Evelyn Margarita, Latina Service Worker: Speaks about the difficulties of getting to work after a bus line that she used was eliminated and urges politicians to stop taking advantage of working-class tax payers. [Spanish]

Transcription and translation below.

Evelyn: They [The bus service cuts] are going to affect me in terms of getting work because I am going to have to take several buses. And then well, if they are going to cut weekend service [on the 757] I work Saturday and Sunday so I am going to have trouble getting to my jobs. The buses are the only form of transportation I have. So I don't think what they are doing is fair, because, if it wasn't for us the bus riders, the drivers wouldn't have work. I don't think this is right. And they make fares so high! And one has to pay it anyway even if you don't work all week. Yeah I don't think this is right.

Interviewer: Tell me how you where affected by the December bus service cuts:

Evelyn: Oh I was affected because I used to take the red one that used to pass through Beverly and now well the 14 takes way too long, it doesn't run very often. Sometimes I wait an hour or 45 minutes. Because sometimes I get there and the bus already passed so then I have to wait a long time. Or in the afternoon, because there is a school there on Fairfax, sometimes it is crowded with students and they won't let you get on. They don't pick you up, you stay at the bus stop, sometimes two or three buses pass you up and that is a problem.
Well I would like them to cooperate and to support us too because we are people who contribute to this country paying our taxes, we also have rights. And they are here to help us and support us too like we supported them when we gave them our vote.

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Evelyn: Oh me van a afectar en el momento de que a la hora de ir a agarrar mi trabajo porque voy a tener que abordar varios buses. Y luego este, si los van a cortar para el fin de semana yo trabajo sábado y domingo entonces va a haber un problema para poder llegar a mis trabajos. El único medio de transporte que tengo son los buses. Entonces pienso que no esta bien lo que están haciendo porque, ah, si no fuera por nosotros los pasajeros tampoco ellos tuvieran trabajo los drivers. Yo pienso que no esta bien. ¡Luego muy, ponen demasiado alto el pasaje! Y uno como sea tiene que comprarlo aunque no tenga toda la semana trabajo. Si pienso que no es correcto.

Entravistadora: A usted, cuénteme como le afectó el recorte que hubo en Diciembre:

Evelyn: Oh me afectó porque yo agarraba el rojo que va sobre la Beverly y ahora pues ahí es mas tardado el 14 no pasa muy seguido. A veces lo espero hasta hora, o 45 minutos. Porque a veces voy llegando y ya se ha venido entonces hay que esperar mucho tiempo. O en las tardes porque por ahí esta una escuela la de la Fairfax, y a veces se llena demasiado de estudiantes y no lo dejan a uno ir. No lo levantan ahí se quedan, y a veces pasan dos, tres buses y es un problema.

Pues me gustaría que ellos pusieran de su parte y que nos apoyaran a nosotros también porque somos personas que aportamos a este país pagando nuestros impuestos, nosotros también tenemos derechos. Y ellos están para que nos ayuden a nosotros y nos apoyen también como nosotros los apoyamos a ellos cuando damos el voto por ellos.
Evelyn: they [The service cuts] are going to affect me in terms of getting work because I am going to have to take several buses. And then well, if they are going to cut weekend service [on the 757] I work Saturday and Sunday so I am going to have trouble getting to my jobs. The buses are the only form of transportation I have. So I don't think what they are doing is fair, because, if it wasn't for us the bus riders, the drivers wouldn't have work. I don't think this is right. And they make fares so high! And one has to pay it anyway even if you don't work all week. Yeah I don't think this is right.