Carlos Elorza: Student at Cal State LA takes about how he was affected by bus service cuts in December and how his mobility to go to school will be affected again if the 730 line is eliminated in June. [English]

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Carlos Elorza: There has been service cuts to lines I take to school. So everyday I have to wait for two or three buses before I can take one, because they got so full from the students that there was not enough room on the busses to get on. And sometimes I used to get out of school at one, and I had to get to work at three, but I would get there late because I had to wait for two or three busses. So that's one way I have been affected and I know other students who have been affected in the same way. And now with another cut, especially a cut in mid day, where most of the students are getting off from school, your going to have to wait for four busses before you can actually take one go home. That is probably the biggest problem with these cuts.

Interviewer: What would you like to tell the Mayor and the people that should be representing you?

Carlos Elorza: To think more about the people who commute to work or to school. LA is a huge city with millions of people that take the bus every single day and to be cutting service like that makes it so that people will not be able to get to work on time, you know? Maybe they will lose their job because they are not getting to work on time and that affects the entire city. We don't want to see more cars on the street and that will just create more congestion rather than having buses that take all those people to work and to school. It's just better for everyone if we maintain our public transportation system and expand it so that it can carry a big amount of people where they need to go.