[tabi] Re: Fw: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro Completes Draft Bus Stop Analysis for Decentralization
- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:46:05 -0400
Yes, and so was my coworker John Plescow, who is also quoted in an
article about the changes in today's Democrat. Congrats to both of you
for providing the public with another reminder that public transit is a
resource very important to those who can't drive.
I haven't had a chance to go get the text of today's article, but it
said very little which was not essentially a repeat of the previously
made claims for Nova2010, except for John's comments. He did (I think it
was him) point out how complex the new system routing is, and difficult
to plan a trip across the city.
FYI, in a note which I think is related, a woman in a wheel-chair was
recently struck and killed by an automobile as she crossed a street, and
the police have yet to release the details of that accident.
Chip
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Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
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(850) 413-6314
(Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
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[mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darla J. Rogers
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 2:04 PM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Re: Fw: City of Tallahassee News Release -
StarMetro Completes Draft Bus Stop Analysis for Decentralization
Our own Lyn Evans was on television discussing the Star Metro
changes. Good job, Lyn.
Darla & Precious Roxy
Darla J. Rogers
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Home phone #: 850-329-7437
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere--Martin
Luther King, Jr.
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynn Evans <mailto:evans-lynn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:47 PM
Subject: [tabi] Re: Fw: City of Tallahassee News Release
- StarMetro Completes Draft Bus Stop Analysis for Decentralization
Hello Darla:
Now if the city of Tallahassee had contracted with the
Lighthouse of the Big Bend to make the maps accessible this would be a
resounding YES.
However I don't think so.
Below is a link to the route descriptions that have been
on the Internet for a wile.
http://www.talgov.com/starmetro/nova2010_routes.cfm#1
<http://www.talgov.com/starmetro/nova2010_routes.cfm#1>
----- Original Message -----
From: Darla J. Rogers
<mailto:djrogers0628@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:52 PM
Subject: [tabi] Re: Fw: City of Tallahassee News
Release - StarMetro Completes Draft Bus Stop Analysis for
Decentralization
Dear Lynn,
Are these maps written in such a way as to be
accessible to t totally blind person since I have a meeting to attend
Thursday?
Darla & Precious Roxy
Darla J. Rogers
djrogers0628@xxxxxxxxxxx
Skype Username: wildflower0628
Home phone #: 850-329-7437
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere--Martin Luther King, Jr.
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynn Evans
<mailto:evans-lynn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:13 PM
Subject: [tabi] Fw: City of Tallahassee
News Release - StarMetro Completes Draft Bus Stop Analysis for
Decentralization
FYI
Subject: City of Tallahassee News
Release - StarMetro Completes Draft Bus Stop Analysis for
Decentralization
<https://www.talgov.com>
StarMetro Completes Draft Bus Stop Analysis for Decentralization
Now Open for Public Input on the Proposed Nova2010 Bus Stop Locations
After a thorough bus stop analysis with a consultant and citizen/bus
operator group, which took place over the summer, StarMetro has released
the preliminary bus stop locations for Nova2010, the route
decentralization project approved by the City Commission last spring.
In order to gain feedback on the proposed bus stop locations, StarMetro
staff will hold a public meeting on Thursday, August 12, from 7 to 10
a.m. in C.K. Steele Plaza. Members of the public who cannot attend this
meeting on August 12 may view the bus stop location maps online and
email feedback to nova2010project@xxxxxxxxxx or starmetro@xxxxxxxxxx
and/or call StarMetro's main office at 850-891-5200.
Currently, StarMetro utilizes 1,052 bus stops spread out across the City
of Tallahassee. Most of these bus stops are fairly close to one another,
less than a quarter of a mile.
"Of the 286 eliminated bus stops, most would be eliminated under the
Nova2010 system due to proximity," said Ron Garrison, Executive Director
of StarMetro. "Many of our bus stops are simply too close to one
another."
According to the preliminary bus stop analysis, the Nova2010
decentralized system would utilize 766 bus stops. Of these 766 bus
stops, 478 currently exist in today's system, and 288 are brand-new bus
stops. These new bus stops
<http://www.talgov.com/starmetro/pdf/nova2010-route&stops.pdf>
would be placed along corridors that are not served today and that would
be served in the Nova2010 system - corridors, such as North Monroe
Street, Magnolia Drive, Capital Circle NE/SE and portions of Orange
Avenue and Blair Stone Road. Most of the Nova2010 bus stops would be
placed within 3/10 of a mile from one another and at major intersections
and trip generators.
"This draft bus stop analysis took quite a while to complete, but with
the help of the consultant and the citizen/bus operator group and with
support from the Transit Advisory Committee, we are ready to release
this information," said Ron Garrison, executive director of StarMetro.
"We hope to get good feedback and suggestions from the public so that we
can move forward with implementing Nova2010."
StarMetro's Nova2010 route decentralization project aims to take the
current downtown oriented route structure and break apart each route to
create a more grid-like route structure with routes running from north
to south and east to west, many bypassing downtown's C.K. Steele Plaza.
For more information, please call StarMetro's main office at
850-891-5200 or visit Talgov.com/starmetro
<http://www.talgov.com/starmetro/index.cfm> . For additional project
updates, please call the Nova2010 hotline at 850-891-5283 or email
nova2010project@xxxxxxxxxxx Citizens may also follow updates on Facebook
at Facebook.com/starmetrotransit
<http://www.facebook.com/StarMetroTransit> and Twitter at @starmetro_
<http://www.twitter.com/starmetro_> .
CONTACT
Brian Waterman, StarMetro Planning Administrator, 891-5564; or Heather
Teter, StarMetro Marketing Specialist, 891-5206
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