[Transit] Termination of Bus 20 Route

Wed Jul 31 09:14:39 PDT 2024

4pm today works for me.

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 9:08 AM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org> wrote:

> Metro just now got back to me to ask whether today (July 31) 4pm-5pm would
> work. Wes, Doug, what say you? I can ask for some times next week if not.
>
> On Jul 26, 2024, at 4:22 PM, Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org> wrote:
>
> Ok thanks! I’m waiting to hear back from Metro about times, stay tuned.
>
> On Jul 26, 2024, at 10:50 AM, Doug Trumm <dmtrumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm also down to meet with Martin/Metro and could make afternoons Monday
> to Thursday work next week.
>
> Thanks for setting this up!
>
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 10:32 AM Wes Mills <wesmills at wesmills.com> wrote:
>
>> (Oops, turns out I meant *not* Tuesday; so Monday or Wednesday through
>> Friday from 1:30pm onward.)
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2024, at 09:30, Wes Mills wrote:
>>
>> I would do a meeting if folks are down.  Maybe Metro would feel like we
>> heard them better if we did, versus a letter?  (I’m free Tuesday-Friday
>> next week from 1:30pm onward.)
>>
>> I’m just glad they’re getting back to us on their thinking.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2024, at 12:42, Katie Wilson wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> DeAnna Martin from Metro called me about this today. She wants to know if
>> we’re interested in a meeting with Metro staff to discuss this, or if we’d
>> prefer them to just put together a long letter. (I got the sense that their
>> response is going to be that they’ve looked into a number of options and
>> decided that they’re all too expensive and would require worse cuts
>> elsewhere.)
>>
>> Do people want a meeting? It would be virtual of course. Let me know and
>> if so what times work.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Katie
>>
>>
>> On Jul 22, 2024, at 11:24 AM, Doug Trumm <dmtrumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Good to see they're working on a response. Nicely done, all!
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 10:53 AM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> We got this reply this morning from Metro head honcho Michelle Allison.
>> Below that I’m pasting an invitation from Solutionary Rail to a briefing
>> about Amtrak Cascades.
>>
>> - Katie
>>
>> ———————
>> Katie –
>>
>> Thank you so much for your letter regarding Route 20. I have asked our
>> team to provide some additional information related to the situation and
>> the options you outlined. I am gathering those details this week and will
>> get back to you soon on what might be possible.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Michelle
>>
>> ———————
>>
>> Dear Katie and all at TRU,
>>
>> I want to make sure you get this invitation to a briefing on Amtrak
>> Cascades service between Vancouver, B.C., Seattle, and Portland -- current
>> plans for its improvement and its potential as the backbone of regional
>> travel north and south. Perhaps you've already received an invitation from
>> another volunteer in the Rail Can't Wait campaign orgs -- I hope so. If
>> not, our apologies, as TRU has already signed onto this campaign!
>>
>> *WHAT*: Advocate Insider Briefing - Amtrak Cascades
>> *WHEN*: Wednesday, July 31st, 6:00p - 7:00p PT
>> *WHO: *Organizations forming the Rail Can't Wait Campaign, for mode
>> shift of passengers and freight from planes and highways to trains.
>> *WHERE*: Zoom (virtual)
>> *RSVP*: *Sign Up Here*
>> <https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItduCgpj0uHt1dLf4gE836znzd6A4XdMKv>
>> 👈
>>
>> *WHY*: Well-planned rail is a climate and equitable transportation
>> solution for travel beyond Washington's urban and rural places, and urgent
>> action is needed!
>>
>> This is an exciting time for the Amtrak Cascades corridor, an opportunity
>> to develop excellence in passenger rail service for mobility,
>> transportation equity, energy savings, and emissions reduction. The timing
>> is crucial for making improvements *while federal money is available*.
>> Today’s slow, unreliable service is not acceptable — we need a plan with
>> ambitious state goals that serves the traveling public to deliver faster,
>> frequent, reliable service.
>>
>> *Presenters* will include expertise from Solutionary Rail, Climate Rail
>> Alliance, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, and 350 Seattle,
>> including Thomas White, rail expert and co-author of the Long Range Plan
>> for Amtrak Cascades (2006).
>>
>> *Topics*: The briefing will cover Washington State’s newly revised
>> *plans*
>> <https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-06/Amtrak-Cascades-2024-Preliminary-Service-Development-Plan.pdf>
>> for Amtrak Cascades and why they’re inadequate for meeting our challenges.
>> We will share our analysis and our top priorities for improving the Amtrak
>> Cascades. You can ask questions and make comments, and we’ll offer specific
>> ways individuals and organizations can make an impact.
>>
>> Please *RSVP*
>> <https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItduCgpj0uHt1dLf4gE836znzd6A4XdMKv>
>> and join us on July 31. Feel free to share this invite with interested
>> persons in your network!
>>
>> With thanks for your consideration,
>> Mary Paterson
>> Volunteer with Solutionary Rail
>> 206-271-0251
>>
>> On Jul 16, 2024, at 9:27 PM, Wes Mills <wesmills at wesmills.com> wrote:
>>
>> Works for me!  I just finished clicking “accept” on all of the edits.
>> Doug, I also moved your new paragraph to be third to give it what I
>> perceive as more emphasis after the lead-in of “Metro, you’ve tried to do
>> this before, please knock it off.”
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2024, at 21:21, Katie Wilson wrote:
>>
>> Thanks so much Wes for drafting this up, and Doug for your good edits. I
>> think the letter is excellent and we should bring it to the MM on Thursday!
>> Unless anyone has any additional edits, I can copy and paste this into our
>> agenda document, and I can also include it in an email to members tomorrow
>> evening so people have a chance to read before the meeting.
>>
>> On Jul 15, 2024, at 4:17 PM, Doug Trumm <dmtrumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Nice work, Wes! I offered some edits.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 3:40 PM Wes Mills <wesmills at wesmills.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Sorry for the delay, our dog got sick this weekend (she didn’t eat my
>> homework!) and we got caught up in that mess.  Better now, so I had a
>> minute to work on a letter:
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bM4i2vb-Joc1wXFb5NZiFWWp97z8BbXf_nw7-oL3GyU/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> Hopefully this gets across a good message.  I was trying to balance the
>> need for Metro to not make new gaps in the bus network alongside answering
>> the potential “funding / staffing crisis” response alongside that several
>> of the *new* routes Metro proposes to add will also be very useful (but
>> those routes don’t have any riders speaking up for them).
>>
>> Wes
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2024, at 14:25, Wes Mills wrote:
>>
>> This is a good email.  I can take a swing at a letter tonight and send it
>> out to the group tomorrow.  The below gives me a lot to go on.
>>
>> I’m thinking a one-page email (we don’t have to reiterate everything
>> described below) that focuses on: access (can’t ride a bus that doesn’t
>> exist); mobility (people who can’t drive need the bus); and service (Metro
>> can’t keep on with cutting service when a train station opens).
>>
>> Unless folks object, I would also like to mention the “perception” that
>> the 61—another desired bus route, but without as many vocal advocates
>> because it is brand new so it has no rider population—is being “traded” by
>> removing the 20.  We, as TRU, want both and what stops us from that?
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2024, at 14:11, Katie Wilson wrote:
>>
>> Sounds like their group had a meeting with Metro staff that CM Barón’s
>> office helped to organize, and Metro staff presented the decision as a done
>> deal. Jim forwarded me the follow-up email he sent to them, below.
>>
>> This will be on our agenda at next Thursday’s MM— if anyone wants to
>> draft a letter that TRU could send to Metro, please do and we can consider
>> it at our meeting!
>>
>> - Katie
>>
>> ——————————
>>
>> Dear KC CM Baron, CM Staff for D2 & D4, and KC Metro Staff,
>>
>> Thank you for organizing this meeting on the Bus 20 termination and for
>> the presentation by KC Metro. Unfortunately, we are not persuaded that this
>> was correctly decided. This decision to eliminate bus service north-south
>> from Northgate to U-District through the neighborhoods of Licton Springs,
>> Green Lake and East Wallingford was based on inadequate outreach to the
>> community - a flyer this past summer mentioned “provide feedback to the
>> Lynnwood Link Extension,” without indication that Bus 20 through our
>> neighborhood was impacted.  None of us are aware of any mailers, public
>> notices or any presence at community events.  And there was no
>> representation for Green Lake or East Wallingford on the 15-member Mobility
>> Board; 13 of the members were from far north King County (Bitter Lake 2,
>> Bothell 1, Haller Lake 1, Kenmore 1, Lake City 2, Lake Forest Park 1,
>> Shoreline 5). Further, the Equity Score did not consider students or
>> seniors.  In your Metro presentation, you cherry-picked data when you
>> stated that bus boardings on Latona are only 12% of Bus20 ridership. This
>> is not just about Latona; this is about the whole south half of the Bus 20
>> route, north-south from Northgate to U-District, west of I-5.
>>
>> We are concerned about the lack of acknowledgement of the impact on
>> students and schools.  Many North Seattle College students live along
>> Latona Ave. You blithely suggest alternatives. One of us tried out an
>> alternative.  He walked 6 blocks from 52nd and Latona to Meridian and 53rd
>> to catch Bus62, transferred to Light Rail at Roosevelt Station, then exited
>> Light Rail at Northgate Station and walked across the John Lewis Bridge to
>> NSC; the total travel time was ~40 minutes. The return trip from NSC to
>> 52nd and Latona via Bus20 was ~15 minutes. So daily, to get to/from NSC
>> that's an extra 50 minutes of travel time. Weekly that's an extra 4+ hours
>> of commuting. This extra travel time imposed on these students represents
>> significant harm.  Plus, it's less safe for students, especially young
>> women, when during late Fall, Winter and early Spring they must walk long
>> distances in the dark.
>>
>> Did you reach out to schools along the route?  We did.  7 schools cited
>> the importance of the Bus20 for their students and staff - North Seattle
>> College, University of Washington, Bishop Blanchet High School, Robert
>> Eagle Middle School, La Esquelita, Little Explorers School and The
>> Children's School (TCS).  Here's a quote from the Director of Communication
>> for North Seattle College:
>>
>> "Bus 20 is a critical transportation option for North Seattle College
>> students, faculty, staff and families in the area. Limiting or making this
>> route unavailable in any way will have severe negative impacts on the
>> diverse community the college serves. It will also affect the college's
>> ability to appropriately serve the diverse community that it relies on for
>> ongoing enrollment. This is a serious issue of equity and inclusion."
>>
>> Here's a quote from an administrator at TCS which serves 50 families with
>> preschoolers ages 2 to 5.
>>
>> "My name is [FP] … and the #20 Metro Bus is very important to our
>> non-profit business. We run a non-profit business that is on the #20 route.
>> Over the years we have had not only staff members who regularly use that
>> route to get to and from work but we have had families who use #20 to get
>> their children to and from school. I currently have several staff members
>> who rely on the #20 route and it would cause them and our preschool
>> hardship if it were to be eliminated.”
>>
>> Here's a quote from the Little Explorers School:
>>
>> "I am the manager of the after-school program at Little Explorers
>> Seattle. We provide after-school care for dozens of students at McDonald
>> International Elementary School and rely on the #20 to transport the kiddos
>> from their school to our location on Woodlawn and NE 72nd. Losing the #20
>> would negatively impact our small business. It would negatively impact many
>> parents, who would have to scramble to find after school childcare for next
>> year. But most importantly, it would disrupt the social and educational
>> development of the children who attend our program and ride the #20 every
>> day. For these reasons, I am hoping that we will be able to save the 20, or
>> at least ensure that another replacement route would continue to run N/S on
>> Latona ave NE. Thank you for your consideration!"
>>
>> We are concerned that KC Metro does not seem to understand how profoundly
>> this will adversely affect students and schools.
>>
>> Likewise, we don't think KC Metro understands how negatively this will
>> affect disabled people and mobility-limited elderly.  You mentioned Sound
>> Generations Hyde Transit and Paratransit.  Will these services really be
>> reliable and able to accommodate the large number of now busless disabled
>> and elderly users who need access to shopping, health care and light rail?
>> Will these services be available to disabled people who are still working
>> and must commute to/from work daily?  Here are some representative quotes:
>>
>> "I am a 65 year disabled person [56th near Latona] ... It is my only
>> means of public transportation to get to the University campus, and to
>> Northgate where my dentist and doctor are located. Furthermore, my disabled
>> 24 year old niece who lives with us came to live with me and has completed
>> one year of her studies (out of three) in library science, using this bus.
>> Tragically she will have to move to new accommodation if this cancellation
>> of the Route 20 goes through. I will have to turn to expensive private
>> rides. I have lived at my address since 1992, paid the taxes and supported
>> the re-curbing work throughout my neighborhood to help the disabled. I do
>> not agree that students living within the corridor and close proximity to
>> the Route 20 should have to move now in preparation of Fall quarter. I do
>> not agree that there is sufficient public transportation for any disabled
>> person living within the corridor and close proximity to the Route 20
>> should be left without transportation."
>>
>> "I am a senior [at 77th and 1st Ave NE] without access to a car. I attend
>> fitness classes in Northgate at least twice a week via 20 bus. My doctor
>> and my dentist are both at Northgate and accessible to me only via the 20
>> bus. I have a monthly doctor appointment. Other means of transportation are
>> either unreliable or too expensive for me on a limited income. Please keep
>> the 20 bus."
>>
>> "I don't have a car and I have a disability and am unable to walk very
>> far. I live in the South Green Lake neighborhood. I take the #20 bus to
>> church in Green Lake. I take the 20 to connect to the 44 to travel to
>> Wallingford and Ballard. I take the 20 to travel directly to the University
>> District to do business and connect to light rail. I take the 20 to do
>> business in Northgate and Lake City. The 44 and the 62 are too far away for
>> me to walk to. If the #20 is discontinued, I will have no way to travel
>> anywhere on public transit. I will lose my ability to travel anywhere
>> independently. The biggest loss will be that I will not be able to go to
>> church. The #20 stops right next to my church and there isn't any other bus
>> route that travels up first avenue in Green Lake. Please do not discontinue
>> the #20 bus. The route is essential for me to be able to travel the places
>> I need to go every day on public transit. Thanks for listening."
>>
>> "I have multiple sclerosis and the 20 bus makes it possible for me to do
>> the things I need to do in life on my own — grocery shop at PCC, visit
>> doctors at UW, do volunteer work at UW’s botanic gardens. I’m about to take
>> it home with heavy grocery bags right now. Without it I will be much less
>> independent. I do not drive, so I’ll need to take Ubers, or wait for my
>> husband to take time from work to drive me to the places that comprise my
>> life. We moved to our neighborhood in part because of the accessibility and
>> connectivity of the #20 bus. Please don’t eliminate the current route.
>>
>> "I have mobility limitations and the 20 is the only bus that goes down my
>> street and is the only bus stop in the area less than a 10 minute walk
>> away. It is my commute bus to and from work!"
>>
>> CM Baron, you mentioned that the City of Seattle has reduced its funding
>> for Metro bus service. As I understand, in 2019 Seattle paid for 350,000
>> service hours annually. In 2020, during the pandemic, Seattle reduced its
>> payment for service hours to 140,000. Now, in 2024, Seattle is still only
>> paying for 140,000 service hours, even as bus ridership is rebounding from
>> the pandemic. So the City of Seattle is now in arrears for 210,000 service
>> hours annually. If lack of funding is a critical factor, then KC Metro
>> needs to clearly state that maintaining bus service for the south half of
>> the Bus20 Route requires that the City of Seattle pay for an additional X
>> service hours [What is the cost of a service hour currently]. If the City
>> of Seattle is responsible for this unfortunate situation, then the public
>> needs to know and the public needs to pressure Seattle city officials to
>> pay their fair share.
>>
>> You say this is a done deal. But why? Our data shows that we clearly have
>> a transit emergency looming because of a flawed process and the proper
>> response is acknowledge the errors and take emergency action to prevent the
>> harm. You have 2 months to prevent this emergency.
>>
>> We now need to communicate with the Bus20 users from our list for whom we
>> have email addresses (480+). I suspect they will be as distressed as we are
>> at the impending harm.  We will need to discuss together what other course
>> of action we might have.  If you have any suggestions for a further course
>> of action, please let us know.  If our above reasoning is flawed, please
>> let us know.
>>
>> Below are resources that we referenced in our presentation.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Neighbors Helping To Save Bus Service
>>
>> Jim Little
>> Ted McMahon
>> Arvia Morse
>> Rosanne Olson
>>
>> Our Video
>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/16-4M99CKxj81LLsIGqznF-l3YKCKO5y0/view?usp=sharing>
>>
>> Video Content in a Document
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a7oO2f9sd_Fg_xXeov83LFe_qRif2J_qMLR1L1t19Qg/edit?usp=sharing>
>>
>> Our Save Bus 20 List
>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17_fYHb0oXPWa51GlUniYCU7CGT6MwtQNVY456Pt4I58/edit?usp=sharing> with
>> >1100 Bus Users (email addresses deleted)
>>
>> Our Census Tract, Block Group Analysis
>> <https://coda.io/d/_dXZwYy09A9d/Bus20-Termination_suoLt>
>>
>>
>>
>> On July 9, 2024, "Manahan, Clara" <clara.manahan at kingcounty.gov> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you again for meeting with us today to discuss the upcoming
>> deletion of Route 20. As discussed on the call, I have attached a copy of
>> the meeting chat. While the Lynnwood Link Connections project updates are
>> already underway, I look forward to continued conversations on transit
>> connections in East Wallingford in the future.
>>
>>
>>
>> Take good care,
>>
>> Clara
>>
>>
>>
>> *Clara Manahan *(she/her)
>>
>> Policy Advisor  | Community Liaison
>>
>> King County Councilmember Jorge L. Barón
>>
>> 516 Third Avenue, Suite 1200 | Seattle, WA 98104
>>
>> 206-263-2213
>>
>>
>>
>> *This email and any response to it constitutes a public record and may be
>> subject to public disclosure.*
>>
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2024, at 9:36 AM, Cecelia Black <ceceliab at dr-wa.org> wrote:
>>
>> And skip woodlawn?
>>
>> *Cecelia Black*
>> Seattle Transit Organizer, Disability Mobility Initiative
>> <http://www.dismobility.com/>
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>> 425-359-5256 (cell) | ceceliab at dr-wa.org
>> 315 5th Avenue S, Suite 850 | Seattle, WA 98104
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>>
>> *From:* Transit <transit-bounces at transitriders.org> *On Behalf Of *Dave
>> Schuldt
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 9, 2024 6:30 AM
>> *To:* Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
>> *Cc:* Doug Trumm <dmtrumm at gmail.com>; transit at transitriders.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Transit] Termination of Bus 20 Route
>>
>> I learned that there has been talk of moving the 62 off Kirkwood to
>> Latona.
>>
>> Dave Schuldt
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 8, 2024, at 3:34 PM, Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you all for the thoughtful responses. I replied to Jim Little and
>> said we might be able to reinforce their message with a letter from TRU. If
>> anyone wants to draft something up, please do! I can try to get the GC to
>> approve at our meeting tomorrow, or we can wait for the MM next week.
>>
>> I also suggested we might be able to help with an action alert,
>> especially if they have contact info for all the people who signed their
>> petition— getting a bunch of those people to send a form email could help
>> get some more attention.
>>
>> Katie
>>
>> On Jul 8, 2024, at 2:44 PM, Doug Trumm <dmtrumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think deleting Route 20 sets a bad precedent even if it's relatively
>> top of the list if you absolutely had to cut in Seattle. As the letter
>> mentions, it leaves a pretty significant swath in the Latona corridor that
>> will have no bus route within a half-mile walk, made worse by the I-5 chasm
>> obstructing the walkshed of the bus routes to the east. A bus route within
>> a half-mile of every residential block is a bar the agency could be able to
>> clear, especially in Seattle, given the population density. Maybe we could
>> live with losing Route 20 (although Stephen Fesler did make a pretty
>> good argument for keeping it
>> <https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/01/31/metro-unveils-lynnwood-link-bus-restructure-concepts-in-an-austerity-redux/>),
>> but what bus routes would be next? Is Metro managing decline or serious
>> about ridership growth and improving service?
>>
>> Stephen also argues the agency's service guidelines are not being
>> followed and outmoded anyway
>> <https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/08/26/op-ed-metros-alarming-latest-bus-restructures-illustrate-the-need-for-reform/> to
>> allow such cuts. They should require the agency to offer some sort of
>> coverage in this proposed service gap. Even if Route 20 is underperforming
>> by Seattle standards, it'd be a pretty good performing route next to some
>> in the burbs.
>>
>> All in all, I'd be in support of signing on to the letter or adapting a
>> similar version to signal our opposition to Metro's managed decline
>> approach. Metro might think this cut makes sense in their equity framework,
>> but it betrays a lack of vision to solve for their shortage of
>> labor/service hours and make it so no one has to suffer such a severe cut.
>>
>> -Doug
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 1:53 PM Wes Mills <wesmills at wesmills.com> wrote:
>>
>> That’s the same thing I’ve heard from Metro people.  Apparently the south
>> end of the 20, past Northgate, is sparsely ridden and has been sparsely
>> ridden as far back as it being the 26.  So in our current era of “not
>> enough drivers”, Metro can’t swing it.
>>
>> I’m one of the people who is cheesed off about us cutting service,
>> especially since we seem to keep cutting bus service in, around, and
>> through Northgate when we do a train station opening.  Essentially the ask
>> is “do you want the 61” (the Lake City Fred Meyer to Greenwood Fred Meyer
>> via Northgate route that we *should* have gotten at the Northgate Link
>> opening) or “do you want the 20."
>>
>> I wish we would keep the 20 on the route map so we could add frequency
>> later, which would induce people to ride it more.  But Metro seems
>> unwilling or unable to do that.
>>
>> I’ll read over their letter when I get home tonight.  Are they asking us
>> to sign on as well?
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 7, 2024, at 11:52, Dave Schuldt wrote:
>>
>> Low ridership at least on the south end from what I’ve seen.  Some of the
>> service can be covered by the 45 & 62 with a longer walk.
>>
>> Dave Schuldt
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 7, 2024, at 11:35 AM, Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Just in. Any thoughts?
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *James W Little <littlejamesw at hey.com>
>> *Subject: Termination of Bus 20 Route*
>> *Date: *July 6, 2024 at 11:48:44 PM PDT
>> *To: *contact at transitriders.org
>>
>> Hello TRU,
>>
>> I'm one of several neighbors who are dismayed that KC Metro is cancelling
>> the #20 Bus Route and not continuing service to the south half of the route
>> from Northgate to U-District west of I-5 through Licton Springs, Green Lake
>> and East Wallingford.  We've reached out to Seattle City Council Members
>> and King County Council Members without any resolution.  We've contacted KC
>> Metro leadership and requested a meeting but they've not responded to our
>> request.  Our last hurrah is to contact KC Executive Dow Constantine in
>> hopes that he can reverse the harm that will result if this bus service is
>> not replaced.  *HERE*
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BzdGNi9TF6f2T31YdYudq9mbAIHcQJcbMFLx9VvPjQo/edit?usp=sharing> is
>> our draft letter to Constantine.  We would appreciate any suggestions that
>> you might have on our letter or on strategy.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Jim Little
>> Neighbors Helping To Save Local Bus Service
>>
>>
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