Photo by cstein96

Just a few days after Metro’s board gave preliminary approval to the restructuring of the 30s bus lines, the Examiner has a story reporting that Metro General Manager John Catoe is now shifting his attention toward improving Metrobus service after spending his first year focusing mainly on Metrorail.

Among Catoe’s priorities for Metrobus: hiring more bus supervisors and giving them dispatcher authority that would allow them to make alterations to bus schedules when traffic conditions call for such action. Having that sort of power could help supervisors prevent what we’ve nicknamed “bunchabuses,”, the phenomenon of having two or more buses bunched together, traveling down the same route at the same time. For a classic example, see Flickr user cstein96‘s photo above, featuring a whopping six S buses approaching 16th and U at the same time, from back in February.

Missing from the story: why don’t bus supervisors have this power already? We know you have plenty of bus complaints, so add your gripes/suggestions for Metro in the comments.