What new routes or new connections do you like about Scenario 1? (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
This survey is absurd as it is not useful to those using a phone as maps can’t be seen. Even after I went to the library for a one hour computer session I still could not understand the two scenarios. Nothing could be printed off. We all should have been provided with two good sized maps in color upon request or at public info tables. One is not permitted to go further in this survey as at one point you are not allowed to proceed further until you supply something. The maps are horrid as few streets are labeled so how can one follow along the routes? To me the micro transit is not a useful concept and is ill defined. I live in this zone which stops west of downtown.
Right now in S1 I live in a bus desert. In S2 I was told that a bus will still travel W 9th st between downtown and the Merc at 9thand Iowa. I walk two blocks to 9th and Mississippi and catch the bus. It is about a 10 minute ride to the library. On the return from downtown to home I take the 10 which I guess is now called the 100 as it saves me walking uphill with a shopping cart or bags and takes me much closer to my home. I get off at 11th and Indiana and walk about a half block downhill home. I don’t think this bus will be available to me under these plans.
Downtown I also access my bank at 9th and Kentucky, shops, senior center, art center, hopefully city hall, movies, book store..
I take the bus to other places and would like to be able to continue to do so but have no confidence that it will take me there. I take the 7 after riding the 4 downtown and go to Dillons in mass, Cottins, and further along at 27th and Iowa stop which is being eliminated by one or both of these plans to access my phone store and the dollar store at the corner. Sometimes I have ridden it all the way to kohl’s or target especially for necessary clothes and housewares. Also my bank. I take the 6 to the small Walmart not often but for necessary supplies during pandemic also can take the 10 directly home. But this 10 again not Available in the future I think. Route 7 in one or both scenarios goes to the east to Haskell and does not seem to stop where I have gone before but again just guessing since I don’t have useful maps. Keep the stop on mass at the north end of South Park as that is where many events happen. I cannot walk far and have to sit and rest so There’s no point in telling me to walk places or ride a bike because I can’t.
Micro transit won’t take me to a place where I have to be on time. Ditto for pick up.
Would like to go to lied center.
Does Scenario 1 create any notable gaps in transit service? (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
Scenario 1 leaves me in a total fixed route bus desert. No service at all on any routes.
What Scenario 1 concepts should we continue exploring? (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
Give service on w9th between downtown and Iowa.
I can get where I need to go with Scenario 1. (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
No
What new routes or new connections do you like about Scenario 2? (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
Please see comments at beginning of survey which talk about both scenarios since I only have an iPhone no printer and no useful maps. Am I the only one?
Does Scenario 2 create any notable gaps in transit service?
(Fixed Route + Microtransit)
No response.
What Scenario 2 concepts should we continue exploring? (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
No response.
I can get where I need to go with Scenario 2. (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
No response.
The Scenario I like best is:
No response.
Other thoughts about your choice?
No response.
Other thoughts about microtransit?
Have reservations about it as expressed at beginning.
Would you like to provide feedback route by route?
Yes
Which Route 1 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 1?
I am randomly selecting this space in order to continue my general comments which I started at the very beginning of the survey and now the very talented and extremely user friendly
Lawrence Listens will not allow me to go back without losing all of the data I have already input. But I won’t say anything critical for fear of violating the CIVILITY rules and being sent to the PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE! :innocent:
I also need to travel to the social security office on wakarusa just north of Bob Billings. The VA clinic is just north of SSA and should also have bus service.
We definitely need to have good service to the Lawrence Community Shelter as the residents there come and go throughout the day to jobs or other activities (plan for when Covid is more under control).
These plans need to better research and include routes for students after determining which schools serve which neighborhoods. There is no mention of Heartland Community Health which recently moved into its new building on 6th st and includes a food pantry and other services besides regular physical medicine.
Lawrence has some pretty unique challenges with the KU campus and extended campus and students living in complexes around the city and needing to get to their classes on time. These routes are intermingled with the regular routes here and makes it even more confusing. Many people make their plans well in advance for moving. If the new bus routes go into effect on August 2022 then how are people going to find a place to move to in time or even know where they should move to.
Good transit will not be in place until the city funds a system that offers frequent, fast, reliable service 7days a week for extended hours. If you build it they will come. The question needs to be asked “what would it take for you to ride the bus? We need to retain existing riders and attract a lot of new riders and keep those riders.
We also need to look at the situation with drivers and make. Their lives and jobs better and attract additional drivers.
Plans should also include access to the courts, the new Holistic Defenders office and the one to be funded by the state for felony defense.
Also forgot to say that another popular downtown destination for me and others is the post office.
I also think that it might be helpful for the city to do a clever but informative advertising campaign about the value of public transportation. This would be to inform people about the benefits of public transportation and to counter some of the constant mocking remarks about buses with one or no passengers in it.
The issue of a transfer station downtown is still undecided. At a meeting earlier this year members of Downtown Lawrence hijacked the meeting and opposed the proposed transfer station in the 800 block of Vermont st. I suspect there was also some lobbying involved since the City Commission did not approve the plan but apparently put off the decision or asked for more options to be explored. The decision on this and the implications of it in the broader transit system need to be finalized — hopefully in a way that will benefit the public good.
Which Route 3 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 3?
No response.
Which Route 4 Scenario do you like best?
Scenario 2
Other thoughts about Route 4?
I can’t believe I’m the only person who still wants route 4 for scenario 2. There are tons of apartments along this route and more being built, multiple banks, several churches, and the Merc and lots of other businesses in the hill rest shopping center and nearby as well as centennial park. The Merc accepts ebt and offers other programs to assist shoppers on a budget as well as shopping alternatives at lower prices. So why are all the north Lawrence shoppers who surely deserve access to a grocery store being routed over to 6th street to Dillons?
Which Route 5 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 5?
No response.
Which Route 6 Scenario do you like best?
No preference/Not sure
Other thoughts about Route 6?
Route 6 is a disaster. It is already a very long and busy route and used by free state students and just keeps getting more added on. I would prefer a route that allows me to go to the hospital without being interlined.
Perhaps there should be an express on this route with only big stops like Heartland, the hospitals, etc.
Please try to be more precise and accurate when describing locations. There is no Memoriial hospital. Many people still call it Lawrence Memorial Hospital but they changed to to LMHHealth. There is a new outpatient facility at the far end of 6th street called LMH West.
Which Route 7 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 7?
I expressed them at beginning. Lawrence High serves all students south if 15th street. Do these routes address that?
Which Route 9 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 9?
No response.
Which Route 10 Scenario do you like best?
No preference/Not sure
Other thoughts about Route 10?
Trying to read and understand this is a nightmare. I already expressed what I currently use route 10 for at the beginning. I can just see myself sitting at the hub freezing waiting for my long journeys to continue and wondering when I can use the bathroom. How big is the passenger bathroom at the hub?
Which Route 11 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 11?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 15?
No response.
Which Route 27 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 27?
No response.
Which Route 29 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 29?
No response.
Which Route 100 Scenario do you like best?
No preference/Not sure
Other thoughts about Route 100?
Seems like this might be better than the 10 unless it’s to serve KU students and routes which I am not a part of.
Which Route 34 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 34?
No response.
Which Route 36 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 36?
No response.
Which Route 38 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 38?
No response.
Which Route 41 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 41?
No response.
Which Route 42 Scenario do you like best?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 42?
No response.
Other thoughts about Route 43?
No response.
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What new routes or new connections do you like about Scenario 1? (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
This survey is absurd as it is not useful to those using a phone as maps can’t be seen. Even after I went to the library for a one hour computer session I still could not understand the two scenarios. Nothing could be printed off. We all should have been provided with two good sized maps in color upon request or at public info tables. One is not permitted to go further in this survey as at one point you are not allowed to proceed further until you supply something. The maps are horrid as few streets are labeled so how can one follow along the routes? To me the micro transit is not a useful concept and is ill defined. I live in this zone which stops west of downtown.
Right now in S1 I live in a bus desert. In S2 I was told that a bus will still travel W 9th st between downtown and the Merc at 9thand Iowa. I walk two blocks to 9th and Mississippi and catch the bus. It is about a 10 minute ride to the library. On the return from downtown to home I take the 10 which I guess is now called the 100 as it saves me walking uphill with a shopping cart or bags and takes me much closer to my home. I get off at 11th and Indiana and walk about a half block downhill home. I don’t think this bus will be available to me under these plans.
Downtown I also access my bank at 9th and Kentucky, shops, senior center, art center, hopefully city hall, movies, book store..
I take the bus to other places and would like to be able to continue to do so but have no confidence that it will take me there. I take the 7 after riding the 4 downtown and go to Dillons in mass, Cottins, and further along at 27th and Iowa stop which is being eliminated by one or both of these plans to access my phone store and the dollar store at the corner. Sometimes I have ridden it all the way to kohl’s or target especially for necessary clothes and housewares. Also my bank. I take the 6 to the small Walmart not often but for necessary supplies during pandemic also can take the 10 directly home. But this 10 again not Available in the future I think. Route 7 in one or both scenarios goes to the east to Haskell and does not seem to stop where I have gone before but again just guessing since I don’t have useful maps. Keep the stop on mass at the north end of South Park as that is where many events happen. I cannot walk far and have to sit and rest so There’s no point in telling me to walk places or ride a bike because I can’t.
Micro transit won’t take me to a place where I have to be on time. Ditto for pick up.
Would like to go to lied center.
Does Scenario 1 create any notable gaps in transit service? (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
Scenario 1 leaves me in a total fixed route bus desert. No service at all on any routes.
What Scenario 1 concepts should we continue exploring? (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
Give service on w9th between downtown and Iowa.
I can get where I need to go with Scenario 1. (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
What new routes or new connections do you like about Scenario 2? (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
Please see comments at beginning of survey which talk about both scenarios since I only have an iPhone no printer and no useful maps. Am I the only one?
Does Scenario 2 create any notable gaps in transit service? (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
No response.What Scenario 2 concepts should we continue exploring? (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
No response.I can get where I need to go with Scenario 2. (Fixed Route + Microtransit)
No response.The Scenario I like best is:
No response.Other thoughts about your choice?
No response.Other thoughts about microtransit?
Have reservations about it as expressed at beginning.
Would you like to provide feedback route by route?
Which Route 1 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 1?
I am randomly selecting this space in order to continue my general comments which I started at the very beginning of the survey and now the very talented and extremely user friendly
Lawrence Listens will not allow me to go back without losing all of the data I have already input. But I won’t say anything critical for fear of violating the CIVILITY rules and being sent to the PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE! :innocent:
I also need to travel to the social security office on wakarusa just north of Bob Billings. The VA clinic is just north of SSA and should also have bus service.
We definitely need to have good service to the Lawrence Community Shelter as the residents there come and go throughout the day to jobs or other activities (plan for when Covid is more under control).
These plans need to better research and include routes for students after determining which schools serve which neighborhoods. There is no mention of Heartland Community Health which recently moved into its new building on 6th st and includes a food pantry and other services besides regular physical medicine.
Lawrence has some pretty unique challenges with the KU campus and extended campus and students living in complexes around the city and needing to get to their classes on time. These routes are intermingled with the regular routes here and makes it even more confusing. Many people make their plans well in advance for moving. If the new bus routes go into effect on August 2022 then how are people going to find a place to move to in time or even know where they should move to.
Good transit will not be in place until the city funds a system that offers frequent, fast, reliable service 7days a week for extended hours. If you build it they will come. The question needs to be asked “what would it take for you to ride the bus? We need to retain existing riders and attract a lot of new riders and keep those riders.
We also need to look at the situation with drivers and make. Their lives and jobs better and attract additional drivers.
Plans should also include access to the courts, the new Holistic Defenders office and the one to be funded by the state for felony defense.
Also forgot to say that another popular downtown destination for me and others is the post office.
I also think that it might be helpful for the city to do a clever but informative advertising campaign about the value of public transportation. This would be to inform people about the benefits of public transportation and to counter some of the constant mocking remarks about buses with one or no passengers in it.
The issue of a transfer station downtown is still undecided. At a meeting earlier this year members of Downtown Lawrence hijacked the meeting and opposed the proposed transfer station in the 800 block of Vermont st. I suspect there was also some lobbying involved since the City Commission did not approve the plan but apparently put off the decision or asked for more options to be explored. The decision on this and the implications of it in the broader transit system need to be finalized — hopefully in a way that will benefit the public good.
Which Route 3 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 3?
No response.Which Route 4 Scenario do you like best?
Other thoughts about Route 4?
I can’t believe I’m the only person who still wants route 4 for scenario 2. There are tons of apartments along this route and more being built, multiple banks, several churches, and the Merc and lots of other businesses in the hill rest shopping center and nearby as well as centennial park. The Merc accepts ebt and offers other programs to assist shoppers on a budget as well as shopping alternatives at lower prices. So why are all the north Lawrence shoppers who surely deserve access to a grocery store being routed over to 6th street to Dillons?
Which Route 5 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 5?
No response.Which Route 6 Scenario do you like best?
Other thoughts about Route 6?
Route 6 is a disaster. It is already a very long and busy route and used by free state students and just keeps getting more added on. I would prefer a route that allows me to go to the hospital without being interlined.
Perhaps there should be an express on this route with only big stops like Heartland, the hospitals, etc.
Please try to be more precise and accurate when describing locations. There is no Memoriial hospital. Many people still call it Lawrence Memorial Hospital but they changed to to LMHHealth. There is a new outpatient facility at the far end of 6th street called LMH West.
Which Route 7 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 7?
I expressed them at beginning. Lawrence High serves all students south if 15th street. Do these routes address that?
Which Route 9 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 9?
No response.Which Route 10 Scenario do you like best?
Other thoughts about Route 10?
Trying to read and understand this is a nightmare. I already expressed what I currently use route 10 for at the beginning. I can just see myself sitting at the hub freezing waiting for my long journeys to continue and wondering when I can use the bathroom. How big is the passenger bathroom at the hub?
Which Route 11 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 11?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 15?
No response.Which Route 27 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 27?
No response.Which Route 29 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 29?
No response.Which Route 100 Scenario do you like best?
Other thoughts about Route 100?
Seems like this might be better than the 10 unless it’s to serve KU students and routes which I am not a part of.
Which Route 34 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 34?
No response.Which Route 36 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 36?
No response.Which Route 38 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 38?
No response.Which Route 41 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 41?
No response.Which Route 42 Scenario do you like best?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 42?
No response.Other thoughts about Route 43?
No response.