week it was officially announced that the Palm Springs Trolley was coming!!It has a new, survey approved name, The Buzz. According to the official agenda the new name and trolley implementation were decided by an “Ad Hoc Stakeholders Committee”. Forgetting that assault on the English language, it remains to be seen how the Trolley will work in reality.

It will run 4 days a week from Vista Chino to Genn Autry on Palm Canyon and then back on Indian. It will be free. Starts at 11a and ends around closing time Thursday thru Sunday. Costs almost a million dollars a year to run.

Now there are quite a few unanswered questions regarding the Buzz.

  1. Will locals be able to ride it?
  2. Will the disabled be able to ride it?
  3. Will the Buzz have security because believe it or not, some people may
have been drinking before they board?

This will be an interesting experiment. The city has already activated it's, “How cool are we!!” PR machine to get the word out.


As always, the devil is in the details and for a cost of a million dollars, these details should be released as soon as possible.

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