Ever since I have known Bill Zimmermann he has been battling the NFTA. Why? Because Bill has made it a daily chore to walk across the street to his neighborhood bus stop to clean up the litter strewn about (see story). He’s written letters and he’s barked about it publicly. To this date, these litter magnets still have no garbage cans for people to dispose of their pizza boxes, candy wrappers, etc. Bill has even roped some of his neighbors into the act.
Last week Bill decided that he was sick of the daily chore. But if he stopped cleaning it up, nobody else would take care of it and he would be left with a mess on his hands. That’s why he decided to post a note on the bus shelter explaining to people that he cleans up after them because the NFTA won’t provide a garbage can. “It worked,” he told me. “Not to say that there is no litter, but the amount of litter has dramatically subsided. Now I think that it is up to the NFTA to post their own notices about the litter policy. If people aren’t reminded to leave their garbage behind, then it’s ‘out of sight, out of mind’. Can the NFTA please just listen to this simple request? Can they help to solve the garbage problem that occurs at their bus shelters and stops? Either post signs asking riders not to litter, or provide them with garbage cans.”
Support for Buffalo Rising comes from:
Support for Buffalo Rising comes from: