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Pierce Transit Board to discuss revenue increase scenarios at July 9 meeting

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Submitted by Pierce Transit.

The Pierce Transit Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Meeting on Monday, July 9, 2018 from 3:00 p.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Pierce Transit Training Center Building, Rainier Conference Room, located at 3720 96th Street SW, Lakewood, Washington.

The purpose of the meeting is for the Board to discuss the following topics:

  1. Efficiency vs. Coverage in Transit Planning
  2. Service Area Expansion Considerations; and
  3. Revenue Increase Scenarios

No final disposition on any matter will occur at this meeting.

The Regular Board Meeting will follow at 4:00 p.m.

Comments

  1. As a past Pierce Transit commissioner (2006-2008) how about considering the following.

    1.Efficiency vs. Coverage in Transit Planning: How about both. Efficiency does not mean spending $150,000,000 for a 14.4 mile long “enhanced” route along Pacific Avenue so riders can get where they are going a few minutes earlier. It does mean cutting routes that are not performing efficiently and reducing coverage to those routes that do.

    2.Service Area Expansion Considerations: Pierce Transit should expand its operations only along routes which are performing efficiently. It can’t be everywhere for everybody! Public transportation only works efficiently in and between urban areas where population, industry and services are in close proximity. If people choose to live way out in the “boonies”, that’s a personal decision and the rest of us should not be paying for public transportation to their door.

    3.Revenue Increase Scenarios: If private businesses were run like Pierce Transit they’d go bankrupt on day one. Pierce Transit has tried numerous times to fleece tax payers with sales tax increases and failed deservedly. For a change, how about increasing fare box collection from the miserable 18% which is now collected? Pierce Transit is already heavily subsidized by the many of us who never will use their services. How about requiring all your commissioners and employees to ONLY use Pierce Transit to get to their place of work via Pierce Transit?

    • I agree with your views. How is it so hard to get others to understand them. I am so angry about the RTA tax that we in Pierce Co. voted against. Absolutely no Benefit to us.