MV Gets Connector

[Tristan]

The grapevine, and nothing else, currently indicates that MV Transportation won the Fairfax South contract...

[79MetroExtraMD]

The grapevine, and nothing else, currently indicates that MV Transportation won the Fairfax South contract...

Damn. I didn't know South was up for bids. Yet again, two contractors, one system.

[Tristan]

It might not have ever happened...like I said, it's grapevine info, but I consider it reliable.

[79MetroExtraMD]

Yeah. That's true. I'm not too familiar with any of MV's practices, not even when they had the RideOn contract. If it is true, hopefully the level of service won't diminish or become sub-standard.

[rideonrulez]

From my experience of MV Transportation at Ride On, there like all other contractors though they did a better job then First (Worst) Transit personally. Just thanking god for not even having a contractor now....

[79MetroExtraMD]

Yeah. First is the worst. Here and abroad. One of my friends in the Uk says that First is the worst there. Stagecoach and Arriva are among the best.

[Perry]

I've heard nothing but horrible stories about MV.  If this is true, God help Fairfax.  Having two contractors for them isn't necessarily bad.  If there is a labor problem with one garage, the other can still operate rather than cripple the whole system.  My AGM and I here sometimes wish Tompkins was run by one contractor and Simmons by another.