Why do we blog?
Today, blogs are nearing the same esteem as published journalistic articles, editorial columns, or even primary sources for news gatherers. We, however, have often considered blogging to be the 21st century equivalent of yelling at your TV. Sure, you can be as loud as you want. You can be opinionated and funny, you can even be right, but it’s not going to change what’s going on in the world. We don’t mean to imply that one voice can’t make a significant impact. In fact, we believe the opposite. Though, in order for one person to make a difference, others have to listen.
Unfortunately right now, it’s just too easy for everyone else to get wrapped up in yelling at their own TVs, being just as opinionated—though not nearly as funny or as right as you are. Everyone’s talking and no one is listening. But what is actually getting done? It is so difficult for one person’s good ideas take root when the “blogoshpere” seems to be little more than know-it-all (or should I say know-nothing) soap-box orators and carnival barkers, desperately shouting over one another to get thirty seconds of your attention.
So why are we blogging here if it’s not going to make any difference? Aren’t we just adding to the noise? Well, that’s just it. This is a totally different kind of blog. In fact, it’s hardly a blog in the traditional sense at all. We had even considered calling it an “un-blog” or a “reverse blog” or even a “golb” but we weren’t sure how many would get it. Anyway, this blog is so special, so radical, so earth-shatteringly ground breaking (not to mention humble) because it’s not all about what we have to say. We’re not here to yell at the TV. We’re here to LISTEN to YOU. Not only are we going to listen to your questions and opinions, but we actually want to help you, and that changes the game entirely.
We know that you’re the kind of person who makes a difference in your community and we want you to know that the R-TRAC specialists are here to assist you in any way we can. We’re ready to answer your questions, provide you with training resources, and help you conduct research. It’s our goal to give you the tools you need to make a positive impact. Not only will you be getting the services of R-TRAC, but you’ll be able to receive input and assistance from other contemporaries in the fields of rural transit from across the country.
So don’t be shy. Tell us what’s happening in your neck of the woods. What issues are impacting your business? What improvements have you made in your service area that others could make as well? We want your concerns, your successes, your questions, and your solutions so that we can help you improve your community, and hopefully, thanks to your contributions, the national transit community at large.
Now it’s time to get active. Leave us a comment here on the blog. Send us an email at info@nationalrtap.org. Call us toll free at 888-589-6821, or type away and chat with us live using the Chat with a Specialist feature on our homepage. We’re waiting for your voice.
