On Sunday, November 2, 2008, the Broward
County transit commission will be cutting the route 55 bus from the terminal,
along Broward Boulevard and Victoria Park Road, through Victoria Park and
eliminating it's ride up Bayview Drive to Commercial Boulevard making it
impossible for people to make east-west connections on Sunrise, Oakland Park and
Commercial Boulevard.
 
Eliminating this route also makes it near
impossible for working people to get to their jobs in the Victoria Park area.
Also, as an example of the hardship this elimination will cause is the fact that
the Gateway Apartment residence which is home to over 260 senior citizens will
make it almost impossible for many of them due to health, heart and leg problems
to walk to the 10-15 blocks to catch a bus. Many of these seniors, using
wheelchairs, walkers, canes, etc., depend upon the route 55 bus to get to their
doctors, to go shopping , to get to the jobs where they do volunteer work,
etc.
 
No solutions have been offered by the Broward County commission
except to come up with a million dollars!! How about running the buses every
hour instead of on their current schedule? Or how about either the 10, 40 or 36
bus go south on NE 19th Avenue from Sunrise Boulevard, go across NE 7th Street
and then up NE 20th Avenue and continue on their regular route where working
people, senior citizens and/or people who can't afford current gas prices and
would like to take public transportation can make east-west-north and south
connections???
 
At a time when everyone is hurting financially why
eliminate a way people can save some money, get to their jobs, doctors, do
shopping?

Can't the commissioners and/or Broward County transit come up
with a solution other than eliminating miles of a bus route?

Martin D.
Goodkin