JTA Cutting Riverside Trolley Service

[fieldafm]

just as JTA plans to cut service and start charging for the trolleys in downtown, Miami starts a free service connecting downtown and Brickell with the neir new baseball stadium

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/12/2584872/miami-commissioners-could-shuttle.html

Apples and oranges... they don't have adequate parking facilities at the new ballpark and this was the owner's compromise.  Although, it is a GREAT example to use for the Kickback's situation 

Although, they do have a large bicycle parking facility built out at the new stadium.

[fieldafm]

To their credit, JTA did make a halfway attempt at a trolley/transit night at the Basball Grounds this year... but the effort was backwards(very little promotion and a trolley schedule and route that didnt work well-especially for those that want to go out in downtown after a Thursday Throwdown, and it only followed the Bay Street Trolley route-why not go into Riverside or San Marco?).

[Doctor_K]

just as JTA plans to cut service and start charging for the trolleys in downtown, Miami starts a free service connecting downtown and Brickell with the neir new baseball stadium

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/12/2584872/miami-commissioners-could-shuttle.html

You have to have some way to get all 300 fans out of the stadium in a timely manner. 

BTW, I actually consider myself a Marlins fan, but it's OK to poke fun at your own team, right Jags fans?

LOL - nice one.

I'm a big Marlins fan myself.  But I have to take issue with your attendance number.


The new stadium will have at least 400 fans

[urbaknight]

JTA will raise its fare starting on jan 30th. But it gets worse, it goes up 50 cents across the board. $1.00 to $1.50 for regular passengers. For the disabled it goes from .25 to .75, a 200% increase for those who can least afford it. The disabled community was in an uproar. They were very vocal about their unfairness to no avail JTA ignored everyone as they always do. Are they that stupid at JTA? Why didn't they do it on a percentage scale? If it goes up 50% for the regular rider, it should go up 50% for the disabled. I guess the heads of JTA are truly as stupid as we think they are, maybe even worse than we all realize. It should only go up to .35 or even .40. But I guess adding nickles and dimes to the mix would just be complicated for those idiots to count effectively.

Please MJ, help me make lots of noise to get these backward bumpkins fired!

[exnewsman]

The reduced fare is going up to $.50 in 2012 and then to $.75 in 2013.

[tufsu1]

JTA didn't ignore seniors...for some reason, those 60 and over can still ride free

[Dashing Dan]

JTA didn't ignore seniors...for some reason, those 60 and over can still ride free

Thanks everybody!

[mtraininjax]

They were very vocal about their unfairness to no avail JTA ignored everyone as they always do. Are they that stupid at JTA?

Blaylock needs to go, he is part of the dead wood in the city. He has not had a new idea in all the time he's been at JTA.

[urbanlibertarian]

JTA didn't ignore seniors...for some reason, those 60 and over can still ride free

Thanks everybody!

Seniors are the most reliable voting age group.  They are also the wealthiest age group.  A private charity would never target seniors for services without means testing.  Government agencies target seniors for benefits to buy votes.

Full disclosure:  If the policy doesn't change I'll be able to ride JTA free in 6 years.

[tufsu1]

here's an update on Miami's new trolley service

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/01/2669977/new-miami-trolley-goes-live-wins.html

[Dog Walker]

JTA didn't ignore seniors...for some reason, those 60 and over can still ride free

Thanks everybody!

Seniors are the most reliable voting age group.  They are also the wealthiest age group.  A private charity would never target seniors for services without means testing.  Government agencies target seniors for benefits to buy votes.

Full disclosure:  If the policy doesn't change I'll be able to ride JTA free in 6 years.

You won't be able to ride free anymore if you don't get one of the new STAR cards by the end of March.  The old photo ID transit passes won't be accepted anymore.  You have to go to the Rosa Parks Station to get them.

[Dashing Dan]

It helps to call the JTA first, to make an appointment. 

I got my Senior STAR card last week, at the Kings Avenue skyway station.