FYI ----- Original Message ----- From: City of Tallahassee To: evans-lynn@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 9:07 AM Subject: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro's Service Area Expands To Include Fallschase Area StarMetro's Service Area Expands To Include Fallschase Area On Monday, December 7, StarMetro will begin providing service between Downtown Tallahassee and the Fallschase commercial district, located on Mahan Drive east of Capital Circle NE. The expansion includes extending the current route 12 to service the new area by traveling east on Mahan Drive past Capital Circle NE, south on Sabine Drive, west on Acadian Boulevard, north on Weems Road and back west on Mahan Drive traveling towards Downtown. The new loop will cover businesses, such as Wal-Mart and Costco, and provide park-and-ride opportunities for commuters traveling on Mahan Drive. View the new route at Talgov.com/starmetro/routes/rt12.cfm. "The current ridership on route 12 is 43,933 trips annually," said Ron Garrison, executive director of StarMetro. "We expect a significant increase in ridership with the extension of route 12 to Fallschase." The funding for the extension comes from a service development grant through the Florida Department of Transportation for $240,000, with matching funds provided by the City and Leon County. "This provides a great opportunity to provide additional service to unincorporated Leon County," Garrison said. "In addition, this extension serves as the initial step toward decentralization, which currently includes a route running along US 90/Tennessee Street/Mahan Drive from Capital Circle NW to Buck Lake Road." By 2011, StarMetro hopes to decentralize its route system, which will increase the frequency of service along US 90/Tennessee Street/Mahan Drive from Capital Circle NW to the Fallschase area from one bus every hour to a bus every ten minutes during the morning and afternoon peak commute times. For more information, please contact StarMetro at 891-5200 or visit Talgov.com/starmetro. Contact: Brian Waterman, StarMetro Planning Administrator, 891-5564; or Heather Harris, StarMetro Marketing Specialist, 891-5206 Click here to update your information and email preferences Powered by: ImarcsGroup.com