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From: "Tom
Bazan" <tbazan@houston.rr.com>
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Subject: HOUSTONIANS
WILL SUFFER EACH DAY AT THE HANDS OF UNCARING METRO BUREAUCRATS
Date:
Tue, 1 Jun 2004 11:22:08 -0500
Notice how
the unelected, unaccountable METRO bureaucrats don't give a rats
back side about inconveniencing the poor and minority, transit
dependent riders so that METRO can artificially boost boondoggle
rail ridership (without any significant increase in fare box
revenue).
Let's take METRO's own farcical fabricated forecast of 36,000 boarding's
(18,000 round trip riders of which purportedly 16,000 are somehow
classified as commuters) per day number. Say, 1/2 are bus
riders "forced" to ride the Tram who all must
lose at least one extra hour dealing with the Main Street system
(a "Best Case" scenario, assuming no additional lost
time from car collisions, minor street flooding the Tram can
not ford, or equipment failure which will interrupt the entire
system, which would then typically force METRORail to rescue
the passengers with busses).
Therefore, there very well will be 9,000 bus riders, who would
not have chosen the Main Street Tram as their "Transit Option"
if given a choice, who will then unwillingly be forced to suffer
about two extra lost man-hours per weekday. Even at the
current minimum wage rate of $5.15/hour, that would conservatively
cost transit dependent system users well over $23 million (9,000
daily weekday, transit dependent riders X 2 hours each day
X $5.15 (DOL Minimum Wage Rate) X 5 days per week X 50
weeks per year = $23,175,000.00) more in wasted time as a direct
result of this unwise policy decision made by unelected,
unaccountable bureaucrats at METRO.
Clearly, the once federally protected Civil Rights of the poor
and minority, bus transit dependent riders have been ignored
so as to promote this Main Street Tram system. Where is the
outrage?
Tom Bazan
P.O. Box 2786
Houston, TX 77252
832.673.0018
BAZAN, a long-time
real estate broker, appraiser and environmental consultant, is
the Independent Candidate for the 18th Congressional District
of Texas, running to replace Sheila Jackson-Lee
www.BazanForCongress.com
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