[tabi] Re: Bringing all the issues together
- From: ericamccaul@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:49:03 -0500
Here is a starting list pursuant to Kevin's request:
Nova 2010 Pros:
1. More frequent buses.
2. Lengthened hours of operation on Sundays. (This also mandates
lengthened hours of Dial-a-Ride service on Sundays.)
3. Minimal difference between daytime and night/Sunday coverage.
4. Some people get a considerably more direct route to their primary
destinations.
Nova 2010 Cons*:
1. Increased walking distances to/from points of origin/destination and
bus stops.
2. Many of these walking routes are along major roadways with
inadequate, incomplete, or no sidewalks.
3. Transferring buses may require crossing one or both multi-lane
thoroughfares at major intersection heretofore unaccustomed, due to
their heavy traffic flow, to pedestrians.
4. Tallahassee is NOT a pedestrian-friendly city. Drivers lack
consequences for law-breaking.
5. Some people will have to transfer more than once to reach their
destination (or will have to transfer once, where before they had a
direct route). Walking further and waiting on connections will offset
the time-saving benefit of higher bus frequencies.
6. The goodwill alone of StarMetro, Public Works, TPD and/or other City
entities in no way guarantees public safety.
Grants are wonderful... ONCE RECEIVED AND IMPLEMENTED, but provide no
protection before then.
* It should be noted that the Cons cannot be completely assessed by
many riders or potential riders because the route descriptions provided
to date do not reference where bus routes cross. Therefore, riders may
not have an understanding of how they would get from point A to point
B, and which intersection crossings would be required.
IN SUMMARY: Many on TABI who have voiced their opinions seem to be open
to the concept of a grid-type system. However, a nearly universal,
overwhelming concern seems to be the desire of StarMetro to barrel
ahead with this plan before travel routes to, from and between buses
are as safe as possible. If there's no money for sidewalks, audible
signals and the like, then the project should be postponed. Nova 2010
should not be implemented until the safety improvements are complete at
all transfer points.
-----Original Message-----
From: daviska9 <daviska9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, Nov 8, 2009 1:09 pm
Subject: [tabi] Bringing all the issues together
Good Afternoon All,
I have been monitoring the
discussions for and against NOVA 2010, first through Laurie, and now I
have
joined TABI. I wonder if some of you would be willing to help me get
all
of the points, both pro and con, put together in one posting. I will
then
forward that to the Transportation Advisory Committee(TAC), of which I
am a
part. The TAC is very interested in the safety issues involved, and
have
been reviewing these even before NOVA 2010 was presented to us.
We are a part of the city
commission, and not a part of StarMetro. We are due to make a
recommendation one way or the other to the commission after the first
of the
year, and I want to make sure all of the information that can be is put
on the
table.
I may not be perfect,
but I am trying to be neutral and represent the interests if the
visually
impaired on the TAC.
You should know
that the new system provides Laurie and I with some VERY positive
benefits.
That interest is only one piece that I present to the TAC. If you are
willing,
a consolidated list of your views would be very helpful to me. Let me
know what you think.
There is a little
known “be attitude” Blessed be the flexible, for they will
bend and not breakJ.
Hope to hear from
you all soon
Kevin Davis
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