[tabi] Re: how to email all city commissioners
- From: "Sila Miller" <silam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:42:56 -0400
I have written both the Mayor and Commissioners and StarMetro folks. I have
also relayed the info to many of my co-workers who use the R and T routes. I
hope people will let their voices and opinions be heard.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chip and Allie Orange
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 6:12 PM
Subject: [tabi] Re: how to email all city commissioners
Yes, I appreciate you telling me this.
The press release made it sound like people’s wishes should be communicated …
it certainly sounds to me like they wanted to hear from riders about this
proposed changed; after all, it’s phrased as a proposal, not as a “we’ve
decided this.”
As you say, and because of an email I received from StarMetro, I urge anyone
who believes that service to CCOC is important to communicate directly with the
commissioners, as the commissioners must approve this change, and StarMetro
made it quite clear to me in their response that as far as they are concerned,
this is a “done deal”.
I tried to suggest that many workers in CCOC, Koger, etc. live in the NE and
with some effort on StarMetro’s part, NE residents can often be talked into
doing “the green thing” (Allison says it’s hard to find anyone in a NE grocery
store who isn’t bringing their own reusable grocery bags just as a for
instance). I thought they could work to raise the ridership from the NE to
CCOC (offer one of the newer electric buses with WIFI, along with a little
campaigned that this lets you read your I-pad or whatever and someone else will
drive). I hoped they would try to raise ridership rather than cutting routes,
as that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. As they don’t seem interested in
comments after all, we can only write the commissioners.
Thanks for the info.
Chip
From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of blindwilly
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 4:28 PM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Re: how to email all city commissioners
Chip,
I was at the TD meeting yesterday and even though it is not directly the
fixed rout system, we did take time to talk about it. The change in South
Wood was based strictly on the numbers. Anyone can complain, but, you know
numbers and that is all that they have to go on and not people's personal
wishes.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chip Orange
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 3:41 PM
Subject: [tabi] how to email all city commissioners
Thanks Robert I have changed the subject on this thread in order to draw
people’s attention to the valuable information.
(I can’t really blame them if they tune-out of the discussion on StarMetro
by now).
From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Easy Talk
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 6:05 AM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Re: Fwd: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro
Proposes New Express Service to SouthWood
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
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-----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
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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
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