CARTA screwing over WA riders

Rant :snoo_tableflip: :table_flip:

Has anyone heard ANYTHING from CARTA regarding West Ashley bus routes? Over the past few months, they've just randomly canceled service on the 33 route. I work at CofC and the 33 is my means of getting to work every morning. Several days in the last month or two, they've just canceled the 7:00 from Bees Ferry. No explanation, no reason, everything just flat out says no service. When they do this, they also cancel the 9:00, 11:00, and so on, every other hour. They're also pulling this bullshit for afternoon service. I usually get a ride home with a friend who lives in my apartment complex, but she went out of town last Friday and I had NO way of getting home via bus come 5 o clock. EVERY SINGLE BUS ROUTE that goes to WA (33, 30, XP2) was nowhere to be found. I ended up paying 40 dollars for Uber just to be able to get home.

CofC and MUSC have some kind of contract with Carta for their employees to ride free, yet Carta is cutting service on the line that brings a lot of us CofC and MUSC peeps downtown for work at 8:30!!! The inbound 7am 33 is PACKED every time I'm on it, and those of us that work further up the line past the mall can't get to the mall to catch the XP2. Luckily I can get a ride in with a friend but I know not everyone is so lucky.

This is absolutely unbelievable and inexcusable. Its like they WANT MORE cars on the road!! Don't really think there's any solution, just wanted to know if anyone else on here has been affected and wanted to rant.

Posted Mar 10, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC

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