[tabi] Re: Fw: starmetro info
- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:52:12 -0400
you know; that's an important question? I bet the hospitals have a
significant number of employees who would want to ride the bus.
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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
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(850) 413-6314
(Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Blackjack
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:48 AM
> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tabi] Re: Fw: starmetro info
>
> Yes, they should go to the Malls. I personally think since the mall is
> personal property and not owned by the city or county that
> they should pay
> for at least half of the upgrade to make a bus stop their. They would
> greatly benefit from it. Oh how about the two hospitals? Are
> they going to
> do pickup and drop off there as well?
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Blackjack
> misterblackjack2@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of ericamccaul@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:39 AM
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> Subject: [tabi] Re: Fw: starmetro info
>
> Robert & others,
> Erica here. I passed this info to Sila. I got if from Owen,
> who obtained it
> from StarMetro directly.
> And, yes, seniors, disabled, and school-age children all pay
> 60 cents.
> I'm pretty sure-- but not positive-- that when a discounted fare is
> deposited, the driver has to push a key-- presumably one of these 3
> categories-- to have the fare box accept it as a valid fare.
> These figures and percentages are from 2008.
> Interestingly, also from 2008, 29,979 people boarded at
> Governor's Square
> Mall; that's over 85 people per day. There were about 25,000
> people boarding
> at Tallahassee Mall. There still seems to be no concession
> from StarMetro on
> going into the malls. The argument for Tallahassee Mall, of
> course, is that
> since it is already in recievership (close to being
> bankrupt), why bother?
> This is NOT, however, a valid argument, of course, for
> Governor's Square.
> Another tidbit: In 2008, the malls were the only 2 stops
> among the top 20
> (most boardings) which were not campus stops (FSU, FAMU, and
> TCC-- don't
> recall the order). So, 1) this jives with the 76% of riders
> being students
> figure, and 2) makes it all the more ridiculous that they are
> refusing to go
> into the malls! The manager at Gov. Square said he is totally
> in favor of
> the buses continuing to come into "his" mall...
> StarMetro is going to try to make the mall put up any money
> that would be
> needed for "improvements" to make the parking lot traverse safe.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Easy Talk <easytalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, Oct 27, 2009 12:09 pm
> Subject: [tabi] Fw: starmetro info
>
> Here is a message Sila sent to me. Not sure where she got
> the info though.
> I find it interesting that Star metro has such stats
> available. I guess
> they get them from the fair boxes and sales of bus passes but if the
> disabled fair and seniors pay the same, how do they determine
> between the
> two. That said not counting the regular riders approximately
> 14.3 percent
> of riders could be disenfranchised and most certainly some of
> the other
> riders.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sila Miller" <MillerSi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <easytalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <silam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:10 AM
> Subject: starmetro info
>
>
>
> 89 thousand seniors
> 53 thousand disabled
> out of the 4.2 million
> 3 quarters of those were covered under university contracts
> Thus out of the
> approximate 1 million left,
> 5.3 percent disabled
> 9 percent seniors
> so, disabled not such a small percentage after all
>
>
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