[tabi] Re: Nova 2010 Plan

  • From: "Mister Blackjack" <misterblackjack2@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:47:04 -0400

Thanks, will do and read when I get some time. Their might be some loop
holes that might help us or that might need closing in the future.

 


Thanks,
Blackjack
misterblackjack2@xxxxxxxxx
 

-----Original Message-----
From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Easy Talk
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 2:42 PM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Re: Nova 2010 Plan

How about Americans with Disabilities Act.  another one you might want to
read is called safe-tlu I think. and people refer to it as safe t lu  or 
that is how it is pronounced.   This deals with fixed route system and 
percentages of how federal dollars are spent and the requirements for
obtaining federal dollars.

Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mister Blackjack" <misterblackjack2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 2:06 PM
Subject: [tabi] Re: Nova 2010 Plan


> Google it? Google what? Have no name for the law. What suppose to Google 
> for
> every federal mass transit law? Don't think so.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Blackjack
> misterblackjack2@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf
> Of Easy Talk
> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 2:01 PM
> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tabi] Re: Nova 2010 Plan
>
> Just google it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mister Blackjack" <misterblackjack2@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 1:50 PM
> Subject: [tabi] Re: Nova 2010 Plan
>
>
>> Hi, I think why federal law as you say requires that they not go more 
>> than
>> 3/4 miles off route is this is fine in a big city like New York or even
>> Jacksonville or Miami or LA and so on. Most of the people don't live out
>> of
>> 3/4 miles off the route if that. Plus in them size cities they have other
>> type of mass transit. This Federal law did not take in account rural
>> areas.
>> I have not read the law or seen it. So I am just going on what is being
>> said
>> here. Is I stated before you all are still forgetting about the ADA law
>> which is Federal law as well. Which one would take president here would
>> more
>> than likely have to be sorted out in court. Just my thoughts and now 
>> would
>> like to read this law if you all have a link to where it is at?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Blackjack
>> misterblackjack2@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Easy Talk
>> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 1:03 PM
>> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [tabi] Re: Nova 2010 Plan
>>
>> Hi Lorie,
>>
>> Thanks for the info but I am a little skeptical in the fact that Dial A
>> ride
>> does more than federal law requires.  The only thing they can do is 
>> extent
>> the 3 fourths of a mile rule and I know for a fact that is not the case.
>> Nancy folsom had to walk a block or 2 to catch Dial A ride when she lived
>> on
>> Montrose and people need to remember talk is cheep and government will
>> tell
>> you anything to get you off there back.  Before I would believe this, I
>> would want it in writing from the city as policy that will never be
>> changed.
>> We are currently under budget cuts and most likely it will get worse.  If
>> it
>> does that extra that dial a ride is supposedly giving will be the first 
>> to
>> go simply because federal law doesn't require it.  I think there are also
>> other people on this list that will tell you that dial a ride won't pick
>> them up because they are out side the 3 fourth mile requirement so I 
>> would
>> ask what they do that goes beyond federal requirements.
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Laurie Davis <mailto:davisllb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 12:31 PM
>> Subject: [tabi] Re: Nova 2010 Plan
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As some of you may know, my husband, Kevin, is on the Transportation
>> Advisory Committee for the Mayor.  This committee advises the City
>> Commission on transportation issues with Star Metro.  Mr. Sheib is on the
>> Committee, as well as some other people in the community.  I forwarded 
>> the
>> questions that Sila posted yesterday.  He posted some of the questions to
>> the Committee.  One had to do with making the street crossings at the
>> transfer points safer.  The other had to do with making textual maps of
>> the
>> routes, similar to those books that Taltran had.  He thought they should
>> have carefully-worded descriptions of the routes and the stops, including
>> landmarks, such as office buildings and shopping centers.
>> From what he can find out so far, Dial-A-Ride will not be changed at
>> all, since they already do a lot more than the federal requirements for
>> paratransit service.
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> Laurie
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Sila Miller <mailto:silam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 8:35 PM
>> Subject: [tabi] Re: Nova 2010 Plan
>>
>> Lynn, This is absolutely excellent and I truly appreciate
>> your time, effort and spokesmenship!
>> The below info came from a sighted but non-driving friend
>> who takes the bus DAILY to the R.A. Gray building, and for virtually all
>> her
>> errands.  She saw these weaknesses with the map as published on the
>> website.
>> Have a look and use what you need. I too liked Robert's suggestion of
>> feeder
>> routes (smaller buses.)
>> Thank you again!
>> Sila
>>
>> 1.  No bus access on Ocala Road between Tharpe and Tennessee
>> 2.  No bus access to schools on Miccosukee Road (Leon High,
>> Trinity
>> Catholic, Cobb Middle and Kate Sullivan)
>> 3.  No bus going into either Tallahassee Mall or Governor's
>> Square Mall
>> 4.  No bus to Griffin Middle School or Ruediger Elementary
>> 5.  No bus on South Bronough Street between Pensacola Street
>> and Gaines
>> - access to R.A. Gray Building
>> 6.  No bus on West College Avenue
>> 7.  No bus on Governor's Square Boulevard
>> 8.  No bus access to Lincoln High, Apalachee Elementary or
>> Adult
>> Education
>> 9.  No bus to Trousdell Gymnastics Center and pool
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Lynn Evans <mailto:evans-lynn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 3:54 PM
>> Subject: [tabi] Re: Nova 2010 Plan
>>
>> Ok how does this sound.
>>
>> I will definitely begoing to one of the meetings at
>> the senior center and maybe more on the 21st and 28.
>>
>> I have made a folder and I will funnel your concerns
>> about the Nova 2010 Plan into this folder and print the items out to take
>> to
>> the meeting. I am starting with Robert's message. I will remove the names
>> to
>> protect the innocent.
>>
>> Now if someone thinks this is a bad idea or just
>> wants to sound off and not have it printed out then I want do it.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Easy Talk
>> <mailto:easytalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 9:15 AM
>> Subject: [tabi] Re: Nova 2010 Plan
>>
>> This new system will pretty much make most
>> of us home bound since federal law says Pari Transit only has to go 3
>> quarters of a mile out of the fixed route system and from what I can tell
>> and is clearly stated in the plan busses will no longer go in to neighbor
>> hoods.  You can run buses up and down major roads in Tallahassee all you
>> want but it looks like they will be empty since people can't get to them.
>>
>> If it rains, the city might as well shut
>> down the buses.  Not many people are going to walk a mile or 2 to catch
>> the
>> bus and dial a ride will no longer be required to pick you up.
>>
>> Robert
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>
>> From: Chip Orange
>> <mailto:Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009
>> 5:53 PM
>> Subject: [tabi] Re: Nova 2010 Plan
>>
>> Hi William and all,
>>
>> thank you for the posting.
>>
>> I'd like you to know I've been
>> speaking with another blind individual, who is neither associated with
>> TABI
>> or TCB, so most of us are unlikely to know what he knows and vice versa.
>>
>> He in turn has been speaking with
>> Sam, and has mentioned to him that the new routes as planned, do not go
>> directly up to the malls (such as Governor's Square), but only approach a
>> near-by street corner (I believe he said the Parkway and Park Avenue for
>> instance).
>>
>> This would mean quite a walk for
>> someone going to Gov Square, and even worse, part of it would have to be
>> across the parking lot without any landmarks.
>>
>> He has also mentioned that several
>> routes would require transferring by walking across a difficult to cross
>> street such as ThomasVille Road or Capitol Circle, in order to achieve
>> certain routings.
>>
>> In general, he believes Star Metro
>> has made these decisions without considering the difficulty a blind
>> pedestrian would face in following the plan.
>>
>> I don't know if his understanding is
>> correct, and even if the current plan is still this way, but I thought 
>> I'd
>> point it out for those who are interested as an item I would judge to be
>> of
>> importance.
>>
>> hth,
>>
>> Chip
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Chip Orange
>> Database Administrator
>> Florida Public Service Commission
>>
>> Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> (850) 413-6314
>>
>> (Any opinions expressed are solely
>> those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida
>> Public Service Commission.)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From:
>> tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> blindwilly
>> Sent: Thursday, September
>> 17, 2009 5:40 PM
>> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [tabi] Nova 2010
>> Plan
>>
>>
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>>
>>
>> The following is an on going
>> discussion I have been having with Sam Scheiv of Star Metro.   In fact
>> here
>> is his first message, back to me.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Mr. Benjamin:
>>
>>
>>
>> It was nice speaking to you
>> yesterday.  Please find attached the document describing the Nova 2010
>> project.  Below I have written descriptions of each route
>>
>> as they are now.  I have not
>> included every turn or small street, but enough to understand the general
>> direction.  These routes are still in flux.  In
>>
>> fact I just made a change
>> this morning.  So this is not final.  We are taking suggestions from the
>> public and incorporating them into the plan.  That means
>>
>> we need to know what people
>> DO like as much as what people don't like.  I hope you find this
>> interesting
>> and I appreciate you calling.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> Samuel L. Scheib
>>
>> Senior Planner
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Nova 2010 Overview
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> For many years transit
>> concentrated in downtown Tallahassee where shoppers, moviegoers,
>> employees,
>> and diners invariably traveled.  Over the ensuing decades, the downtown
>> share of the city's employment decreased as shopping centers, 
>> restaurants,
>> movie theaters, and even government jobs relocated to the periphery (Tax
>> World, Koger Center, CCOC, etc.).
>>
>>
>>
>> The practice of transit is
>> changing, and a growing number of agencies have found serving multiple
>> destinations has been tremendously successful, starting with West Coast
>> transit properties in Portland, Oregon, and San Diego, California and 
>> then
>> spreading to places like Colorado Springs and Madison, Wisconsin, a state
>> capital with a large university presence like our own.  In Florida,
>> Pinellas
>> and Broward Counties have similarly restructured their systems.
>>
>>
>>
>> Concurrent with the 2005
>> StarMetro Renaissance Plan, the 2005 Transit Development Plan, the
>> November
>> 2008 City Commission Target Issue Meeting and the City Manager's 2009
>> Resolutions, StarMetro has taken preliminary steps to create a
>> decentralized
>> route structure plan for the City of Tallahassee.  Once implemented, the
>> plan, known as Nova 2010, would distribute transit services mostly along
>> major roadways in Tallahassee; several routes will not serve downtown at
>> all.  By not sending every route to C.K. Steele Plaza, passengers would
>> experience greater frequency of service and a system that more closely
>> resembles contemporary vehicular travel patterns.
>>
>>
>>
>> In developing the draft
>> plan, there were several assumptions about conditions in Tallahassee.
>> First, the system would, like the present one, serve the city of
>> Tallahassee
>> with the few exceptions currently in place, such as Bradfordville on the
>> 80x.  Second, we would work to use, to the best extent possible, existing
>> facilities.  We have Steele Plaza and approximately 105 bus shelters, and
>> have adapted a draft plan to use these resources as a starting point on
>> implementation day.   Expanding with additional facilities would be added
>> as
>> the plan gains popularity, as needed and as fiscally feasible.  Lastly, 
>> we
>> assumed two lanes on Tennessee Street between Monroe and Ocala would be
>> converted to transit-only use, as is currently recommended in a study by
>> Genesis Group.  Beyond that, our goal was to use similar existing
>> resources-the number of buses and drivers, the funding level-all would
>> remain as close as possible to current levels.  The above is based on our
>> cursory draft plan.  This draft plan is subject to changes based 
>> minimally
>> on a full system analysis, review of alternatives, considerable public
>> involvement, a thorough origin and destination study and Commission
>> approval.
>>
>>
>>
>> We focused our analysis on
>> employment density, as the planning literature consistently points to
>> employment density being better at generating transit trips than
>> population
>> density; although having high densities of both is best.  Since 
>> employment
>> densities are highest on major roadways, we assigned routes to these 
>> roads
>> while trying to approximate a grid network as seen on the attached map.
>>
>>
>>
>> Nova 2010 is intended to
>> accomplish several things:
>>
>>
>>
>> q       Reduce Downtown
>> Trips: The most common customer complaint is that all the buses go
>> downtown.
>> At a recent listening session, a customer lamented the only way to get
>> from
>> one section of Orange Avenue to another was to first go to Steele Plaza 
>> at
>> the corner of Tennessee and Adams Streets.  In order to mimic 
>> contemporary
>> travel patters (i.e. to go to jobs on the periphery) passengers often 
>> must
>> make the V-shaped trip of going downtown first and then back out again to
>> the customers final destination.
>>
>> q       Reduce Redundancy:
>> The current hub and spoke system requires all buses to meet at the same
>> time
>> at the central hub. Since C.K. Steele Plaza is located along a major
>> arterial (W. Tennessee Street, near the intersection with Monroe Street),
>> every bus must travel along this corridor at the same time in order for
>> passengers to make their transfers. This results in two or more buses
>> arriving and leaving from the plaza in tandem to travel along the same
>> corridor for a significant distance, passing the same stops. With the
>> concept Nova 2010 plan, the importance of C.K. Steele Plaza is downplayed
>> as
>> buses operate independent of each other. This allows for one bus to cover
>> an
>> entire corridor, instead of five buses covering the same corridor, as is
>> the
>> case of W. Tennessee Street.
>>
>> q       Increase On-Time
>> Performance: Another complaint staff receives is buses run behind
>> schedule.
>> This is primarily due to two reasons - buses traveling at lower speeds in
>> neighborhoods, and routes being dependent on each other for transfers
>> (i.e.
>> if one arrives late, the other buses are held for transferring patrons).
>> Under Nova 2010, buses will remain on the major roads allowing for higher
>> travel speeds as  applicable. In addition, the routes operate independent
>> of
>> each other. This means if one arrives late, it does not affect the
>> operation
>> of the other routes. Patrons are would be accommodated better with Nova
>> 2010
>> with higher service frequency leading to shorter wait times (10 to 30
>> minutes during peak hours verses up to an hour with the current system).
>>
>> q       Increased
>> Ridership/Decreased Carbon Footprint:  StarMetro expects Nova 2010 to 
>> make
>> transit significantly more attractive to a much broader part of the
>> community, and each single-occupancy-vehicle driver that shifts to 
>> transit
>> represents reduced carbon emissions, cleaner air, reduced congestion, 
>> less
>> road maintenance, etc.
>>
>> q       Reduce travel time
>> for patrons using transit: Instead of going in and out of neighborhoods,
>> the
>> Nova 2010 plan would have more direct service to major employment and
>> shopping/recreation centers.
>>
>> q       Increase frequency:
>> Buses will arrive more often giving our customers more options for using
>> transit service with greater convenience.
>>
>> q       Increased
>> Opportunities for Regional Travel: With few exceptions (80X, Route 17, 
>> and
>> Route 21), there are no opportunities for regional travel in the current
>> system. By decentralizing the system, independent cross-town routes along
>> major corridors create the opportunities for regional expansion.
>>
>>
>>
>> While there are many
>> distinct advantages in addition to the aforementioned ones of the Nova
>> 2010
>> concept plan, there are a few perceived disadvantages, which have proven
>> to
>> be advantages across the country:
>>
>>
>>
>> q       Routes would no
>> longer circulate within neighborhoods. This will, however, allow 
>> StarMetro
>> to serve a larger population by providing higher frequency and better
>> service to the most popular destinations.
>>
>> q       Related to the
>> above, walking distances to StarStops are anticipated to increase. On the
>> other hand, this will lead to fewer stops, increased mobility, a more
>> pleasurable riding experience and a healthier community.
>>
>>
>>
>> The benefits, however, would
>> far outweigh the few discrete disadvantages, which are better 
>> communicated
>> in a longer visual presentation.  StarMetro would have a more dependable
>> system going where our patrons want to go doing so in a timely, efficient
>> fashion.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> After I got this message, as
>> per Sila requested, I asked for a discription of the routes for the 
>> eleven
>> bus routes, and they are as follows..
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> US 90 (1), 20 minutes:
>> Fallschase, W US 90, S Appleyard, W Pensacola, N Blountstown, E US 90
>>
>>
>>
>> US 90 (2), 20 minutes:
>> Fallschase, W US 90, N Capital Circle, loop through Commonwealth, S
>> Capital
>> Circle, E US 90
>>
>>
>>
>> Orange, 15 minutes:  Loop
>> through Paul Dirac, W Roberts, S Eisenhower, E Lake Jackson/Orange Ave, S
>> Capital Circle, loop through Capital Circle Office Center
>>
>>
>>
>> East, 15 minutes.  Village
>> Square, Capital Circle, Southwood/Capital Circle Office Center
>>
>>
>>
>> Southside, 15 minutes: Ross
>> Road, N Shelfer, N Crawfordville, Gaile Ave, N Monroe Street, Steele 
>> Plaza
>>
>>
>>
>> Frenchtown/Bond, 15 minutes:
>> Orange, Saxon, Wahnish/Macomb/Old Bainbridge, Volusia, Alabama to Preston
>> Loop, and back.
>>
>>
>>
>> Pensalachee, 20 minutes:
>> Pensacola, Gaines, Lafayette, Apalachee Parkway
>>
>>
>>
>> Hospitals, 30 minutes:
>> Woodland, Tuscan, Sunnyside, N. Ridge, E Springsax, E Bragg, E Paul 
>> Dirac,
>
>> N
>> Jim Lee, N Magnolia, E Miccosukee, Capital Medical,
>>
>> Bufford, NE Centerville, SE
>> Fleischmann, W Misscosukee
>>
>>
>>
>> West Loop, 30 minutes (both
>> directions): N Monroe, SW Fred George, S Mission, S Appleyard, E Jackson
>> Bluff, N Woodward, E St. Augustine, through downtown
>>
>> to Monroe
>>
>>
>>
>> NE to Innovation:  N
>> Pottsdamer, E Iamonia, N Lake Jackson, E Gaines, Gadsden, Thomasville
>>
>>
>>
>> North Mover, 30 minutes:
>> Commonwealth, Hartsfield, Pullen, Allen, Henderson, Meridian,
>> Bradford/Betton
>>
>>
>>
>> CommonWalmart, 30 minutes:
>> Commonwealth, Tharpe, MLK/Duval/Bronough, Park, Gov. Square Blvd, Park
>> Conner Blvd, Walmart.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> It has been that
>> discriptions brings up more questions than answere, so here it is to work
>> with.\
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> William benjamin
>>
>> William Benjamin, Piano
>> Tuner Extraordinaire.
>> The tuner alone preserves
>> the tone.
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>>
>>
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