You've all seen them by now around town, the AATA busses with the wraparound ads all over them. If you've ever been inside one with the ads on them (and Johnny HAS) the first thing you'll notice is the blurry haze the outside world becomes. Riders who have complained (according to AATA THREE of them) mention these very facts, blurry outside world and street signs and other signs become hard to read.
Now, AATA has decided to revisit this decision made three years ago to add the ads. Mary Stasiak, AATA manager of Community Relations says the ads raised 77,000 clams for AATA between July 2006 and July 2007.
These wraparound ads ARE distracting. AATA made 77,000$ last year on them.
GUESS which altruistic angle is going to win out.....
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All due respect, Johnny, I don't find these ads distracting.
And even if I did, it the AATA -- which is the best bargain going for those of us who commute back and forth from Ypsi to A2 -- shouldn't be blamed for trying to generate a few clams. I don't think my Go!Pass is paying lots of bills for them!
The RIDEr
Fair enough. I was merely making comment on MY experiences. Yes there are two sides to this in keeping fares affordable but mostly I was merely making snark on the point that they had THREE complaints and 77K in the balance....
Like Archie Bunker once said "Now guess what's gonna happen..."
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