editor Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Pasadena/LaPorte Bus Route Ridership ClimbsThe City of Pasadena, Second Century Development Corporation, the City of LaPorte and San Jacinto College have agreed to continue their partnership with Harris County Transit on a fixed bus route service due to steadily increasing ridership. The route, linking Pasadena to LaPorte began with 661 riders in January of 2010 its first month of service. By August, the figure had climbed to 1,715. Currently, monthly figures show an average of 2,500 passenger boardings per month. One third of those riding are San Jacinto College students, while the remainder use the service for going to work, medical appointments, shopping and to connect to the larger surrounding community. "It's great to see local residents riding and in turn, local leadership partnering to keep the service going," said Ken Fickes, Director of Transit Services, Harris County Community Services Department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 That area seems like a prime spot for bus service. Glad it's working out well over there. Wonder why they never became Metro member cities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 That area seems like a prime spot for bus service. Glad it's working out well over there. Wonder why they never became Metro member cities.State law imposes a 6.25% sales tax and allows local jurisdictions to levy up to 2% above that. METRO would demand fully half of potential sales tax revenues. By statute, the City of Houston also dominates the board of METRO, yet METRO is poorly accountable to the constituents of the dominant city.Why would a secondary or tertiary municipality wish to allocate half of their potential sales tax revenues to an entity that is neither fully or directly accountable to the needs of its citizens? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 State law imposes a 6.25% sales tax and allows local jurisdictions to levy up to 2% above that. METRO would demand fully half of potential sales tax revenues. By statute, the City of Houston also dominates the board of METRO, yet METRO is poorly accountable to the constituents of the dominant city.Why would a secondary or tertiary municipality wish to allocate half of their potential sales tax revenues to an entity that is neither fully or directly accountable to the needs of its citizens?Because it wants integrated bus service that will provide enough benefit to outweigh its contribution to the system, broken or not?I'm not saying that LaPorte would make money in the proposition; I don't have that kind of data. But since you asked the question, there's an answer. There are probably many others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Because it wants integrated bus service that will provide enough benefit to outweigh its contribution to the system, broken or not?I'm not saying that LaPorte would make money in the proposition; I don't have that kind of data. But since you asked the question, there's an answer. There are probably many others.But why would Houston-appointed board members at METRO do that for La Porte? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizen4rmptown Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 That's great news, and I honestly think ridership still has ways to go before it levels off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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