1971/09/29 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

serviceocciember 29,1971 providing 30 minute bus blocks of the bus line. ehashr_loes show singlehourly service within two blocks,the line shows less khan hourly service within qn4 blocks and it n shows althoughgraphIcally that City that are not getting as much MS others. In fa, h of the City is presently getting about obe-third fto the whole City,therekare certainyareas of the we conoinded that one Cthe Passenger that the number of riders per month the' v over the s rod o adults,Present fare structure is 254 for 154 for students,.10 rides student r z for 54 and zone fares for 5 or ticket Wc are proposing that there be some schedule adjustments to balance okeethroughout the City. Again,to do that.we've a of _ minute nbasic hs athroughout the CitY within two blocks of any route;this wogld show what we would attempt to do there. o three loop services,one in the area th of 84th Street,another one between Madison and 84th and a thrid to the downtown area. attachment iI,its alnoqt the third Prge from the back on the handout the Counci/has would be par - o Jews, OThe purchase of fourteen new 33 passenger buseS, f fov xchsse j ' two- 3.ny radio system,mllrehase of twenty new fareboxes, purchase of bus shelters and b.stop signs.,p 6; of fleet cleaning system,and construction of fleet cleaning tdilding for a total 0,448,800.90 Ill', contingencies,a total of 5528,020.00. The matching ho de / of tn,tt r$19u E�. budget allocations. The Council haS already budget allocatlons which cover that s 135,000 is in the lthe other d d 00 is i,the allocation which the Council made for the support Center. 4.c Our attempt then would Me to provide 30 minutes vice whichin all areas with connection,to any future rapid trans,or pass traarit syst, in the Puget Sound Metropolitan area. We would use kni ra.i..to allow the drivers to infonn each other of ats,requests of passenger's for transfer,and to Y be in effect another set of eyes on accidents,vandalism,and reporting of miscellaneous crimes. We would also try to increase the saturation to �34� convergence that we have rn the downtown arta now. ry�1 necessary.throughout the city],changing the,ecific Is minu We don't feel that it is quit,as would have felt in the cast and we 3,11 be flaking some minor aorristmente but still mal,ing it possible rat for easy transfers. We would oropose',at three of the four mini-busep be on thc streets at prl times f during the day in order to provide the lnop services, e sm iJ the three t I mentioned,a,that fourth au ld 4n reserve. We E already initiated one special school bus tripper }