[tabi] Fwd: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro Extends Weekday Service
- From: Lynn Evans <austin.evans60@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 18:11:24 -0400
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> From: "City of Tallahassee" <City_of_Tallahassee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: May 7, 2013, 2:23:00 PM EDT
> To: <austin.evans60@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro Extends Weekday Service
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> City of Tallahassee News Release
> Communications / City Hall / Tallahassee FL 32301 / 850.891.8533
>
> StarMetro Extends Weekday Service
>
> More Opportunities to Travel Later in the Evening - Starting today, many
> customers using StarMetro can look forward to more service in the evenings.
> Recently, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) awarded the transit
> agency with a service development grant to extend a majority of its weekday
> service until 8 p.m. Currently, StarMetro operates a weekday service that is
> comprised of 12 routes that run from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and a nighttime service
> that consists of six routes that run from 7 to 10 p.m.
>
> "Adding an extra hour of service on the majority of our weekday routes is
> part of an ongoing commitment to make StarMetro a convenient and effective
> way to move about Tallahassee," said Ivan Maldonado, director of StarMetro.
> "Our customers have asked for extended service, and we are pleased to be able
> to address that demand."
>
> StarMetro will take a phased-in approach to extending nine of its 12 weekday
> routes. Today, the Dogwood and San Luis routes will begin running their newly
> extended schedules with the Forest route running its new schedule on June 3.
> The Azalea, Big Bend, Canopy, Evergreen, Gulf and Moss routes will begin
> running their new schedules on August 24, just in time for the new school
> year. These nine weekday routes were chosen and prioritized due to their
> anticipated ridership demands.
>
> 'I am proud of StarMetro for their continued efforts to find ways to improve
> our transit system,' said City Commissioner Nancy Miller, lead commissioner
> on the City's Long Range Planning target issue committee. 'The extension of
> the weekday service will prove to be a huge benefit to our students and those
> who work later in the evening as they can now be assured that StarMetro will
> be there to take them home after their evening classes or shifts.'
>
> For more information about StarMetro services, please call StarMetro's main
> office at 891-5200 or visit Talgov.com/starmetro. Other ways to view
> information include liking StarMetro's official Facebook page at
> Facebook.com/starmetrotransit or following the organization on Twitter at
> Twitter.com/ridestarmetro.
>
> Contact: Brian Waterman, StarMetro Planning Manager, 891-5564; or Heather
> Teter, Department of Communications, 891-8533
>
>
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