N&R reporter Taft Wireback, who (in my opinion) has served as the paper’s resident mass transit advocate, actually rides the bus. Guess what —- Wireback discovers they don’t run on time:

Some day, public transit could be the answer for a great majority of Triad residents, including commuters like me. But not before local leaders get way more serious about providing better vehicles, routes that are more direct and, above all, buses that run on schedule.

Still, Wireback writes:

Maybe mass transit is finally coming of age here. Or maybe a new era is dawning, one in which household finances are so tight that only a select few can afford the solo drive to work anymore.

I’m not sure how far off that day is, considering the fact that less than 1 percent of the Triad’s population use mass transit as it is.