[tabi] Fwd: FW: letter to editor - should run this week in Tall Dem.
- From: ericamccaul@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:36:35 -0400
Kudos to Sue Ellen!! (In case any of you are wondering, Sue Ellen is a bus
rider by choice, NOT due to any disability which prevents her from driving.) I
will Forward the article she references separately.
Erica
FWD MSG: Here's what I sent the Democrat yesterday. Mark says they
plan to run it. - Sue Ellen
To the Editor:
I appreciate that the Democrat’s Mark Hohmeister drew attention to
automobile driver vs. pedestrian issues in his Aug. 14 column.
These issues are at the center of concerns being voiced by bus
riders regarding the city's bus system decentralization plan
(Nova2010). Under Nova2010, most bus riders will no longer change
buses at the downtown bus plaza, but instead will be dropped off
and picked up along major roads like Capital Circle, Mahan,
Tennessee, Monroe. Given how often we see car
drivers disregard red lights, stop signs, and pedestrian rights of
way, many riders are understandably concerned about having to walk
across six-lane (eight with turn lanes) intersections to change
buses.
Add the too-long headways planned (most are 30-40 minutes, not the
one 10-minute route city staff touts), and chances increase that
stressed bus commuters, panicked that the next bus connection
doesn't come for 30 or 40 minutes, will take great risks to
cross streets to a bus that's at a stop or pulling away.
The city commission should reconsider the Nova2010 plan and commit
to spending the time and money necessary to have a bus system for
Tallahassee that is safe, convenient and reliable.
Sue Ellen Smith
Tallahassee
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