[tabi] Re: Fw: starmetro info

  • From: "Lynn Evans" <evans-lynn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:24:30 -0400

I would hope businesses world scream bloody murder also. I know the Tallahassee Museum will no longer receive bus service under the new plan.



----- Original Message ----- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:51 AM
Subject: [tabi] Re: Fw: starmetro info


you know, receivership means only that it will continue to operate;
that's not a valid reason for refusing to serve it.






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-----Original Message-----
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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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