[tabi] Re: Fw: COT NR - StarMetro Launches Route Decentralization Study
- From: "Sila Miller" <silam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 20:52:29 -0400
COT NR - StarMetro Launches Route Decentralization StudyHi Lynn and All,
This is super news!!! From what I understand, Mr. Garrison will be at TCB's
October meeting to gather input and answer questions. I urge you to be there.
Say, how is the best way to access a written discription of how any particular
route is run? I missed one last Saturday because I was on the East side of
Village Square and, I'd called in to inquire on just how it was run ahead of
time. Oh, the power of clear communication! Many thanks for any and all info!
Sila
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From: Lynn Evans
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Subject: [tabi] Fw: COT NR - StarMetro Launches Route Decentralization Study
If interested meeting times are at the bottom on this posting.
----- Original Message -----
From: Scheib, Samuel
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 12:42 PM
Subject: COT NR - StarMetro Launches Route Decentralization Study
CITY OF TALLAHASSEE NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
September 1, 2009
Contact: Brian Waterman, StarMetro Planning Administrator, 891-5564; or
Heather Harris, StarMetro Marketing Specialist, 891-5206
StarMetro Launches Route Decentralization Study
'nova2010' seeks to completely restructure routes next fall
Today, StarMetro, the City of Tallahassee's mass transit system, is launching
a study to gather community input on potentially decentralizing the entire
transit network. The project is called Innovation in Transit 2010, or nova2010
for short. It plans to take the current transit system and break apart each
individual route to create a grid-like route structure with routes running from
north to south and east to west. This will create multiple transfer points
instead of one main transfer point downtown like the system uses now.
"Currently, all of StarMetro's regular routes go through downtown, so a
patron traveling from northeast Tallahassee to northwest Tallahassee must go
through the plaza to reach his or her destination," said Ron Garrison,
StarMetro's executive director. "By decentralizing the existing route
structure, nova2010 not only better serves existing customers, it makes transit
a viable option for the entire community."
By traveling on major roads, eliminating route redundancy, improving overall
system efficiency and expanding transfer options, a decentralizing StarMetro
would:
- Dramatically reduce downtown transfers
- Reduce travel times
- Reduce the carbon footprint
- Increase on-time bus service
- Significantly increase bus frequency (buses comes more often)
- Increased local and regional travel options
"With a decentralized transit system, some StarMetro customers may walk a bit
further to a StarStop, but customers will have multiple transfer options,
greater bus frequency, shorter travel times and overall improved route
performance," Garrison said.
Preliminary work toward a decentralized system began more than eight months
ago with an origin/destination survey of nearly 2,500 current StarMetro
customers and an employment density study of major employers, which was
completed recently. With this data, StarMetro planners constructed a concept of
what the decentralized route structure could look like. (See current conceptual
map at http://www.talgov.com/starmetro/pdf/nova2010-concept.pdf)
In order to obtain community input, StarMetro will hold a series of Listening
Sessions to review the project and the conceptual map. Listening Sessions are
scheduled for:
- September 8 at the Lawrence Gregory Community Center, located
at 1115 Dade Street, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
- September 10 at the Walker Ford Community Center, located at
2301 Pasco Street, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
- September 21 at the Tallahassee Senior Center, located at 1400
North Monroe Street, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
- September 28 at the Tallahassee Senior Center from 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
The public involvement process will continue through October/November 2009.
Beginning in December 2009, StarMetro planners will take the feedback received
from the Listening Sessions and revise the conceptual map. In January 2010,
StarMetro will finalize the decentralized route structure and begin the
approval process with the City Commission. Upon approval from the City
Commission, StarMetro will begin the internal logistics of changing over to a
new system in spring 2010, with the intent of launching as early as fall 2010.
"The ultimate goal of nova2010 is to create a transit system that better
meets the changing demands of the Tallahassee region. Direct, fast, forward,"
Garrison said.
For more information, please call StarMetro's main office at (850) 891-5200
or visit Talgov.com/starmetro. For additional project updates, please call the
nova2010 hotline at (850) 891-5283 or email nova2010project@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Samuel L. Scheib
Senior Planner
StarMetro
850-891-5411
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