John Parsons
John Parsons
calling community majority members pool service vast
The vast majority of members feel to be of service to the community is part of our calling and faith. And we feel we can do it in a better way if we can pool our resources.
events four maybe six
Typically events like this would take four months, maybe six months,
rate stays taxes
The (property tax) rate stays the same, but the taxes go up all the time.
bothered complaints creates great litter passengers past platforms problem received track
We actually think it's a great idea. We have received complaints in the past from passengers who were bothered by smoking. And it also creates a litter problem on the platforms and on the track beds.
interested
We are at capacity. We are interested in getting new equipment.
anywhere arrive assigned bend five late mean minutes miss south train trains
If the train is late by five minutes anywhere between South Bend and Kensington station, it can mean our trains miss their assigned times and can mean our trains arrive 50 minutes late getting into Chicago.
almost car crowded daily planning using
We are using almost every car we have already in daily service. We are planning on crowded trains.
available daily equipment service using
We are using all available equipment in daily service.
crack hold managing next together year
We've been managing to hold him together and we thought we'd better have a crack at the big one this year because there may not be a next year.
though
Even though he never said anything; you could just tell,
believe changed cost factors fuel playing
No other factors have changed all that much, so we believe fuel cost is playing a big part in this.
eisenhower
Right now, for example, we are working on Eisenhower and Adams.
chicago incidents occurred particular people work
On that particular day, the incidents occurred while we were transporting people to Chicago for a work day.
capacity increasing issues serving view
These are all issues we are sorting through and which we view as important for increasing our capacity and better serving out riders.