CJ Card
Fri, 05 Apr 2002 15:18:13 -0800
FY2002-2006 Five Year Financial Plan General Fund Summary by Department shows projected outlays for the next 5 years. SEPTA doesnąt appear to be a large part of the city budget.
http://www.phila.gov/ Chris Card On 4/5/02 1:41 PM, "Alan Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently saw that a large part of the city budget > goes to SEPTA. It would seem possible to make this > self-sufficient or at least closer to self-sufficient. > Thus, in the middle of this wage tax debate, I was > thinking of writing to Street and SEPTA that it would > seem millions could be saved if most busses and > trolleys didn't stop at every single corner, but > rather every other corner. I have never been in a > city where they did but I don't have a lot of > experience with other cities. I know they don't in > San Francisco, even the locals. > > It would seem that this proposal would have multiple > benefits-- > 1) We would get where we were going in about 1/3-1/2 > of the time. Maybe more people would take public > transportation. > 2) Fewer busses would be needed on a given day--less > repair costs, fewer drivers required, fewer delays > because the city would have a better stock of > substitute vehicles, less gas, oil, etc. > 3) Fewer stopped busses that slow down car traffic. > 4) Fewer bus zones so that there would be more parking > spaces. > > The downside-- > 1) People might have to walk another block to catch > the bus. > 2) The driver's union would scream loudly. > > My question is whether folks feel that this is a city > service that we are willing to forego to lower our > taxes. If so, then the mayor can figure out how to > fight the union on this one. Also, I want to be clear > that I am not trying to harm the union but rather > believe that taxpayers should only pay for jobs that > are truly needed. > > For me, my walk to the trolley wouldn't change much. > But if others have strongly opposing views, I would > like to hear them before I send letters out to the > mayor and councilpeople. If anyone would stop taking > SEPTA if the closest bus stop was one more stop away, > please let me know that too. > > Alan > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. -- CJ Card 42nd St & Osage Ave Philadelphia Pa 19104 cell:215.681.3732 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UCwestBC." To unsubscribe, see <http://list.purple.com>