[tabi] Re: from today's Democrat: StarMetro listening session
- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 11:21:09 -0400
William,
Thanks for mentioning Miccosukee Hills ; I had no idea it would not be
served. some of the city's neediest people in terms of transportation
live there.
Chip
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> Subject: [tabi] Re: from today's Democrat: StarMetro listening session
>
> Chip,
>
> So glad the city and Star Metro are having listening
> sessions. Think about
> an election where 51 percent of the public elect someone.
> there is always
> going to be the 49 percent that feel cheated. We have been
> asking for a
> grid system and more service to places like Capital Circle
> routs and now we
> are really getting it. Is it perfect? No, but it is still
> going to be
> better than what we have. I have lived in a city about
> Tallahassee's size
> that went threw this change and it did have it's growing
> pains, but it came
> out better in the end.
>
> These listening sessions are great. Erica has even got them
> to change a
> rout to make things easier for her and her children, by being
> a part of it
> all. Others have the chance to be a part of the solution,
> and us in the
> community need to be part of it all.
>
> Thanks for your part in letting all the information out and
> you can count on
> me to remember that under it all there is a little good.
>
> PS: two things we need to fight for is service to
> Miccosukee Hills and the
> Governors Square Mall.
>
>
> William
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:04 AM
> Subject: [tabi] from today's Democrat: StarMetro listening session
>
>
> > October 7, 2009
> > Small group questions StarMetro about future
> > By TaMaryn Waters
> > DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER
> >
> > A small group of residents unloaded questions stitched with
> curiosity
> > and concern
> > Tuesday during a listening session on StarMetro's proposal
> to upgrade
> > the current
> > bus system.
> > They asked questions such as, How will the city educate people with
> > disabilities
> > about the mound of changes? What will the bus schedule be? How many
> > buses will be
> > on each route? How many transfers will I have to take?
> > The proposal, commonly called Nova 2010, is still in the
> works, so some
> > details are
> > not firm, said Andrea Rosser, a StarMetro planner, during
> the listening
> > session at
> > City Hall.
> > The goals are to reduce the need to transfer at C.K. Steele Plaza,
> > increase how often
> > buses come to a stop and provide service in areas currently
> lacking bus
> > stops, such
> > as Magnolia Drive and Orange Avenue.
> > The plan currently identifies 11 routes, half of them high-frequency
> > routes. Ten
> > of those routes were changed based on previous feedback
> from residents.
> > "It's got to respond to a real person's daily life," Beth
> Hollister, a
> > resident of
> > Myers Park, said of the changes.
> > She doesn't ride the bus now, but she would if it were more
> convenient.
> > She said
> > the current proposal primarily focuses on getting from
> Point A to Point
> > B, such as
> > from going from home to work.
> > Hollister said the plan needs to show how a rider can access other
> > places.
> > Rosser said the current plan would provide five to 13 places to
> > transfer.
> > Another concern was how some residents will need to walk
> further to get
> > to a bus
> > stop, even though more buses will serve it.
> > Others were concerned with the end of bus service to
> Governor's Square
> > mall. The
> > new plan would put a stop on Governor's Square Boulevard,
> which could
> > make traveling
> > profoundly difficult for people with disabilities if they are not
> > dropped off closer
> > to the mall.
> > Rosser said the questions were valuable to the planning
> process. More
> > than 100 listening
> > sessions, which will include law enforcement and specialty
> groups, are
> > slated before
> > a firm plan is presented to the City Commission in February.
> > She said. "No system is perfect, but the one we have now is
> a dinosaur."
> > Additional Facts
> > Upcoming Public listening sessions:
> > Thursday - From 7 to 8 p.m., Atkins Building, Koger Office
> Center, 1320
> > Executive
> > Center Drive.
> > Oct. 14 - From 5:30 to 7 p.m., Leroy Collins Public
> Library, 200 West
> > Park Ave.
> > Oct. 22 - From 5:30 to 7 p.m, Northeast Branch Library,
> 5513 Thomasville
> > Road.
> > Oct. 27 - From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5:30 to 7 p.m.,
> B.L. Perry Jr.
> > Branch Library,
> > 2817 South Adams St.
> >
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