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[ Jefferson Parish East Bank Public Transit Meeting ]
GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.I'M WITH JEFFERSON PARISH TRANSIT DIRECTOR.
UM, I'M GONNA THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR COMING TODAY, THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS US, THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE COME HERE BEFORE THIS ARE OUR SECOND HEARING ON THE BUS CHURCH, UH, SERVICE CHANGES TAKEN PLACE ON ONLY FIXED ROUTE, THAT'S BUSES, NOT PAIR, TRANSIT OR MYTHS.
UM, NOW OUR UH, ROLLOUT DATE IS JUNE 4TH, SO WE'LL BE GOING OVER THOSE CHANGES WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
BEFORE I START, UM, I DO WANNA INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR PRIVATE CONTRACTOR STAFF TRANSIT SERVICES.
BEHIND ME IS OUR TRANSIT GENERAL MANAGER, GARY JONES.
UM, GARY JONES, PRIOR TO COMING HERE WITH US, ALSO WORKED WITH THE RTA FOR MANY YEARS.
IMPAIRED TRANSIT AND OPERATIONS.
AND MR. ERIC WISE BORN, HE'S BEEN HERE WITH US FOR, MY GOD, ERIC, I DON'T KNOW, 20 SOMETHING YEARS
SO HE'S DEFINITELY, UM, A LONG TIME.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM.
AND OF COURSE E ECM, I MEAN ECM SOLUTIONS.
I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT, I'M LOSING MY MIND CUZ TODAY I DID A BIG WALKTHROUGH IS, UM, OUR GRANT CONSULTANT.
SO, SO, UM, I AM GONNA ASK AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PRESENTATION IN THE END, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING OPERATIONS THAT IS, UH, ANYTHING ELSE REGARDING THE BUSES WITH THE CHANGES IN THE ROUTES AND CETERA? IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME UP AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS AND EITHER MR. GARY AND ERIC, UM, WE'LL BE ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY? SO THIS MEETING WILL BE HIGHLIGHT THE REDUCTION OF SERVICE, THE JEFFERSON HARRIS TRANSIT ROUTE BY ROUTE.
WE WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
I WAS STARTING WITH THE E ONE VETERANS AIRPORT ROUTE.
SO ON JUNE 4TH, THE VETERANS ROUTE, UH, CURRENTLY WILL CONTINUE TO CONNECT US HERE IN JEFFERSON FROM LOUISIE ARMSTRONG, NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
UM, ALL THE WAY DOWN THE YVETTE VETERANS CORRIDOR, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON, CAN WE SEE, CAN WE SEE THE MAP REAL QUICK? UP ON THAT THERE.
UM, GOING DOWN E ONE VETERANS CORRIDOR, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS GONNA STOP SHORT NOW OVER THERE BY THE CEMETERIES.
SO IT WILL NO LONGER BE TRAVELING DOWN CANAL STREET.
YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE, UH, A TRANSFER THERE ONTO THE RTA STREET CAR LINE, PAYING THAT 1 25 TO CONTINUE DOWN CANAL STREET AS FAR AS YOU NEED TO GO.
AND AGAIN, THAT IS GONNA TAKE EFFECT ON JUNE 4TH.
OKAY, NOW THE WAIT TIMES ALSO FOR THAT, UM, E ONE ON THE WEEKDAYS, IT'S GONNA BE AN ADDITIONAL TWO MINUTES ACROSS THE BOARD AND ON WEEKENDS, A THREE MINUTE WAIT TIME CHANGE.
BUT THEN AGAIN, THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE THAT SIGNIFICANT WAIT TIME CHANGE IS BECAUSE WE ARE CUTTING THAT LINE, UM, AT CITY PARK.
OKAY, E TWO AIRLINE, WE HAVE NO CHANGE TO THAT ROUTE, PATH OR WAIT TIMES.
THE E TWO AIRLINE HIGHWAY ROUTE WILL STAY THE SAME WEEKDAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
THE E THREE JEFFERSON HIGHWAY ROUTE, WE HAVE NO CHANGE TO THE ROUTE PATH ON THIS PARTICULAR ROUTE.
THE ESTIMATED WAIT TIMES WILL INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES ON WEEKDAYS.
WE HAVE NO CHANGES THAT ARE GONNA BE TAKING PLACE ON THE WEEKENDS AND IT WILL STAY THE SAME WITH THOSE WAIT TIMES.
THE E SIX MEY LOCAL, THE ENTIRE ROUTE, THE ROUTE ITSELF ON E SIX MEY LOCAL IS BEING DISCONTINUED.
NOW I WILL SAY THIS, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE E SIX MEY LOCAL, IF WE CAN LOOK AT THAT ROUTE REAL QUICK.
THE E EIGHT ELMWOOD AND WE'LL SHOW THAT TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SERVICE AND I'LL LET A PORTION OF THAT E SIX ME LOCAL ROUTE, WHICH WILL BE ON THE LEFT SIDE, UM, OF THAT LAKESIDE MALL, NOT THE RIGHT SIDE, BUT AGAIN, THE LEFT SIDE.
SO I'LL SHOW THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE E EIGHT.
BUT, UH, WEST NAPOLEON AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, WILL NOT BE SERVICED.
SO WE'RE NO LONGER GONNA BE SERVICING WEST NAPOLEON TO WEST ESPLANADE HEADING TOWARDS THE CITY.
SO THE ROUTE HEADING TOWARDS THE CITY NOW IS GOING TO, ESSENTIALLY, IT'S GONNA GO, THE ROUTE ITSELF IS GONNA GO ONTO WEST NAPOLEON, HEAD TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH LIBRARY, THEN LET'S GO ONTO TRANSCONTINENTAL UNTIL IT GETS BACK ON ROUTE TO WEST ESPLANADE.
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SATURDAY SERVICE IS DISCONTINUED, NOT GONNA BE PROVIDING SATURDAY SERVICE ON THAT E EIGHT MATTER CORRIDOR.AND THE ESTIMATED WAIT TIMES WILL INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES ON THE WEEK DAYS.
THE W ONE AVONDALE GOING TO THE WEST BANK, NO CHANGE TO THAT ROUTE PATH AND NO ESTIMATED CHANGE ON WAIT TIMES THAT IS STAYING THE SAME.
THE W TWO WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY.
SO THE W TWO NOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE, UM, THE W FOUR MORERE.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE BUSES WITH DESTINATION SIGNS SAYING W FOUR MARRERO.
YOU'RE JUST GONNA SEE W TWO WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY NOW.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE WEST BANK, THE W TWO WEST BANK IS GONNA BE ABSORBING THE W FOUR.
IT'S NOT GOING AWAY, NOTHING'S HAPPENING TO IT.
IT'S JUST INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM SEPARATED AS THEY ARE, WE'RE JUST MAKING THEM INTO ONE ROUTE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE CALLED OF COURSE, W2 WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY.
AND IT IS GONNA INCREASE, UH, BY APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES PER WEEKDAYS.
AND THE, THE WEEKENDS ARE STAYING THE SAME.
SO YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE ONE ROUTE.
ONE, ONE NAME INSTEAD OF TWO, TWO ROUTES SEPARATED.
THE W THREE LAP PAKA, NO CHANGE TO THE BUS ROUTE MA BUS ROUTE PATH AT THIS TIME.
ESTIMATED WAIT TIMES WILL INCREASE APPROXIMATELY BY 10 MINUTES ON THE WEEKDAY.
AND WE HAVE A FOUR MINUTE INCREASE ON THE WEEKENDS ROUTE STAYS THE SAME.
W FOUR MARRERO IS AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, BEING ABSORBED BY THE W TWO WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY.
THIS AREA IS STILL BEING SERVICED.
THE GRETA LOCAL WILL EXPERIENCE NO CHANGE TO EITHER ITS ROUTE OR ITS WAIT TIMES, EITHER WEEKEND OR WEEKENDS.
WEEKDAYS, W EIGHT TERRYTOWN, NO CHANGES TO THE ROUTE PATH AND NO EXPECTED CHANGE TO WAIT TIMES STAYING THE SAME.
THE HUEY P LONG, NO CHANGES TO THIS BUS, BUS ROUTE PATH AND NO EXPECTED CHANGES TO ITS WAIT TIMES.
OKAY, I'M, WE'RE LEAVING THIS UP FOR A MOMENT SO YOU CAN SEE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO GO BACK AND FORTH.
UH, IF ANYONE HERE HAS SIGNED UP TO ASK QUESTIONS, YOU COULD MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME TO PLEASE COME UP.
UH, I SAID TRANSDEV, OUR GM IS HERE, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
OKAY? CAN I ASK YOU, GO AHEAD.
WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO GIVE YOUR, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AT LEAST WORRY.
SO I HAD TO HOSPITAL ALL MY, OKAY.
AND NOW, NOW WHAT? ALWAYS NO, I CATCH LIKE THE METHOD RIGHT HERE AND IT WON'T ALWAYS LIKE DIE ONCE AND YOU AS A NORMAL WAY.
I MEAN ME, RIGHT? THAT ALL THE TIME THING, RIGHT? SO LET ME ON THE BOARD IN BATHROOM FOOT OR YOU KNOW, LET ASK YOU.
WELL, I, I DON'T THREE MONTHS? NO, I, NO, I YOU CAN'T.
UM, I MEAN CONTINENTAL WHERE I CAN'T, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CATCH IT.
IT'LL, INSTEAD OF EWOOD SHOULD BE COVER NAPOLEON? NO, SHE LIVES ON TRANSCONTINENTAL PAST THE INTERSTATE BECAUSE SHE'S AT
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MAT MANOR, WHICH IS ON WEST, WHICH IS ON TRANSCONTINENTAL MANOR.BUT SHE DOESN'T MEAN, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER HOW OFTEN SHE GOES TO THE DOCTORS.
THAT'S THE BUT CLOSEST BUS TO HOME.
SHE HAD HIP SURGERY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
THE E EIGHT WILL BE THE BUS THAT SHE WOULD CATCH AND IT'LL, IT'LL BE, SHE GO TO THE HOSPITAL JOINTS TO THE OTHER CONNECTED.
YOU HAVE TO RIDE IT ALL WAY HEAD.
SO IS THAT BUS GONNA STOP ON TRANS SCOTT NOW? YES.
ISN'T IT BETTER HERE? HERE'S THE EA.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK SHE RUNS RIDE.
IF ALL SHE CAN GET FROM HER APARTMENT TO INTO EAST EXTRA LITTLE BIT LONGER RIDE, IT'S GONNA GO RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY REMAIN.
AND IT'S GONNA GO ALL THE WAY TO ELWOOD AND COME BACK UP THE SAYING.
HE SAID, I THINK YOU'LL BE AND COME BACK.
WHAT? AIN'T NO AND THEN KNOCK ME OFF.
NOW YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT WEST POLE? ARE YOU GOING WEST THE OTHER THING TOO, JP ORG WELL, SHE CAN'T SEE CUZ SHE DON'T DO NOTHING.
SO, SO I MEAN, WHAT DO WE NEED? YOU WANT WANT, SO YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM OF PAGE AND YOU PUT WHERE YOU COMING FROM, YOUR ADDRESS.
ADDRESS WHERE TO WHICH AND DATE.
AND ONE OF THIS, HOW LONG IT TAKE? I'M ACTUALLY TRANSLATE FOR NOW.
I MEAN, WOULDN'T THEY JUST HAVE SCHEDULED, WOULDN'T SCHEDULE BE SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS LIKE A STEP BY STEP OF WHAT TO DO THAT, THAT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, WELL SOMEONE'S ABLE TO WALK TWO MILES.
THE, THE TRIP'S GONNA SAY, WELL HOW MUCH CAN YOU WALK? A LITTLE BIT? A LOT.
SO IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA MANIPULATE THAT SCHEDULE BASED ON YOUR ABILITY, PHYSICAL ABILITY.
MAYBE YOU WANT THIS LEAST TRANSFER AS POSSIBLE.
SO IT'S GONNA WORK ALL BACK TOGETHER AND GIVE YOU THE BEST SCENARIO AND THEN YOU CAN PRINT IT OUT AND TAKE IT WITH YOU.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE REMEMBER ANYTHING TAKE EA YOU'LL, YOU'LL GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO.
BUT IS THAT GONNA TRANSFER TO VETERANS OR TO GET HER VETERAN? YEAH, IT'LL HAVE VETERANS TRANSFERS.
WELL WHILE SHE'S DON'T BECAUSE THE, THE VETERAN'S LOCAL WAS GETTING HER TO VETERANS TO GET THE VETERAN'S BOX.
I CAN'T, AMY'S GONNA BRING HER TO THE VETERAN BUS.
IT'S GONNA COME BACK UP CLEAR AND SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GET WAY BUS AND WHAT'S ERIC, YOU'LL GET WAY BACK.
YOU WANT TO TAKE HER MAYBE AND EXPLAIN OVER TO MORE TO THE SIDE AND THEN THAT WAY YOU COULD KEEP GOING IN THAT HE'S GONNA GET, CAN WE WRITE SOMETHING DOWN? YOU WANT US TO WRITE? BUT IF IT HAS TO DO WITH A COMPUTER, SHE'S NOT GONNA NO, I MEAN NO, NO, I WAS JUST, JUST SAYING.
I MEAN JUST SHOW YOU, I'M JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN NO WAY SHE COULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH YOU.
COULD YOU COME STEP OVER AND MR. MR. WISE HE'S GONNA HELP YOU A LITTLE BIT.
MR. WISE BORN IS GONNA HELP YOU A LITTLE BIT AND THAT WAY WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE QUESTIONS.
ALL YOU NEED THIS PIECE OF PAPER HERE.
I CAN, GOING RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE.
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YOU? MM-HMM.AND THEN TOMORROW AND A HOME BOY WALK TO MY DOCTOR.
COULD YOU STATE YOUR QUESTION FOR ANYBODY? CAUSE THEY MAY HAVE THE SAME THING.
THIS IS, THIS IS VETERANS, RIGHT? I WAS JUST ASKING ABOUT THE CAUSEWAY BUS.
I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THE E FIVE.
YEAH, THAT'S TRUE ABOUT THE CAR.
THAT VETERANS, I MEAN A HOSPITAL RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA CATCH BUS, GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE DONE, YOU GO TO BRIAN ALL THE WAY DOWN.
YOU ALL THE WAY UP AND DROP ME BACK OFF WHEN WAL KNOCK ME OFF.
WAL KNOCK ME OFF WHEN I, YOU KNOW WHEN OWEN, YOU KNOW I MEAN MM-HMM.
SO E EIGHT WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU WAS WRONG.
AND I HAVE SOMEONE TO GO ME ON WALMART, ON WALGREEN, GET MY MEDICINE.
TRUTH TRUTHFULLY, THIS GOES RIGHT IN FRONT OF WAL WALMART DOWN HERE TOO.
YOU'LL BE TO CATCH THIS AND GO STRAIGHT TO WALMART DOWN IN ELMWOOD.
IF YOU WANTED TO YOU, YOU'RE GONNA BE PASSING IT UP ANYWAY.
YOU'RE GONNA BE RIDING DOWN THERE ANYWAY.
WHAT YEAR? WHAT DAY? FOR WHAT DAY? WHAT YEAR IS UM, MARTHA? I MEAN JUNE 4TH IT'LL BE UM, A SUNDAY.
SO SUNDAY IS LIKE, YEAH, JUNE 4TH I GONNA RUN ON, OH NO, NO, THIS, THIS ISN'T, THIS ISN'T GONNA RUN ON A SATURDAY OR A SUNDAY.
LET ME SEE WHAT THE PAPER SAYS.
LET'S SEE NOW I KNOW TIME TO MY HOUSE.
I'M CARRY AND WALK AROUND A BLOCK.
AND I CAN'T GET AWAY FROM 12 O'CLOCK.
CATCH HIM LIKE, AND OVERCLOCK COME ALONG I AND CATCH HIM LIKE RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE GONNA THROW YOU, THROW YOU TO THE WALLS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? GOOD EVENING.
YOU SEE ONE THING THAT UH, WHICH IS GREAT, HE'S BEEN ACCOMMODATED FOR THE MARRIED MINOR.
COME WHAT ABOUT I GO BACK TO MY BROTHER LIVES ON NOT ONLY HIM, UH, ANOTHER LADY THAT WORKS HAPPENED TO WORK IN A NURSING HOME WHERE MY MOTHER IS AND SHE'S ALREADY TALKING ABOUT MOVING BECAUSE SHE WAS DEPENDING ON E SIX AND SHE TOLD ME TODAY, CUZ I QUICKLY WENT AND VISIT MY MOTHER.
SHE SAID THEY'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.
AND THEY'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS BECAUSE SHE WAS COUNTED.
SHE LIVES IN THE SAME COMPLEX WHERE MY BROTHER LIVES IN DIVISION IN WEST NAPOLE.
AND SHE EVEN CHANGED HER SCHEDULE TO, TO 11 TO SEVEN.
SO SHE CAN GUIDE THE ME CATCH THE MATTER.
SHE'S, UH, WORK, WORK AT THE MARY.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY, UM, COLONIAL LOOKS BEHIND THE EAST JEFFERSON HOSPITAL, WHICH IS WHAT'S CONVENIENT JUST TO GO WALK THROUGH THE HOSPITAL, CATCH THE MARY SIX.
SO IT'S, THAT'S WHAT MY BROTHER IS DOING TOO.
HE GOT UH, HE GOT ALL HIS, ALL OF HIS UH, MEDICAL SITUATIONS RIGHT THERE IN THAT HOUMA AND, AND BESIDES, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE GROCERY STORE AND, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I SEE THIS AND I MEAN IT'S GREAT ALTHOUGH THE RESIDENT OF THE MARY MINOR GETTING ACCOMMODATED.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REST? I MEAN SOME PEOPLE THAT I ACTUALLY, I CATCH THE BUS ALMOST EVERY DAY AND EVEN IN THE SUMMER.
CUZ THEN YOU CAN SEE IN HOW DIFFERENT FACES.
WHY NOT BRINGING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO NOT JUST ONE SIDE OF, UH, MARY OR THE MAP BE SATISFIED, ACCOMMODATED AND NOT THE OTHER SIDE WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY WORK.
OLDER PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT A YOUNG LADY.
THE ONE WHEN SHE SAY YOU'RE GOING TO THE MEETING.
I WENT AND VISITED MY MOTHER AND JUMPED ON THE BUS AND UH, AND SHE SAID THEY'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS.
CAUSE SHE DEPENDS ON, I MEAN, YOU,
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YOU RETIRE AND STILL GO BACK TO WORK.WELL SHE SEEMS TO BE OLDER AND KIND OF CRIPPLED IN THE SAME WAY.
AND UM, AND AS SHE SAID, MY OTHER OPTION IS TO MOVE.
BUT IT'S EASY TO SAY I MOVE BUT ACTUALLY MOVE.
YOU HAVE TO COME OUT WITH THE DEPOSIT AND FIRST RANK, UH, PAYMENT.
AND UH, I, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE COMING FROM THIS SIDE OF NOT AS MANY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHEN, CAUSE WE COME OR CLEARVIEW COME, IT'S NO MORE OR THREE MORE PEOPLE AT IT GONNA BE THE SAME ROUTE.
IT'S GONNA BE, IT JUST GOING TO, UH, DETER A FEW MORE BLOCKS FOR A FEW MORE PEOPLE MAYBE THAT WORK OR NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THAT WILL COVER BOTH OF THE HOSPITAL.
BECAUSE AT AT LEAST MY BROTHER THAT I KNOW, HE GOES TO BOTH HOSPITALS BUT MAINLY TO HIS JEFFERSON.
AND SOMETIME I HAVE APPOINTMENTS AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, YOU BETTER COME AND I MEAN I, I COME STRAIGHT FROM WORK SO I COULDN'T DRIVE HIM CUZ I WOULD'VE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT'S NOT ME TALKING OR MAKING IT UP.
THEY GOT TO SEE YOU AND YOU GOT TO SPEAK.
I WOULD BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE IF I HAD TO.
AND UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA BE NOW BECAUSE EVEN THE BUS DRIVER SAID, MARIO STAY ON THE BUS ALL THE WAY TO JEFFERSON HIGHWAY INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CROSS THOSE LANES LIKE BY B I MEAN ON FOOT AND GO ALL THE WAY TO JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AND I'LL BRING YOU BACK TO, SO THAT'S WHY HE WAS, UH, ON UM, LIKE IF YOU MISS UH, MARY SIX, HE WOULD JUMP, UM, CAUSEWAY.
BUT I HAD TO GO THAT ROUTE TO GO AND THEN COME BACK.
HE NEEDS TO GO TO THE DOCTORS NOW.
SO THEY HAVE CLINICS ON, ON HOUMA BOULEVARD.
SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DID TELL MA'AM, NO, HE JUST LIKE COOPER PEOPLE HERE WITH CANE AND UH, HE'S THE
HE'S IN A VERY, VERY FIXED INCOME.
AND, AND HE JUST, YOU KNOW, 75 GO LONG WAY FOR WITH HIM BECAUSE HE GETS TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL TO GO VISIT MY MOM.
AND PERHAPS, I MEAN IT'S A DOLLAR FOR A TRANSFER TO GO TO THE STORE AND BUY SOMETHING.
LIKE WHEN I GO VISIT MY MOTHER OR TO THE DOCTOR, HE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BEING THE SAME SUBVERT.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY HOMA AND GO PAY VISIT AND GO SEE HER, HIS DOCTORS.
I EVEN TEXT HIM EVERYTHING I SAID JUST COME.
HE HAS HIS DOCTOR'S DEPARTMENT HEARING THAT POSSIBLY CALLED.
WELL I, I I SEE YOUR NO, I UNDERSTAND.
I'M THE FIRST ADVOCATE TO SAY TO PEOPLE, GO WITH THE PARATRANSIT.
BUT THE THING IS, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT WHEN THE DOCTOR SAY, OKAY, YOU GOTTA COME TOMORROW.
YOU HAVE A TEST, YOU HAVE A TEST, YOU HAVE A DAD.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY BROTHER.
YOU HAVE A TEST, YOU GOTTA COME AND TO THINK ABOUT AN UBER TOOK ABOUT $11, $12.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF CASH.
AND UM, SO THAT'S HOW THE DOCTORS TELL YOU.
CUZ IT HAPPENED TO ME WHEN THEY SAID, OKAY, SCHEDULE MY MOTHER.
OKAY, LAST, THE NEXT APPOINTMENT A AFTER.
I CANNOT EVEN CALL THEM MINUTES.
CAN YOU HELP HIM WITH THE COMMENT FORM AND THEN YOU COULD TURN THAT IN FOR HIM.
WE HAVE SOME EXTRA IF YOU WANNA.
NO, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING I UNDERSTAND THAT CALLED THAT DAY.
WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR DAY? I MEAN, COME ON, GIVE ME A BREAK.
I'M TALKING FROM A COULD YOU I'LL EXPLAIN THAT TO HIM.
COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY, OKAY, LIKE THE DOCTOR TELLS YOU, OKAY, YOU GOTTA COME FOR X TEST TOMORROW, AFTER TOMORROW.
YOU HAD TO GIVE A MINUTES EIGHT DAYS IN ADVANCE.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE DISPATCHER, NOT DISPATCHERS.
WHOEVER MIDDLE AND A WEEK BEFORE.
BECAUSE I KNOW
WELL BUT THAT IS, THAT IS NOT, THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT RULES.
I KNOW WHERE, BUT NO, MINCE IS NOT, NO, WE DO NOT DO SEVEN DAYS OR AJ'S AN EVENT.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU PROBABLY STILL ABLE TO CALL THE SAME DAY TO GET TO GET ON THAT BUS.
BUT YOU COULD CALL THAT DAY TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
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WELL THE NEXT DAY FOR THE, WE CAN, UH, IT IS FIVE AVAILABILITY.BUT THAT NATURALLY, IF YOU PUT OR CALL SEVEN DAYS, FOUR DAYS, FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO GET THE SERVICE THAT YOU NEED.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO CALL AND BOOK THE DAY BEFORE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING AWAY, NOT DAY OFF.
UH, WE HAVE VERY, VERY, VERY, THE DAY OFF IS, BUT IT'S SINCE IF Y'ALL HAVE VERY LIMITED ACCESS TO THEM, HOW YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO CALL THE DAY BEFORE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR YOU GET YOU DAYS? YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN CALL THE DAY BEFORE.
YOU CAN, THERE'S NO WAY OF CALL THE DAY BEFORE TO GET A UP TO GET AN APPOINTMENT ON FOR THE NEXT DAY.
WELL MR. TONY YOU HAVE TO GET WITH YOUR PEOPLE TRIED IF IT'S AVAILABLE.
THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH MIXED DRIVERS AND BUSES TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS IT.
GET A MORE ON WALKERS AND WHEELCHAIRS.
HE NOW SHE'S SAYING HE WALKS WITH A CANE.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GET ON A MIX ON THE MIXED BUS CAUSE YOU'RE ON A CANE.
JUST LET ME CLEAR SOMETHING UP REAL QUICK.
NOT EVERYONE THAT UTILIZES MI HAS TO BE A WHEELCHAIR.
CAN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE MENTALLY DISABLED? WE HAVE THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT REASONS TO RIGHT.
BUT I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN CONTACT MI THE DAY BEFORE IF YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT THAT'S COMING UP FOR BLOOD WORK OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE AND SAY, LOOK, I NEED, I NEED TO SCHEDULED A PICK UP FOR THIS IS GONNA STAY TOMORROW.
WHAT IS THE AVAILABILITY? NOW IF YOU GIVE PUSHBACK SAYING SORRY, YOU GOTTA CALL SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, YOU CALL ME.
I'M NOT YOU SAYING SO BECAUSE I, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE WAY.
BUT SHE WAS SAYING THAT HER RELATIVE PERSON HAS A CAN.
YOU WERE SUGGESTING HER CATCH TO ME.
PEOPLE THAT WALK WITH A CAN LIKE BETTY SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO GET THE REGULAR PUBLIC BUS NOT GET SWITCHED TO THAT MINUTES.
SUGGEST IF SHE PREFER TO CATCH THE REGULAR PUBLIC SERVICE BUS.
BUT IT SOUND LIKE Y'ALL WAS ADJUST HER TO GET THE MIX.
SOUND LIKE Y'ALL WERE SAYING IT.
SO THAT WAY THE MORE PEOPLE WE ALL HAVE CATCHING THAT MIX, THE LESS BUSE Y'ALL NEED ALL THE REST.
BUT THEN, THEN AGAIN, NOT EVERYBODY CAN CHARLES SAYING NOT EVERYBODY CAN CAN PAY $6 ROUND TRIP.
MS. BARRIOS WAS TRYING TO JUST GIVE HER, HELP HER GET TO WHERE SHE NEEDS TO GO.
NOW IF SHE WANTS TO CONTINUE TAKING PICTURE, BY ALL MEANS, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT YOU HAVE A BROTHER THAT IS, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING TO GET TO THE DOCTOR, BUT HE'S NOT WILLING EITHER TO PAY $6 ROUND TRIP AND IT'S MAYBE THREE THREE, UH, IT'S GONNA REALLY FIXED.
AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, MRT I HAVE 10, 20 10.
WELL BABY, BEFORE THAT I DEAL WITH MY MOTHER AND FATHER.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU MA'AM, MA'AM, WHAT DAY YOU NEED IT? I'M NO LYING.
MA'AM, I'M, I'M WORKING ON WEDNESDAY.
WHAT'S HER NAME? WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MY NAME MARY.
SORRY, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MARY BELL.
IF YOU ENCOUNTERED THAT PROBLEM DIAL THAT SAME NUMBER THAT YOU CALLED AND WE WILL BE GLAD TO ADDRESS.
SIR, YOUR ISSUE I HAVE CALLED WHAT'S NAME LEFT, WHOEVER LEFT WITH JIMMY.
BUT YOU, JIMMY, YOU NEVER TALKED TO HIM? NO, I NEVER AN OPPORTUNITY.
I NEVER, NEVER MET JIMMY EITHER.
BUT GIVE HIM OPPORTUNITY TO SERVICE BECAUSE WHAT CAN I DO? OKAY, THREE DAYS, FOUR DAYS.
I SAID SIR, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PAST BUT NEXT TIME YOU ENCOUNT THAT GIVE THE YOUNG MAN CALL, GIVE HIM OPPORTUNITY TO SERVICE.
YEAH, NO I'M SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
I'M STILL DEALING WITH MY MOTHER.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH SHE'S IN A NURSING HOME, I STILL BRING HER TO THE DOCTORS I MET.
GIVE HIM OPPORTUNITY AND HE'LL BE ABLE TAKE CARE.
I DIDN'T KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU SAID AND YES, YES I DID.
I'VE BEEN LITTLE ALREADY BECAUSE THEY, I HEARD ABOUT, I GOT, I WAS TRYING TO GET THROUGH.
DO WE HAVE MISS MARION? COREY LISTENING? OKAY.
DO YOU STILL WANNA COME OUT? I MEAN I'M, I'M LIKE, I GUESS COULD SAY BETTY IS OUR CLUB FRIEND.
I MEAN I'M KIND LIKE REPRESENTING FOR HER.
MM-HMM
SO YOU KNOW AS LONG AS SHE CAN GET A BUS IT GOES ON TRANSCONTINENTAL.
AND IS ABLE TO TRANSFER AS LONG AS SHE CAN GET FROM NATALIE MAN
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CONTINENTAL TO THE AREA BY EAST JEFFERSON HOSPITAL.DOESN'T MATTER HOW OFTEN SHE GOES TO A BLOOD WORK OR DOCTORS.
I MEAN IT SHOULDN'T MATTER HOW OFTEN YOU NEED TO CATCH DEATH.
MM-HMM
OKAY BUT WHEN Y'ALL WERE NO, NO IT STOP AT JEFFERSON HOSPITAL.
SO SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GO RIGHT THERE TO THE HOSPITAL AND WHATEVER DOCTOR.
BUT AS SOON AS SHE, SHE WENT UP THERE, ONE OF Y'ALL ASKED HER HOW OFTEN YOU NEED TO CATCH THE BUS.
I HEARD ONE OF Y'ALL SAID I DID.
I ASKED HER THAT'S ON MATTER HOW OFTEN.
SHE COULD CATCH IT ONCE A MONTH.
WE JUST WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE SHE OH IT'S MY, WE'RE GIVING THE BEST ACCOMMODATIONS THAT YOU'D BE AMAZED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE PARATRANSIT SERVICES.
BUT LIKE THAT, LIKE THIS LADY SAID.
MM-HMM
$3 HERE THAN IF THEY PICK YOU ON, BRING YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE AND IT'S $3.
IT'S CHEAPER FOR THE REGULAR BOX.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TRANSFERS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TRANSFERS.
BUT THEN EVEN IF YOU HAVE A TRANSFER, IT'S A DOLLAR, NOT $3.
IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU'RE ERRING.
IT'S STEAL 75 CENTS AND THEN A DOLLAR AND A DOLLAR FOR A TRANSFER TO GO TWO AND THREE DIFFERENT TRANSFERS TO TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT BUCKS.
WELL NO IT'S CHEAPER FOR THEM.
FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND DISABILITY PEOPLE.
WE ENCOURAGE, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THE PICTURE OUT BUS.
NO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE THAT'S PROBLEM WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE TO FIX AND I MEAN THEY ON WITH THE OTHER BUSES, YOU'RE NOT TAKING 'EM OFF OR WHY ADDING MORE TIME TO THE RIGHT.
THAT EIGHT IS UH, 10 MINUTES OF BUILDING.
BUT I'M SAYING Y'ALL, Y'ALL ADDED THE BUSES, Y'ALL KEEP IT ON.
YOU'RE ADDING MORE TIME TO GUESS.
WHAT THAT PARTICULAR 18 PLUS IS THE SAME TIME.
I THINK THE YOUNG MAN SAID BEFORE THAT IT WAS AN HOUR OF THE YOUNG LADY, I'M SORRY, SAID THAT IT WAS AN HOUR FOR THE EIGHT.
I MEAN THE E SIX IS GONNA BE AN HOUR HERE YESTERDAY.
BUT I'M SAYING THE ONES THAT Y'ALL SHOWED ON THE SCREEN, THERE'S NOTHING CHANGED TO THE ROUTE.
BUT ADDING TIME TO THE SCHEDULE DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT ADDING TIME TO WHAT SCHEDULE.
I THINK I'M SHOULD SHE'S ADDING WAIT TIMES.
YEAH, ADDING TIME TO ON THE SCHEDULING, ADDING WAIT TIME.
SO WHEN WE CREATE SCHEDULES WE HAVE TO CONSIDER SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG AND THE OPERATOR NEEDS MORE TIME TO SAY GO TO THE BATHROOM.
THEN WE HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT INTO THE SCHEDULE.
OKAY, WELL THAT'S HOW WE GET TO SCHEDULE.
Y'ALL SAID YOU'RE ADDING MORE WAIT TIME OR ON THE SCHEDULE BUT THAT'S NO, NO, NO, NO.
THAT'S PART OF THE WAIT SCHEDULE.
IS THE OPERATOR LAYOVER TIME? FOR SOME REASON EVERY TIME I'M SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE THAT ONE OF Y'ALL SAID, OH NO NO WE DIDN'T SAY THAT.
EVERYBODY IN HERE IS SAYING HERE WITH Y'ALL COMBAT.
IT'S ALMOST KIND OF LIKE OKAY Y'ALL LET US ASK QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS.
WHICH IS BAD THAN WHAT THE SCHOOL WAS WASN'T GOING DO IT.
THE SCHOOL CHOICE YOU MAY BEAR.
I'M SORRY TO SAY TO ME IT SAYS MY OPINION IS SLOWLY UP, DOWN LINE.
YOU'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND COST OF OPERATION IN DIFFERENT IT, I DON'T CARE.
CAUSE IN SENSE, HEY THE PEOPLE, HOW MANY PEOPLE OUT HERE AND NEED THE BUS? BUS? WE ALL TRY TO SLOWLY CUT THINGS OUT.
Y'ALL WOULD NEVER CUT THAT, THAT VETERANS LOCATION AT ALL.
CAUSE THAT'S THE MAIN CORRIDOR ON VETERANS AND LOT OF PEOPLE CATCH THE BUS.
YEAH KNOW I THINK WHAT IT IS WITH THAT.
BUT ANY OTHER AREA LIKE THE E EIGHT OR 8 86.
SO MAYBE YOU PAUSE AWAY AND EL YEAH.
SLOWLY CUTTING THINGS DOWN, SLOWLY TELLING PEOPLE, OH CATCH THESE, THESE LITTLE BUSES.
COULDN'T I STAND? PEOPLE CAN'T CATCH IT IF THEY HAD TO OR WHOEVER.
BUT IN SENSE LIKE YO PUSH WE GOT THIS IN.
I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL KIND OF ENCOURAGING BUT IN A SENSE Y ALSO SHOULDN'T BE ENCOURAGING THEM TO TAKE AWAY ROUTES.
I DON'T CARE HOW LONG AN ESSAY TAKES GOING TO SUMMER OR SUNDAY AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ROUTE AND SOMEBODY SIT.
AND PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A FREAKING UH, A PHONE THAT GET UBER OR LYFT OR SEND AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE AND DON'T HAVE.
THEY CATCH A FREAKING UH, CAR CALVIN AND THAT'S COSTING MORE AND SAID THAT I'M TRYING AND STAY THE BUS.
THEY'RE WAIT UNTIL THEY GET TO THAT DEFINITION THEN AND PAY A LITTLE BIT LESS AND Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO CUT THE COUGH OF SPENDING.
AND HE SAID, I DON'T CARE ABOUT DAMN SPENDING.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE BUT HOWEVER YEARS AND TRY, I TRY TO ADJUST AS YOU GO.
BUT IN A SENSE, CAUSE YOU PROBABLY SEEN SEEING ON THOSE CAMERAS ON THE BUSES AND SEEING THE
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AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE BUSES, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TAKING, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, ARE BUY IN A SENSE IN SOME WAYS UNDERSTAND THAT.BUT IN SENSE I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT.
CAUSE IN THE SENSE HOW THE TRANSPORTATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
IT SHOULD BE, MAN, SOMEBODY F*****G TIRED.
LET ME CATCH A BUS AND I SEE A BUS STOP AND IT SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN OFF THE ROUTE JUST CAUSE Y'ALL WANT CUT COSTS AND CUT DO DIFFERENT THINGS.
CAUSE THE, THE GOVERNMENT SATISFY THE PEOPLE, SATISFY THE POCKETBOOK AND SNAKE THEY WANT US THEN THIS TAKE AWAYS ON.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE TAKING AWAY NONE WHERE SHOULD BE TRYING TO MERGE IT SOMETHING.
AND IF YOU GOING, ESSENTIALLY IF YOU GONNA MERGE DIFFERENT LOCATION AND THEIR FREAKING BUS ON IT, NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THAT LONG.
CAUSE YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY MERGE.
A PLACE I CAN WELL I CAN SPEAK JUST FROM THE GRANT MANAGEMENT SIDE OF HANDLING THE FUNDING.
WHAT THESE REDUCTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO DO IS TO MAKE THE BUS SYSTEM MORE VIABLE SO WE CAN BE AROUND NO IT'S NOT PLANE SO WE ARE ACTUALLY THAT'S POINT.
LET'S UH, WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON THAT HAS A QUESTION.
DO ANY OF Y'ALL CATCH BUSES? NO.
FINE ROD, I'D LIKE TO SEE COUNCIL PEOPLE CATCH THE BUSES.
THEN Y'ALL SEE HOW IT FEELS WITH THE BUSES CUT OF THE SCHEDULES AND THE BUSES CUT COMPLETELY.
UH, I'M A LONG TIMER RESIDENT OUT IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
CAN I TAKE THE BUS? UH, I AS WELL AS MANY RELY UPON THE BUSES TO GET AROUND THE PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN USED TO THESE BUSES AND TO PULL THEM OFF CAN CAUSE THEM TO BE UH, AN INCONVENIENCE FOR MANY PEOPLE.
EVEN IF YOU'RE REDUCING UH, A BUS OFF A LINE, IT'S DISRUPTIVE TO THESE PEOPLE.
UH, IF REVENUE IS A PROBLEM, I DO HAVE A SUGGESTION THAT I HAVE VOICED FOR SEVERAL TIMES.
UH, WE'RE GOING IN THE AIRPORT BUS, LET THE AIRPORT BUS USE THE ACCESS ROAD, GO TO THE NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL, THEN SWING BACK TO AIRLINE DRIVE.
I'M SURE THE VISITORS WOULD LIKE THAT AND IT WOULD STILL BE ONLY ONE BUS TO GET DOWNTOWN.
UH, YOU SAY THEY EAT THREE UM, MINIMUM CHANGES, BUT PEOPLE RELY UPON THIS BUS TO GET AROUND TO GO TO WORK, ET CETERA.
WHY NOT USE SMALLER BUSES REGARDING E EIGHT? UH, YOU HAVE ELDER PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THOSE AREAS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU EXPECT THEM TO GET AROUND.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IN THE MIDST, BUT UH, THERE'S PROBLEMS WITH IT.
AND ALSO I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, REGARDING ELIMINATING THE ELMWOOD BUS ON A SATURDAY.
UH, WELL IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT THE BUSES DON'T RUN ON SUNDAY CUZ LET'S PHASE IT.
YOU HAVE THESE THREE MAIN HIGHWAYS AND THERE'S NO WAY TO GET AROUND ON A SUNDAY.
SO THEY REALLY NEED TO IMPLEMENT THAT ON A SUNDAY, THE CAUSEWAY AND THE ELMWOOD BUS.
SO AS I SAID, THESE CHANGES, IT MAY NOT SEEM A LOT TO YOU, BUT IT IS A LOT TO THOSE WHO RIDE THE BUS.
UM, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT SEVERAL ROUTES.
UM, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CONSIDERED, UM, WHEN YOU CUT E ONE GOING TO DOWNTOWN? UM, THAT I TAKE THE E EIGHT.
SO THAT'S HOW I CONNECT TO THESE BUSES.
UM, THIS IS FROM THE BUS STOP ON AIRLINE HIGHWAY.
AND SO NOW I HAVE NO WAY TO GET DOWNTOWN BECAUSE I CAN'T GO ON THE E ONE.
UM, IT IS A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
IT HAS BEEN A CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR AS LONG AS I KNOW.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE EVER GONNA GET DONE WITH IT.
SO AIRLINE HIGHWAY IS A HORRIFIC PLACE.
SO I CAN'T CONNECT WITH AIRLINE TO GET DOWNTOWN.
I CAN CONNECT WITH THE E ONE VETERAN.
BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE GOING DOWNTOWN ANYMORE.
YEAH, WHICH IS NOT TERRIBLY CONVENIENT WEATHER-WISE AND TIMEWISE.
I MEAN IT'S A LOVELY, THREE CARS ARE LOVELY BUT THEY'RE NOT.
UM, MY SECOND, THE E EIGHT RUNNING ON SATURDAY IS
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A NECESSITY.UM, IT IS OUR ONLY CONNECTION TO THE WEST NAPOLEON LIBRARY, WHICH IS THE ONLY LIBRARY THAT HOLDS, UM, ENRICHMENT, UM, FOR ALL PARISH RESIDENTS.
UM, THEY DON'T HAVE IT ON OTHER DAYS.
UM, SO I DO GO TO THE LIBRARY EVERY SATURDAY.
I USE THE E EIGHT AND THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO GET THERE.
UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE ON THE BUS BECAUSE I'M THERE.
SO THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE TAKING THE BUS.
UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S A NECESSITY.
IT'S NOT A, UM, THERE IS NO, YOU CAN'T TELL ME TO TAKE THE CAUSEWAY BECAUSE I'D HAVE TO TAKE THE JEFFERSON HIGHWAY TO CAUSEWAY AND THE CAUSEWAY JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.
I WOULDN'T ASK ANYBODY TO SIT THERE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND YOU WOULD THEN HAVE TO GO UP TO VETERANS, TAKE THE VETERANS BUS OVER AND THEN YOU STILL COULDN'T GET TO WEST NAPOLEON.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST, I MEAN IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE IT ON SUNDAY TOO, BUT LIKE I SAID RIGHT NOW, HOW YOU HAVE IT WITHOUT ANY CUTS, HOW THE BUS SERVICE IS RIGHT NOW, IT'S ADEQUATE.
SO, UM, IF YOU MAKE THESE CUTS, IT'S A FAILING GRADE.
THE QUALITY OF THE BUS SERVICE PIECE AND YOU JUST WILL NOT MAKE IT.
UM, THE E THREE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE A FIVE MINUTE WAIT TIME AT MOST.
UM, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME BECAUSE IT'S GONNA HAVE THE NUMBER OF BUSES ON THE WEEKDAYS THAT IT HAS ON SATURDAY.
NOW I TAKE THE JEFFERSON HIGHWAY ON SATURDAY AND THE WAIT TIME'S MORE LIKE 50, 55 MINUTES RATHER THAN THE 25 MINUTES.
SO WE'RE TALKING A DOUBLING OF TIME.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE CUTTING THE BUS, HOW YOU ARE COMING UP WITH THAT FIVE MINUTE ONLY WAIT TIME ON THE E THREE.
THAT'S THE E THREE, THAT'S THE JEFFERSON HIGHWAY BY FIVE MINUTES, RIGHT? YEAH.
I MEAN HOW DO YOU GET THAT? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE CUTTING A BUS, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME BUSES THAT IT RUN ON SATURDAY.
AND ON SATURDAY THE WAIT TIME IS ABOUT 55 MINUTES.
IF YOU MISS ONE BUS, YOU ARE REALLY AN HOUR INCREASING THAT THE WAIT TIME WHERE YOU, YOU'RE COMING UP WITH.
I DON'T SEE HOW IT, SO IT'S INCREASING BY TIME.
SO INSTEAD OF 59 IT'S GONNA BE AN HOUR.
SO YOU'RE NOT SAYING THAT THE WAIT TIME IS FIVE.
SO INCREAS BY FIVE MINUTES, OTHER WORDS IT'S GOING 55 WAIT 60? NO, IT'S USED TO BE 25 MINUTES.
ON THE WEEKDAYS IT'S 25 MINUTES BETWEEN BUSES.
SO IF YOU MISS A BUS OR IT COMES EARLY, YOU HAVE ANOTHER 25 MINUTES TO WAIT.
NOW ON SATURDAY IT'S 55 MINUTES.
IF YOU CUT THAT BUS AND YOU MAKE IT LIKE SATURDAY'S THE SAME, NOT FIVE MINUTES.
AND THAT'S WHY SATURDAY I DON'T USE D HIGHWAY.
BUT NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF BUSES ON WEEKDAYS THAT YOU HAVE ON SATURDAY.
AND SATURDAY IS A 55 MINUTE WAIT.
SO NOT SATURDAY AND SUN SUNDAY YOU HAVE EVEN LESS.
SUNDAY IT'S LIKE AN HOUR AND SOMETHING.
SATURDAY'S, SUNDAY ONLY HAS TWO BUSES.
BUSE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY'S GONNA GO TO TWO BUSES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
AND YEAH, IT'S GOING TO GO TO RIGHT, IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S THREE.
IF YOU TAKE THE BUS ON SATURDAY, IT'S A 55 MINUTE.
IT'S FOUR BUSES ON SATURDAY? NO.
OH, ON SATURDAY? NO, ON SATURDAY'S.
THREE BUSES AND YOU'RE GOING DOWN TO TWO SATURDAY.
BUT SATURDAY IS THREE BUSES RIGHT NOW.
NO, BECAUSE SATURDAY THE WAIT TILL ON SATURDAY IS MUCH LESS THAN SUNDAY.
ON SUNDAY I CAN'T GO ANYWHERE.
AND WELL YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TRAFFIC TO GET EVERYTHING THAT'S GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON SUNDAY.
IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE 52 MINUTES NOW.
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THE TRAFFIC IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT.WE CAN AT CURRENT SCHEDULE TELL I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.
I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL ABOUT THAT.
AND THE EA ANY POSSIBILITY UM, THAT WE CAN GET SATURDAY SIR? UM, IT'S JUST SO LIKE SAID IT CUT YOU OFF.
THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN I THE THANK YOU.
REMEMBER, UH, GUYS DISCONTINUE ME ROAD AND IT WAS UH, ME ROAD WAS THERE FOR THE LONGEST AND NOW IS DISCONTINUE.
BUT YOU ADD A LINK, YOU CALL A LIFT.
I'M KIND OF THINKING ABOUT IF THEY CAN OFFER A LIFT AND WEST NAPOLEON JUST LIKE MARY ROAD DID IN A RICH NEIGHBORHOOD.
LIKE IF YOU GET
I LIVE IN CLEARY IN THE HOOD NOW THEY CALL HIM A HOOD.
SO YOU GAVE ME A LIFT AND BRING ME TO CAUSEWAY OR BRING ME TO CLEARVIEW.
IT'S NOT LIKE EVERY TIME WE'RE GONNA CATCH A LIFT JUST LIKE THEY'RE GONNA CATCH THE BUS.
BUT IF YOU CANNOT LIFT, I SAVE MY STEPS FOR WALKING.
MA'AM, JUST MAKE SURE YOU PUT IT ON YOUR PERMANENT CARD AND TRY TO RESPOND.
DID BEFORE OTHERS HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS WELL.
I'M ACTUALLY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RIDE NEW ORLEANS.
WE ARE A TRANSIT ADVOCACY NONPROFIT THAT SERVES BOTH JEFFERSON PARISH AND ORLE PARISH TRANSIT WRITERS WHO CAN'T MAKE MEETINGS LIKE THIS AT FIVE 30.
UM, BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOICE IS HEARD AT PARTICULAR MEETINGS SUCH AS THIS.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR HOSTING THIS.
WE ACTUALLY NOTICE THAT SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THIS PACKET AND IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT WEREN'T ON THE WEBSITE.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THESE THINGS SO THAT WE CAN RELAY THEM TO TRANSIT WRITERS WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY ALREADY PRETTY CONCERNED AS WE'RE HEARING THIS EVENING.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE TRANSIT, UH, THERE ARE TRANSIT BUDGETS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING WHAT YOU GUYS ARE EXPERIENCING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THESE TRANSIT AGENCIES ALSO HAVE RESERVES.
AND SO IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO SEE ON THE RECORD IF IT ALREADY HASN'T BEEN PRESENTED, BUT MAY MAYBE PRESENTED AGAIN, UH, WHERE YOU GUYS ARE IN THE BUDGET THAT'S CAUSING YOU GUYS TO HAVE SUCH SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP THAT WE'RE SEEING IS AFFECTING TRANSIT WRITERS.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET CUTS THAT ARE ARE HURTING.
TRANSIT WRITERS ARE HURTING SOME OF THE MOST HIGH RIDER SHIPPED LINES, EX LIKE THE E ONE.
UH, A LOT OF TRANSIT WRITERS THAT WE DO SERVE RELY ON THIS FOR ACCESS TO JOBS, ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, ACCESS TO SCHOOL.
UM, WE'RE VERY WORRIED THAT UN THAT THESE CUTS WILL ULTIMATELY IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES IN A WAY THAT WILL MEAN LOSS OF JOBS, LOSS OF FOOD LOSS, LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY.
UM, SO SOME TRANSPARENCY AROUND THAT IS AS CLEARLY AS IT'S BEEN MADE HERE WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL SO THAT WE CAN ONE, RELAY INFORMATION TO PEOPLE AND THEN TWO, BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME PROBLEM SOLVING AND SOME FOCUS GROUPS THAT WRITERS CAN COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU GUYS WHO CAN'T COME TO THESE.
ALSO WONDERING ABOUT YOUR COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS OUTSIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND UH, MEETINGS LIKE THIS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT TRANSIT WRITERS WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS KNOW ABOUT THIS SO THEY DON'T WAKE UP ON A MONDAY AND REALIZE THEY CAN'T GET INTO ORLEANS PARISH BECAUSE THEIR BUS NO LONGER IS SERVED OR THEIR ROUTE IS NO LONGER SERVED.
BUT IT'S ALSO, UH, RIDER THAT ARE GONNA BE HURT BY THAT MEY ROAD.
ONE THAT'S BEING COMPLETELY ELIMINATED AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BEING COMBINED AS WELL.
WHERE IS THE COUNCIL? WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I'M SORRY.
WHERE IS THE COUNCIL PEOPLE AT? TRUE.
WHERE ARE THEY AT? THEY'RE THE ONES EVERY, EVERYBODY HERE SHOULD TAKE A PICTURE OF EACH ONE OF THEM THINGS, PLAQUES OR WHATEVER THEY GOT THERE.
I CAME RIDING IN MY VEHICLE TODAY WHEN I WAS COMING THERE AND I SEEN A SIGN SAYING JEFFERSON PARISH IS MOVING FORWARD.
HOW IS IT DOING WITH TRANSIT? THANK YOU.
I MEAN IF WE VISIT CITIES, ANY CITIES,
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COUNTIES, PARISHES, EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND FOR TRANSIT TO THRIVE.WE'VE BEEN DEALING THIS WITH WITH A LONG TIME.
AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY JEFFERSON PARISH DON'T TAKE TRANSIT SERIOUSLY.
WHY THEY LET TRANSIT SLIDE BY.
YOU HAVE THE AIRPORT, YOU HAVE JEFFERSON PARISH, YOU HAVE NEW ORLEANS.
LIKE ONE OF THE PEOPLE SAID, I'M JUST GONNA STICK STRICTLY WITH FOCUS ON VETERANS.
WHY WE GONNA LET TOURISTS GET ON OUR BUS, GET OFF AT CANAL STREET AND THE LUGGAGE DON'T FIT.
WHY ARE WE GOING TO SAY, WELL LET'S JUST PUT 'EM ON A 2 0 2.
NOW THIS ECONOMICS 1 0 1, IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY OR VISITOR TO SEE YOUR PARISH, SHOULDN'T YOU LET THEM GO THROUGH YOUR PARISH? WHICH WAY DO THE 2 0 2 GO ON INTERSTATE? THE WHOLE PARISH IS SKIPPED OVER SO HIGH IN THE WORLD IS JEFFERSON PARISH MOVING FORWARD WHEN TOURISTS, VISITORS CAN'T EVEN SEE WHAT JEFFERSON PARISH HAVE TO OFFER? LET'S GET TO THE REGULAR PASSENGERS.
THE WAIT TIME IS GONNA BE LONGER.
THAT'S FOR CERTAIN IN THE SUN AND IN THE RUNNING AND IN THE COLD.
NOW WE'RE FORCING THEM TO PAY DOUBLE BECAUSE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO PAY ON THE RT BUS, WHICH IS A DOLLAR 25 COMING AND GOING.
NOW WE GOING TO PUT MORE MONEY COMING OUT OF THEIR POCKET THAT'S UNACCOUNTED FOR.
CAUSE THEY'RE USED TO A ONE WAY FAST TRACK.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THESE COUNCIL PEOPLE NOT HERE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS PARISH DON'T TAKE TRANSIT SERIOUSLY.
BECAUSE IT COULD BE A BIG GAME HERE, RIGHT? I MEAN THE PARISH SPENDING MONEY, BUT IT'S JUST NOT TO TRANSIT.
YOU SAY SPENDING MONEY, UNDERSTAND THEY BUILDING THAT NEW, THAT NEW STATION FOR BUS STATION, THEY, THAT BUILDING THAT COST YOU MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WELL HEY GUESS WHAT? I'M THANKFUL FOR THE BUILDING.
BUT I GUARANTEE EVERYBODY HERE WOULD RATHER SERVICE THAN THE BUILDING.
BECAUSE WITHOUT SERVICE THE BUILDING WILL BE EMPTY.
THAT'S A GRANT THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR BUILDING.
I'M JUST SAYING WE'VE SEEN THAT MADE.
BUT THEY, I AIN'T SAYING ANY IT BAD, BUT IT SAYS, AND WE SEEN THAT DONE.
BUT Y'ALL TRYING TO CUT COSTS AND YOU CAN GET SOME, GET SOME GRIPS MORE TO HELP Y'ALL OUT OR SOMETHING.
YOU SEE THE ONE THING LIKE YOU'VE SAYING BECAUSE HIS, HIS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL IS ON A VERGE OF CLOTHES WE WENT TO TO THE HOME SCHOOL ONE HEARING.
MM-HMM
AND IT WASN'T IMPORTANT WAS THAT.
BUT LOOK, CLOSES A NINE IT LOOK NOT ONE, IT WASN'T IMPORTANT THIS MEETING AND IT WASN'T IMPORTANT THE LAST MEETING.
AND THAT'S THE JOB THAT WE GOING TO HAVE TO DO AND TRY STRIVING TO DO, IS TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE THAT'S RIDING THE BUS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY VOTE DO COUNT.
CAUSE RIGHT NOW JEFFERSON PARISH MOVING FORWARD IS ONLY FOR A SELECTED GROUP.
EVEN BEFORE KATRINA, JEFFERSON PARISH HAS BEEN TRYING TO CUT TRANSIT SERVICE.
KATRINA WAS THE ANSWER FOR THAT.
WHICH THEY CONSOLIDATED ALL THE SERVICES.
CAUSE THEY USED TO CUT THREE CHECKS.
NOW THEY CUT ONE AND WE, AT A BARE MINIMUM, WE PROBABLY RUNNING AT ABOUT 40 OR 50% SERVICE THAT WE RAN BEFORE KATRINA.
ONLY THING WE NEED NOW IS JUST DIRT ON THE GRAVE.
TRUE BUSES ARE RUNNING A LOT MORE FOR KATRINA.
THEY SAID THAT IN COMMUNITY SENSE.
I THINK GET ALL Y'ALL CARS AND START TAKING THE BUSS.
THEY SAID Y'ALL, Y'ALL, Y'ALL LOOKING GOT PAPERWORK.
BUT THEY SAID Y'ALL GOT CARS THAT DROPPED AND PEOPLE THAT HERE AND WHOEVER IS RIDING THE BUS, THEY ARE SCHEDULES AND THEY KNOW HOW MANY, HOW LONG IT TAKES DRIVE TO WORK IN THE MORNING.
AND TO STOP DRIVING WORK AND ACTUALLY GO IN THE BUS DRIVE AND THEY ACTUALLY FEEL HOW TO FEEL HOW THE PEOPLE FEEL THEY'RE TAKING THESE BUSES AND ESPECIALLY THAT OH THIS AND THAT.
HOW PEOPLE, MANY HOURS THEY'RE SITTING OUT THERE, THESE
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RAIN OR THEY'RE PROBABLY, THEY'RE PROBABLY DRIVING CARS MAINTAINING, UH, AS A, AS A FREIGHT PROBLEM RIGHT THERE.BUT UH, LOOK, MR. LOOK, BUT I I YEAH I'LL SIGN IT.
THEY ARE HERE BUT THE PEOPLE THAT'S REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ARE NOT HERE.
I'M NOT F*****G THAT THEY'RE GOOD.
SO, SO I MEAN THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MAKE THEM BE ACCOUNTABLE IS BLOWING UP THEY PHONE MAKING UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE A CONSTITUENT AND YOUR VOTE DO COUNT.
YOU KNOW, AND PUTTING THEM ON BLAST, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT HEY, THEY WORK FOR YOU AS WELL.
NOT THAT SELECT GROUP OF JEFFS AND PARISH MOVING FORWARD.
BECAUSE I MEAN, IT IT IS GOING HURT.
ARRESTED PARISH IS MOVING BUT NOT THE BUS SERVE.
AND I MEAN VETERANS IS A THRIVING LINE.
I MEAN VETERANS HIGHWAY IS JEFFERSON PARISH ECONOMIC RIGHT.
BUT WE CUTTING JEFF, WE CUTTING VETERANS SERVICE THAT'S NOT GONNA GIVE STABILITY TO THE WORKING PERSON.
AND WE MAKING THEM SPEND MORE AND WE GONNA MAKE THEM COME.
GOTTA GET UP A LITTLE EARLIER.
AIN'T GOING TO GET HOME A LITTLE LATER.
SO, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY.
I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO THROW NO THROW NO SHADE AND ALL THAT, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY OTHERS WHO WANNA UM, MAKE A COMMENT TO THAT? ARE THERE, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT YES.
MY QUESTION IS, WOULD I SEND OVER HERE? I'M SORRY, WHAT'S YOUR NAME MA'AM? BRAVO.
HAVEN'T EMAILED WHERE ALL THEN THEY WERE GONNA BE HERE.
I'M TALKING TO SOMEONE IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW.
SENDING ALL THE EMAIL THAT WE SENT TO YOU GUYS.
WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN EMAIL FROM YOU FROM THE LINKS.
STILL HAVEN'T ANY EMAIL FROM UM, THE LADY THAT SENT HERE WHEN SHE GOT FIRED.
RTA CAN YOU KEEP BRINGING UP THAT? I GOT FIRED FROM RTA.
THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL MATTER.
LET'S, LET'S, THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL MATTER.
LET LET'S, LET'S STICK TO TRANSIT.
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I NOT GET A REPLY ABOUT THE LENGTH, HOW WE'RE GETTING ALL THE SERVICES CUT.
WHY ARE WE GETTING ALL THE SERVICES CUT IN VETERANS? THE GRAND MONEY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ALSO TO GET NEW BUS BUSES FOR BESIDES THE BUILDING, IT'S ALSO TO GET NEW BUSES.
SO WHY DO WE NEED, NEED BUSES? HAVEN'T RECEIV ANY EMAILS FROM NO, NOT FROM YOU.
I'M, I DON'T, I CANNOT RESPOND ON BEHALF OF MY YOU AS FOR MY INFORMATION.
I MEAN YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR SHOULDERS UP.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T ASK HER HER NAME LAST TIME YOU TELL ME HER NAME.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU GOT YOUR REPLY TO HER.
WHY IS IT, WHY ARE WE GETTING CUT ON THE VETERAN'S BUS? WHY IS IT, WHAT IS THE REASON? THE REASON IS FUNDING DAY.
BUT YOU CUT $2 OFF A YEAR AGO.
THE AIRPORT HAD TO PAY ONLY $2.
YOU GET OFF AT THE BOTTOM, A DOLLAR WASTED MONEY.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN LIKE IT THEN YOU JUST CHANGE IT ALL AROUND.
WHY, WHY CHANGE? WHAT ALL AROUND THE MONEY.
HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU LOSE? DID WE LOSE ME? NOT ME.
I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY LOSE.
THAT'S THE QUESTION WE'RE ASKING.
YOU'RE NOT GIVING US ANSWER MA'AM IS A RUNAROUND WITH ALL OF Y'ALL.
YOU'RE CHARGING $2 TO CROSS ACROSS THE CITY CONNECTION.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT.
CAUSE YOU'RE GETTING ON THE AIRPORT AND YOU'RE TRAVELING YOUR LUGGAGE INTO WHETHER IT'S DOWN BATTER OR TO THE CITY.
AND SO WHY DID YOU MAKE THAT CHANGE OVER A SUDDEN THEN NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO PAYING $2 AND YOU GOING FROM THE AIRPORT TO CITY PARK AND ONE 50.
IF YOU GET ON FROM BO DOWN WHEREVER THE NEXT, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING WITH THE FAIR STRUCTURE.
YOU'RE NOT ON THAT PAPER CHANGE.
WHY? WHAT WAS THE REASON? WOULDN'T YOU CHANGE IT ABOUT A YEAR AGO? YOU MEAN FROM ONE 50 TO $2? FROM FROM THE AIRPORT.
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FROM THE AIRPORT.BUT BEFORE EVERYONE USED TO PAY $2 FROM DOWNTOWN AND EVERYTHING.
WHY? BECAUSE WE ONLY WANTED TO CHARGE $2 COMING FROM THE AIRPORT.
AND SO YOU LOST ALL THIS MONEY.
SO NOW WE HAVE MONEY FOR CUTTING.
NO, NO ONE SAID WE HAVE NO MONEY.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO END TO THE, TO THE END OF THE MILLAGE.
SO WE'RE ALREADY PACKED BY ON THESE VETERANS BUSES.
BUS DRIVERS ARE PASSING THOSE UP ALREADY.
THEY CAN'T SQUEEZE ANYBODY ELSE CAUSE WE HAVE NO PLACE TO HOLD ONTO.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE LIKE SMUSHED IN THERE.
THERE'S NO PLACE THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE HANDICAP TO HOLD ON THESE BARKS ON THE BUSES.
AND YOU GUYS ARE SO THE REASON WHY, AGAIN CAUSE YOU HAVE NO MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE END OF THE VILLAGE.
2020 CAN'T ACTUALLY, SHE NEVER THE OTHER DAY FIRE THE FIRE MARSH SHUT DOWN AND WE ALL LIKE PLANNED UP TO THE FRONT.
SHE NEVER HAD THE, SHE NEVER HAD NO RIDER HAPPENING AT UH, AA.
CAUSE IF HAVE A FIRE MARSH CUT OFF.
CAUSE NO FIRE MARSHAL WANTS TO SIT THERE AND JUST SAID THE BUS WAS CROWDED WITH PEOPLE STANDING.
HE AND STOP SHORT AND PEOPLE GO UP THAT WAY AND OUT.
AND THAT COULD ALSO BE A LAWSUIT.
ORANGE, JEFFERSON PARISH PEOPLE.
WHAT YOU SAYING? AND EVEN IF Y'ALL ARE FROM JEFFERSON PARISH OR THE TRANSIT JEFFERSON PARISH, PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT LAWSUITS BECAUSE THOSE BUSES SHOULD NOT BE THAT BAD THEN.
DOES ANYONE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOTHING ABOUT MONEY.
BUT I DON'T ALREADY HEAR THAT.
YOU WANNA HAVE DID YOU WANNA ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? I JUST WANT MAKE A COMMENT.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? I'M SORRY.
I FEEL IT'S LUDICROUS EVEN DISCUSS THIS WITHOUT NOT.
I FEEL IT'S LUDICROUS FOR THE LACK OF RIDERS OR PERSONNEL.
I MEAN THE RIDERS THAT I GET ON THERE EVERY MORNING ARE ABOUT 80% OF 'EM ARE HISPANIC.
AND THEY'RE NOT HERE TO REPRESENT, TO SPEAK, TO TALK ABOUT THIS THING.
AND THE BUS IS CROWDED AS IT IS STANDING ROOM.
ONLY ENTIRELY TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO RIDE THE BUS.
AND IT'S A NEEDED, IT'S A NECESSARY SERVICE.
I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE TAKE PITY WITH ME MY AGE.
THERE WILL PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO ARE KIND ENOUGH TO RELINQUISH THEIR SEAT AND LET ME SIT DOWN.
THERE'S NO WAY I COULD STAND UP FOR 45 MINUTES FROM ERY TO GET TO DOWNTOWN WHERE I HAVE TO WORK AND IT'S TOO CROWDED.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE'S NO SYMPATHY FROM OUR CITY COUNCILMAN, OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SOME OF THE GREAT NUMBER OF RIDERS WHO ARE THERE WHO RIDE EVERY MORNING.
CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE WILL THE SAME ROUTE THAT IS BEEN RUNNING? THE ONLY DIFFERENCE FROM THE E EIGHT IS THAT IT'S GONNA TURN ON WEST NAPOLEON.
IT'S GONNA MAKE A EXCUSE ME SAYING, EXCUSE ME.
THE E EIGHT IS GONNA MAKE A LEFT TURN ON WEST NAPOLEON.
WHEN IT COMES UP, CLEARVIEW IT LIKE THE ALWAYS DID DO.
IT'S GONNA MAKE FROM ELWOOD, FROM ELMWOOD GOING UP TOWARDS THE LAKE.
IT'S GONNA MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO WEST NAPOLEON.
IT'S GONNA GO TO TRANSCONTINENTAL AND TAKE THE SAME ROUTE THAT THEY, THEY LEARNED THE YOUNG LADY WAS TALKING ABOUT IT'S GONNA MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON THE TRANSCONTINENTAL AND GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WEST ESPLANADE, JUST LIKE IT DID BEFORE.
IT'S GONNA TURN RIGHT ONTO WEST ESPLANADE AND IT'S GONNA GO TO EAST JEFFERSON HOSPITAL NOW BEFORE THE E SIX WOULD GO DOWN.
BUT THE E EIGHT WOULD NORMALLY GO STRAIGHT UP CLEARVIEW.
IT'S NOT, IT'S GONNA TURN AND GO TO CO ON THE WEST NAPOLEON TO TRANSCONTINENTAL TO WEST ESPLANADE.
NOW ON ITS WAY BACK, IT'S GONNA COME BACK UP CLEARVIEW AND IT'S GONNA RESUME THE SAME E EIGHT ROUTE LIKE IT DID BEFORE.
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CLEARVIEW GOING TOWARD THE LAKE, BUT IT IS GONNA COME SERVICE CLEARVIEW ON ITS WAY DOWN TOWARD THE RIVER.THAT'S WHAT THE YOUNG LADY WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO IT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY INTO ELMWOOD AND COME BACK AROUND.
SO IT IS A, IT IS A HOUR JUST LIKE IT WAS A HOUR HEADWAY, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE THAT.
UM, ANY OF THESE, ANY THESE CONCERNS? WAIT, CARLOS, CARLOS.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T WILL ANY OF THESE UH, CONCERNS BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE PARIS COUNCIL TO THIS UH, THESES CUTS? YES.
WE'RE, WE'LL DO A REPORT OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH IT.
DOES THE STREET CAR RUN SUNDAY? YES MA'AM.
THE STREET CAR RUNS EVERY DAY.
IT'LL BE A LIKE IT IS NOW FOR SENIORS.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR RTA IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME.
HOW OFTEN THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER WORD.
MAY BE TEND TORICK THEM, BUT THEY, THEY GOT THERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
MUCH WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T ANSWER ANYTHING R I'M SAYING THAT THEY'RE TRANSPARENT.
BUS, THEY, Y'ALL SHOULD BE NOT TRYING TO PUSH THE TRICK AND DOWN BUSES.
ENOUGH BUSES MAN, WHEN BE CRYING THEY SAY, UH, A BUS DRIVER SITTING CAR.
AND SO Y'ALL SHOULD SOMEBODY GONNA STOP AT THE, SOMEBODY STOP LIKE AN EXTRA PERSON AT THE OFFICE OR WHATEVER MAY NEED IF SAY, YOU KNOW, BUS GETTING CROWDED OR TOO MANY NEED BRING A BUS AND WE GETTING TOO CROWDED.
ACTUALLY NOBODY GONNA HAVE TO TURN ARREST BECAUSE IT'S GETTING CROWDED AND THEY'RE SHOULDN BE GETTING CROWDED.
WHAT AHEAD? SOMEBODY THAT IF YOU WILL GET CROWDED, SHOULDN'T THEY SHOULD HAVE, I WOULDN'T WANT AND BE CROWDED AND END UP BEING SOME ANOTHER SOMEBODY ACTUALLY YOU STUPID PEOPLE OUT THERE FOR THEM AND NOT SAYING WE GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT DRIVE VERY QUICKLY FOR WAR REASON AND WAS THEY HIT THAT, HIT THAT BUS FOREVER.
AND, AND IT IS CROWDED AND PEOPLE GET HURT OR NOT GET HURT.
IT'S JUST LIKE THEY CAN THINK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT SAFETY VERSUS LIKE MONEY HAVE, HAVE ENOUGH FU ON D PLUS HAVE BUSES MORE THAT THE EA OR SIX MORE.
THOSE AREAS PEOPLE LIVE IN, LOWER AREAS ARE AND THEY DON'T WANNA GO SOMEWHERE AND THEY CAN'T GET TO IT.
THEY DON'T WANT HAVE TO TAKE THAT, TAKE A MURDER OF TRANSPORTATION AND SPEND MORE MONEY AND THEY SHOULD ALREADY HAVE A BUS OR TWO IN THE, IN THEIR AREA TO GET TO IT ON THE WEEKEND.
AND TO DO IT, THEY WANNA HAVE A GOOD TIME OR LIKE YOU STAY HOME CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE NO WAY TO GET TO WHERE THEY WON'T GO TO MOVEMENT.
I WANTED TO SEE IF ANY, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN PLEASE IN YOUR PACKET THERE ARE SOME COMMENT FORMS. PLEASE WRITE THOSE AND PLACE THEM IN THE BASKET, UM, IN THE BACK FOR US PLEASE.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.
THE JUNE LIFT, LIFT LACERATION UNDER ROAD.
ACTUALLY HOW DOES THAT LOOK? YOU HAVE ACTUALLY IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE THE MID? NO, YOU JUST CALLED, IF YOU'RE IN THE MERE ROAD ZONE AREA, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO UH, GET A CALL.
YOU GET A TRANSFER TO ANY ONE OF THE BUS, MAIN BUS ROUTES.
SO A BUS COMES AND PICKS YOU UP AT YOUR HOUSE A, A LIFT THE CAR COMES AND PICKS YOU UP AND BRINGS YOU TO LIKE,
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UH, THE E TWO AIRLINE.SO THEN YOU CAN CATCH YOUR NAME BUST PICKED UP TWO AND BRINGS YOU TO, THEY STILL DON'T MAKE SENSE CUZ SOMEBODY SUPPOSED PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DUB PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE, THE CALL, WHATEVER KNOW.
I MEAN I THINK THERE WASN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT RODE THAT ROAD BUS, BUT THAT ROAD BUS WAS ON THAT ROAD FOR OUR MAIN YEARS.
AND YOU KNOW WHY? AT LEAST 20 OR MORE YEARS.
AND YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE IT WAS A LADY THAT STOOD UP.
THE REASON HE DOES STOP BECAUSE THE OLD LADY DIED.
IF THAT LADY WAS STILL ALIVE, THAT MARY ROAD WITH ONE PASSENGER AND THE DRIVER WE'RE STILL GOING BACK AND FORTH.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU, EXCUSE ME.
I KNOW, I'M SORRY BUT WE JUST, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE.
CAUSE IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR THE HEARING TO BE OVER.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, PLEASE, UH, ATTORNEY COMMENT COURT PLACED IT IN THAT BLUE BASKET, UM, IN THE BACK.
WELL THIS ONE COMING, THAT BUS WAS RUNNING WHEN MY SON WAS A CHILD AND HE'S 37.
SO NEXT SAID HOW LONG THAT BUS WAS GOING.
IT SHOULD, AND WITH ANY RIO IT SHOULDN'T MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE RIDE THAT BUS.
LIKE MY SON SAID, IT'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF RIDERS.
I SHOULD FIND THE MONEY AND THAT'S TAKE AWAY, TAKE AWAY THINGS OR OH, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WITH THE MILLINGS MILLS DON'T PASS THE PUBLIC PEOPLE DON'T MATTER.
DOES ANYONE NEED A RIDE HOME? DID ANYONE THE GUY IN THE TURN? IT TURNED OUT NICE, HUH? IT DID.
ISN'T A NICE, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO WRITE HIM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I TOOK THAT PICTURE.
I TOLD HIM, I SAID, YOU THE, IT LOOKS GOOD.
THIS, SO IT SHOULD BE, ERIC, COULD YOU TELL THE GENTLE THE GREEN SHIRT RIGHT HERE THAT THE TRANSIT FOR HIM TO THE.