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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-28 Mass Transit Report 14May13Communiction No. 2013 -28 REPORT -- 5/14/13 Speaker: Marty Mimmack, Co -Chair of the Mass Transit Subcommittee of the PCDP Action Committee. Madam chair, Mr. Brown and members of the action committee, on behalf of the MT subcommittee of the PCDP, it is an honor to transmit the meeting minutes for our April 23rd meeting and get a clarification on your position regarding the letter this body sent to tiffany kai, dated March 14th. Regarding transmittal of the minutes, the minutes were recorded and written my co -chair steph. Bath then submitted to me for edits and formatting. A personal side note is that this meeting was the first of the monthly meetings that I served as the newly elected co- chair. The March meeting is when I was chosen. As you can see we had a well- attended meeting rich in discussion and input. Noted attendees were marlene hapai and mattie green as observers. Also welcomed, mark hinshaw -- pahoa RTC, jon Olson - CTC, rusty jones and june conant as our new members. Absent were Jerry Reiss and Hannah Hedrick. The meeting had a substantial period dedicated to hearing from the new members about their activities on their respective committees and giving a summary of their current issues of importance. Many of the subjects are reflected in the minutes for your review. As you can see with 1VIT there is a massive plate of spaghetti -like interdependent needs forming a complicated puzzle difficult to solve in puna because the population is widely dispersed for the roughly 909 sq, miles of territory attempting to be covered. The second item we are here for is to get a clarification and/or reclarification regarding follow -up on the letter to Tiffany Kai about our request that hele -on implement a hubnspoke networking system for puna. First, we want to thank the AC for working with us to send this letter because, in the 2008 PCDP, many concerned citizens requested this system replace the current "rural route" methodology. Specifically, we want to know what follow -up steps you may want us to take. As your subcommittee, we serve at the pleasure of the PCDP and should act under your direction on this matter. Since the letter did not ask for any kind of follow -up, the subcommittee would like a clarification on this. If so, how and who should make contact. Because the communication was on official county letterhead, it makes good business sense that the signatory of the letter do the follow -up. Alternatively, there has been a great deal of talk about a small group from the subcommittee asking for a face to face meeting with ms. Kai_ FYI: here is a list of websites I consulted to learn more about hub n spoke system and how it could by applied here. 'Hub -and- spoke &apps; transit system could boost bus ridership: analyst - Manitoba - CBC News ScienceDirect.com - IATSS Research - Efficacy of bus service reorganization utilizing a hub-and-spoke topology and DRT to meet communi needs: A case study of Toki awa town Ka olei Singapore Commuter: Hub andspoke How Tallahassee Overhauled Its Transit Overnight Away from Hub - and -Spoke Bus Routes I ITE@ GT Urban Bus Toolkit Factors Influencing Bus System Efficiency /Route Planning Thank you for your time. I'm available to answer question at your convenience.