[tabi] Re: from today's Democrat: Lack of quorum stalls vote on bus changes
- From: Beth <thebluesisloose@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:45:43 -0500
Oh, that's so cool! Tell your daughter I said hello. I had no idea
that would happen.
Beth
On 1/22/10, daviska9 <daviska9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't disagree about the mall. I do have updated info on your comment on
> StarMetro Para transit, I'm sick of calling it Dial-A-Ride, cause it isn't
> and never was. Anyway, StarMetro Para transit proper is not prioritizing
> rides, just the CTC or Community Transit. The part that I think big Bend is
> doing with Dial-A-Ride for after hours/weekends outside of the StarMetro
> coverage area. Call to be sure, but it all operates as long as you have bus
> service in your area at that time.
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> Sorry in advance group, I couldn't pull the individual email out here;
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> By the way Beth, My daughter is Sharon Davis who you met at Raa Middle
> School last in world choir. Take care all,
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> Kevin Davis.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Beth
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 2:10 PM
> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tabi] Re: from today's Democrat: Lack of quorum stalls vote on bus
> changes
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> This is interesting. They need a route into Governor's Square
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> Mall because how the heck can a blind person effectively do this?
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> I mean, like, going to the mall? Also, Dial-a-wait (dial-a-ride)
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> is prioritizing travel routes for us who don't do doc
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> appointments and the like, so how are we to get to places like
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> the mall and do so safely?
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> Beth
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>> ----- Original Message -----
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>>From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>Date sent: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:53:34 -0500
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>>Subject: [tabi] from today's Democrat: Lack of quorum stalls vote
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> on bus changes
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>>January 22, 2010
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>>Lack of quorum stalls vote on bus changes
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>>By TaMaryn Waters
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>>DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER
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>>The city of Tallahassee's Transit Advisory Committee, a
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> citizen-advisory
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>>board, couldn't
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>>vote on StarMetro's proposed Nova 2010 plan Thursday night since
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> it
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>>didn't have a
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>>quorum.
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>>A special meeting is now set for Thursday so the committee can
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> vote on
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>>whether to
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>>support the plan, which includes changes in how the city's bus
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> system
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>>operates. StarMetro
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>>planners will use the vote as a guide for finishing a draft
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> report and
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>>map, which
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>>has had eight revisions since August. It's slated to go before
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> the City
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>>Commission
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>>in March.
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>>During Thursday's meeting, several concerns were brought up by
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> committee
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>>members
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>>and riders. Those include safety, particularly when crossing busy
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>>intersections,
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>>the elimination of a route into Governor's Square mall and a need
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> for
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>>more audible
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>>signals.
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>>"The safety concerns are riding over everything," Kevin Davis, a
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>>committee member
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>>and StarMetro rider, said.
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>>Davis said he supports some of the proposals, but he said the
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> safety
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>>concerns are
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>>"overwhelming" compared to the plan's benefits.
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>>Owen McCaul, a bus rider, agreed, especially since the new plan
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> has 39
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>>transfer points
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>>but only two audible signals, which he says are helpful for
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> people with
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>>disabilities.
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>>"I really feel like they are not giving adequate attention to the
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> safety
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>>concerns,"
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>>McCaul said.
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>>Sam Scheib, a senior StarMetro planner, said the plan, which is
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> designed
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>>to decentralize
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>>the bus system, would create bus-transfer spots across town
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> rather than
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>>run all routes
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>>through the C.K. Steele Plaza. It would increase the number of
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> buses
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>>coming to a
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>>bus stop during peak hours, and it would reduce routes in some
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> areas.
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>>He said planners are looking into safety and logistical issues.
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> The
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>>draft has been
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>>changed several times as a result of input from riders. For
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> example,
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>>service to Trojan
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>>Trail was added instead of backtracking on Conner Boulevard, and
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> a "loop
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>>route" was
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>>divided into two different routes in an effort to increase
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> connectivity
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>>between the
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>>south side and Lake Jackson areas.
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>>Some riders were worried about the lack of sidewalks at some of
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> transfer
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>>points.
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>>Scheib said the city is working on that, although he couldn't
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> guarantee
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>>they'd be
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>>complete by nova2010's target launch in December.
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>>As for a route into Governor's Square mall, Scheib said it would
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> cost
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>>$46,000 per
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>>year. He said the plan must remain "cost neutral."
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>>"If we can get Governor's Square mall to pay for it, then we can
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> do it,"
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>>he said.
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>>Or, Scheib said, some other service will be affected.
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