I'm sure there are upset people. I hope once they find out what happened they'll realize we didn't have a choice. We missed the morning rush hour for sure.

It has developed in a sprawling fashion. Mass transit is most efficient when people only have to walk a block or two to a bus stop. That's part of smart growth, to develop areas more urbanized in nature and that makes them more efficiently served with transit.

Our drivers tried to report for work, but found the roadblock in place. All of Lee County was affected.

We created a demand last year, we felt it was very important to meet that demand at least the same level of service, provided we get approval.

We hope vehicle manufacturers will come to the point where they are fitting all vehicles with a side-airbag package. In other words, front, side and head protection,

It takes a long time to build up a relationship but I hope we can become good friends.