[tabi] Re: Fwd: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro Proposes New Express Service to SouthWood
- From: "Easy Talk" <Easytalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 06:05:06 -0400
Also if you send your messages to
commissioners@xxxxxxxxxx all the city commissioners and the mayor will get your
message.
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: Erica
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: jplescow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 2:12 PM
Subject: [tabi] Re: Fwd: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro
Proposes New Express Service to SouthWood
I will once again encourage TABI subscribers-- just as I'd encourage ALL
citizens-- to not just voice your dissatisfaction to your friends and cohorts,
but MORE importantly to your politicians. Bring your well thought out concerns
and suggestions to City Commission meetings and/or meetings with individual
Commissioners.
This is exactly the process John Plescow used so successfully to secure
Braille placards for our bus system... The first IN the U.S. To have Braille
signage!!
Erica
Sent from AOL Mobile Mail
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Atkins <catkins@xxxxxxx>
To: tabi <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 11:20 AM
Subject: [tabi] Re: Fwd: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro
Proposes New Express Service to SouthWood
Chip I know you're right the things you tell us because I know several people
using the bus and complaining that they wished things could return to the old
days; rides used to take fifteen minutes take much longer now!
----- Original Message -----
From: Chip Orange
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:08 AM
Subject: [tabi] Re: Fwd: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro
Proposes New Express Service to SouthWood
· Thanks Lynn for this, and thanks Sila for further info.
It’s unbelievable to me that the city is promoting this as being done
because they want to get the residents of Southwood to downtown. While they’re
trying to do this, they are making it much harder on those who work at
Southwood but generally live in North-East Tallahassee.
Who do they think is riding the bus? Someone living in Southwood who wants
to go downtown some afternoon? Or someone trying to get to work each and every
day?
This makes no sense from a transit point of view. Instead, it looks like
more of the city’s plan to try and do something with the downtown (no matter
how much money is spent, and no matter who is inconvenienced), and which
includes the wonderfully successful “party bus”, and the 2 million dollar pub
the city is about to own.
Obviously you can see how I feel about the downtown issues, and while it’s
one thing to spend tax dollars there, it’s another to begin disassembling our
bearly function transit system to also try and promote this at the expense of
those who need to get to work every day.
Chip
From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Lynn Evans
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 2:10 PM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Fwd: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro Proposes
New Express Service to SouthWood
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
From: "City of Tallahassee" <City_of_Tallahassee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 14, 2013 at 11:51:42 AM EDT
To: <austin.evans60@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro Proposes New
Express Service to SouthWood
City of Tallahassee News Release
Communications / City Hall / Tallahassee FL 32301 / 850.891.8533
StarMetro Proposes New Express Service to SouthWood
Red Hills Express Would Offer Greater Convenience to Commuters -
Residents in SouthWood may soon have a quicker and more direct way to travel
between home and downtown via StarMetro. Today, the transit agency announced
plans to combine portions of two of its existing routes serving the SouthWood
area into one direct route called the Red Hills Express. The proposed service
change, which goes before the City Commission on Oct. 23, would allow customers
to travel between the two major destinations in as little as 30 minutes with no
transfer.
In order to gain feedback from area residents and commuters on the
proposed express service, StarMetro planners will hold a public meeting on
Thursday, Oct. 17, from 12 to 3 p.m. at Shuster's Café, located at 4055
Esplanade Way.
If approved by the City Commission, the new Red Hills Express,
which includes a stop on Magnolia Dr. near Governor's Square Mall, would begin
on Monday, Nov. 4.
'By combining the SouthWood portions of the Red Hills and Tall
Timbers routes that overlap, we can distribute our resources more efficiently,'
said Ivan Maldonado, director of StarMetro. 'As a result, we can provide a
direct, express route from SouthWood to downtown -- giving residents and
commuters a faster and more convenient service.'
The Red Hills Express would offer a high level of service during
the typical travel times of commuters. The service would provide eight trips
during the day -- four trips during the morning and four trips during afternoon
peak travel times.
With the proposed express service serving the SouthWood area, the
existing Red Hills and Tall Timbers routes would be combined into a single Tall
Timbers route. Proposed changes are available for viewing on the proposed
system map (PDF).
For more information about StarMetro services, please call 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, 891-5564; Sandra
Manning, Utility Marketing, 891-6175; or Heather Teter, Department of
Communications, 891-8533
Other related posts:
