Fw: [svtransitusers] Thoughts from YOU on VTA's proposed budget & changes

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--- On Thu, 5/12/11, eegenebradley <eegenebradlhttp://profiles.yahoo.com/ey> wrote:

> From: eegenebradley <http://profiles.yahoo.com/eegenebradley>
> Subject: [svtransitusers] Thoughts from YOU on VTA's proposed budget & changes
> To: http://www.yahoogroups.com/~svtransitusers
> Date: Thursday, May 12, 2011, 7:22 PM
> Hopefully, everyone has seen VTA's
> proposed service changes for this July and twice in 2012,
> which Dwayne listed here. I also hope all of you attended
> one or more of the meetings VTA held to discuss and get your
> input on these changes. (Michael Ludwig and I were at
> Tuesday's meeting in where-I-live, which I recorded. Details
> this evening while the recording file is being processed.)
> 
> Still haven't seen the proposal? Find VTA's proposed
> changes for local, limited stop, Rapid and (new) Express bus
> service here:
> 
> http://www.vta.org/news/service_changes/annual_service_plan.html
> 
> Our long-term focus needs to make sure that VTA restores as
> much of the evening and weekend lost during the 2008 bus
> restructuring as possible. This is espeically the case with
> areas outside central where-I-live not near light rail or major
> bus lines now only accessible by car after 8pm. 
> 
> One other good start, brought up by Michael: restoring full
> bus service to prior bus lines which were converted to
> Community Bus (misbranded as NEW by VTA) like the 45, which
> was the eastern portion of the 64, and replaced with smaller
> buses.
> 
> To that end, I want to send a letter on our group's behalf
> to VTA before their Transit Planning & Operations
> (TP&O) meeting next Thursday (May 19). Want to help?
> Please give your input into what our group thinks should be
> the short term and long term bus service plans for VTA this
> year and in 2012. 
> 
> The deadline is May 18 (next Wednesday) at 6:00pm. 
> Let's get going. We can do it!
> 
> Eugene Bradley
> Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users
> http://www.svtransitusers.org/
> Yahoo!/AOL IM: eegenebradley
> Twitter: @svtransitusers
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