[Chat] UNFAIR FARES! ... was Re: [Discussion] Location correction for Transportation issues paneldiscussion -- May 28th at 7:30 pm at First English Lutheran

[Crystal]

Hey maybe I can be quick enough to answer this before
Matthew -- 

CPHA has organized a big rally against the cuts in
transit and increases in fares TOMORROW -- that's
Tuesday May 20th 5:30-7 pm at the State Office Bldg.
Auditorium, 300 W. Preston [@ the State Center Metro
and Cultural Center Light Rail stations, and on the
#5, 10, 14, 19, 21, 27, & 91 and near the #3 & 11 bus
lines] 

I thought I posted a notice about this a few days ago,
but maybe you didn't see it?

:)

Crystal

(Matthew, was I quick enough?)
--- Ward Eisinger <sweisinger at jhmi.edu> wrote:
> Matthew:
> 
> What of the proposed changes to fares and service
> that are being bandied
> about by the MTA?  Is this something that you are
> following, and if so
> what are your thoughts?
> 
> The Shuttlebug that serves Hampden and runs through
> Remington is due to
> see a 100% fare hike with a 50% reduction in
> service.  This seems likely
> to decrease ridership and not increase it,
> especially for a family that
> might currently choose to ride the Shuttle Bug into
> Hampden.  If you are
> only ever likely to have to wait 15 minutes for the
> next bus it seems
> worth the $.50, but if you risk having to wait over
> 30 minutes for
> $1.00, each way, then it seems less attractive.
> 
> I would appreciate your thoughts since the RNA is
> trying to figure out a
> position on this.  None of us have a particular
> expertise in this field.
>  Are you still with the CPHA and if so does the CPHA
> have a position on
> this topic?  Don't they have some transit rider
> group?
> 
> Another consideration for the RNA, is that we worked
> hard to get the
> ShuttleBug into Remington, it is successful, we
> think that it is a
> community asset, and we would hate to see it lose
> riders and/or fail.  
> 
> Thanks,
> Ward
> 
> >>> WeinsteinM at aol.com 05/16/03 13:13 PM >>>
> Sorry -- correct location is 2nd Presbyterian Church
> three blocks away,
> not 
> 1st English, as noted below.
> 
> 
> "Transportation Policy Issues Affecting the
> Baltimore Region"
> 
> Why has transportation policy become the focus of
> efforts to reverse 
> Baltimore's decline, unite the region, and save the
> Bay?  What led to
> the 
> confrontation between regional leaders and the
> Governor over regional 
> transportation policy during the recent legislative
> session?  Can
> Baltimore 
> really have a rapid transit system modeled on
> Washington's?  Why is the 
> federal transportation reauthorization so critical
> to the Baltimore
> region's 
> future?  What is really in the Bush Administration's
> new "SAFE-TEA"
> proposal?
> 
> These and many other questions will be answered by
> three panel members:
> Chris Lynch, Chief of Staff, Office of Congressman
> Ben Cardin
> Anne Perkins, co-chair, Baltimore Region Rail Plan
> Advisory Committee
> Dan Pontious, Director, Baltimore Regional
> Partnership
> 
> The program is sponsored by NDC - New Democratic
> Club and takes place 
> Wednesday, May 28th at 7:30 p.m. at 2nd Presbyterian
> Church, 4200 St.
> Paul 
> St., in the Westcott Room.  You can park on St. Paul
> and use the St.
> Paul St. 
> entrance, which says "Counseling Center".

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