MATA- English Paper Topic

People are encouraged to ride the bus to decrease pollution and to help decrease the amount of cars on the road, but with the system being as bad as it is, how do they expect us to?  I rode a public transportation bus all throughout high school and I don't ever remember a day that I met someone who thought that the transit system was doing a good job.  I always heard someone, whether it was a student or an adult, complaining about how slow the bus was or how horrible the driver was or even how awful the people on the bus were.  Certainly we can do something to change some of these issues.  Of course not all of it are the transit system's fault, but there are many problems that can be solved by them.  Slow transportation is a huge reason why most people don't ride the buses.In the news, bus drivers of these public transportation services get a bad representation because of the process that they currently have.  There are cases of bad driving and sleeping on the job; taking rests are fine, but sleeping on the job is just unacceptable.  There were a couple of drivers, not in Memphis, that hit pedestrians or cars.  I've seen my share of drivers, having ridden the MTA for four years.  Some are nice, some are just plain awful. Earlier this year in Memphis, there was a union formed to try and create a connection between the riders, who are fed up with the awful treatment of bus riders and the high prices of riding buses.  It is a huge step in helping improving the problem, but how else can we improve the system?