Hearing no. 3/10: Norristown.@septa #Montco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 16, 2013
First speaker asks about pass limits on Independence Passes. Good Q; I’d missed that Indy Passes will be only truly unlimited pass. #montco
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 16, 2013
It’s true. (Note to SEPTA management: don’t get any stupid ideas. Pass limits are still dumb.)
Oops.SEPTA Rep says Silverliner “ones and twos”, claims there were 110 of them (there were 75 IIs and IIIs). #Montco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 16, 2013
Everybody has a bad day, but this was cringeworthy.
Second speaker asks about rail to Reading.Bad news. #itsdeadjim @septa #montco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 16, 2013
RIP Schuylkill Valley Metro, the gold plated hybrid to Far Far Away.
Third speaker is Tony DeSantis of @phillydvarp.Same statement as yesterday.@septa #montco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 16, 2013
Bang bang bang.14:33 and we’re already done here. @septa #montco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 16, 2013
Chilling in Norristown before @septa budget hearing 4/10.#Montco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 16, 2013
Signed up to speak tonight instead of tomorrow at the (busier) 1234 Market @septa #hearing.Wish me luck…
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 16, 2013
Ed note: This was correct in terms of time saved, but…
I was the first speaker.Only embarrassed myself so much.@septa #Montco #Hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 16, 2013
I stutter when speaking in public. Always have. My delivery was bad even by my own standards. Should have waited for West Chester.
Via Center City (non-maximum) and IM-1 riders are officially not numerous enough for @septa to care about #Montco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 16, 2013
Via Center City ticketed passengers are only 0.4% of RRD ridership. 75% of those are hitting the max fare, i.e. will be getting a fare cut. I wasn’t fast enough on my feet to point out that the remaining 0.1% of RRD ridership is 125 rides a day, and that if SEPTA considered closing a station with that ridership they’d be rightl pilloried. Stations cost money; this isn’t even a station we’re asking for. It’s a line of ink on a page, and five lines of code in the fare system to match.
50/week and 200/month pass limits cover 99% of pass users.Not 99.5% or 99.9%.@septa #Montco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 16, 2013
Even though I was disagreeing mightily with Daniel Casey, he gets massive points in my book for having actual statistics at hand, and weaving them into his argument. I would still like a pass limit cap that covers at least three nines of present usage.
Daniel Casey of @septa: “Who uses a pass 17 times a day?” Me: “Your most reliable and loyal customers”.#Montco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 16, 2013
It turned out to be a laugh line, but it’s true. A fraudster isn’t going to care if the cap is 50, 60, or 75 rides a week, but SEPTA’s most loyal (legitimate) users are going to care a great deal.
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