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From YouTube: From City Hall - Ward 6 - March 2014
Description
Oklahoma City Ward 6 Councilwoman Meg Salyer talks Rick Cain, the recently retired director of the Central Oklahoma Parking and Transportation Trust.
A
Hello
on
Meg
salyer
and
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
the
ward
6
council
program.
We
have
a
really
big
treat
today
and
I
want
to
begin
by
thanking
rick
kane
who's
been
our
director
of
our
central
oklahoma
transportation
and
parking
authority.
I've
been
there
for
23
and
a
half
years.
Rick,
that's
right,
and
today
we
pulled
you
out
of
your
first
day
of
retirement.
So.
A
Much
for
taking
the
time
to
come
be
with
us
today
and
I'd,
really.
First
of
all,
personally,
we've
had
the
chance
to
work
together
for
almost
six
years
and
I
can't
tell
you
how
much
I
appreciate
the
dedication
and
the
hard
work
and
the
compassion
with
which
you
work
with
a
population
of
folks
that
are
dependent
on
our
transit
system.
That
hasn't
been
perfect
for
the
six
years.
I've
been
here,
I
know
we're
working
hard,
but
we've
had
some
challenges
and
you've
done
just
a
beautiful
job.
A
Your
management
style
and
your
engagement
with
your
board
and
your
engagement
with
the
council
has
all
been
so
important
and
I
really
want
to.
Thank
you
for
that.
Before
we
begin
it's
very,
very
special,
but
today
is
a
new
day,
and
so,
let's
talk
a
little
bit,
if
you
don't
mind
about
sort
of
looking
back,
what
you
see
is
your
major
accomplishments
over
these
23
years
and
where
we're
going,
you.
B
Know
that's
as
you
get
in
your
retirement.
You
start
thinking
about
those
things
that
I
think.
Probably
the
thing
that'll
that
I
believe
will
have
the
most
lasting
impact
on
the
city
is,
is
when
we
did
the
fixed
guideway
study
back
in
2005,
because
that
has
really
set
kind
of
a
roadmap
for
where
we're
headed
I
mean
I.
A
B
It
was
a
it
was
a
long-term
look.
We
actually
again
think
keeping
minuses
2004-2005
when
we
were
doing
it.
We
looked
out
to
the
year
2030
and
we
said
we're
the
transportation
corridors
going
to
be,
and
in
a
sense,
what
we're
saying
is
where
the
where's
housing
going
to
be
where's
employment,
going
to
be
where
the
entertainment
center
is
going
to
be
and
look
at
those
as
as
demand
generators
for
for
transportation
needs.
A
And
so
as
we're
talking
about
transportation,
I
mean
one
of
the
things
I've
learned
over
the
course
of
the
last
few
years
is
when
you
use
the
word
transit.
It
means
a
lot
of
different
things
to
to
almost
everybody
you
talk
to,
and
some
people
see
that
as
bus.
Some
people
see
that
as
automobiles.
Some
people
see
that
as
train.
So
in
our
fixed
guideway
study,
we
looked
at
all
the
different
alternatives.
Absolutely.
B
Marcus,
that's
right!
That's
another
technology!
That's
that's
been
introduced
over
the
last
several
years
and
to
the
marketplace,
and
and
even
when
we
talk
about
rail
transit,
I,
think
to
some
people.
They
envision
big
trains
and
what
we
might
call
commuter
rail
and
others
see
that
Dallas
or
that
Denver
that
Houston
light
rail
type
of
a
vehicle
and
again
we're
working
on
streetcars
right
now,
which.
A
B
A
B
Between
here
and
Fort
Worth-
and
you
know,
we're
hoping
to
grow
that
system
as
well,
but
I
think
what
came
out
of
the
the
other
key
point
that
came
out
of
the
fixed
guideway
study
was
the
fact
that
when
you
talk
about
all
these
other
transportation
options,
the
core
is
still
going
to
be
that
rubber
tire
bus
that
when
people
get
off
that
train,
they
need
to
they're,
probably
not
at
the
end
of
their
destination,
and
they
need
that
bus
connection.
And
so
with
that,
we
just
recently
completed
a
major
study.
B
It's
really
the
first
study
we've
done
in
the
last
30
years
to
just
revamp
our
entire
system
to
try
to
try
to
make
it
more
easily
understood,
make
it
more
reliable
for
the
citizens
who
use
it
and
provide
more
transportation
options
for
those
who
have
choices,
not
almost
ninety
percent
or
over
ninety
percent
of
our
bus
users
right
now
or
what
we
call
transit
dependent.
They
don't
have
any
other
choices
and
we
certainly
want
to
service
their
need.
A
So
some
of
our
challenges
have
been
routes
were
a
little
confusing
the
another
technical
term,
but
headways.
It
took
a
long
time
to
get
from
point
A
to
point
Z
they
weren't,
always
reliable,
and
so,
along
with
copper,
the
City
Council
approved
to
study
and
I
think
we
heard
Nelson
digard
as
our
consultants,
I
was
so
impressed.
So
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
they
put
this
program
together,
because
this
they
didn't
wave
a
magic
wand.
They
went.
B
That
they
wrote
our
system,
they
got
intimately
involved
in
our
system
and
understood
by
following
our
buses
by
doing
interviews
with
users
of
the
system.
You
know
what
are
the
pluses
and
minuses.
Of
course
these
were
experienced
individuals
that
had
done
this
at
other
cities
as
well,
so
they
knew
what
to
look
for
and-
and
you
know,
some
of
those
things-
and
you
mentioned
it-
you're
right
on-
they
told
us
that
we
need
to
make
our
lines
a
little
straighter,
little
less
a
little
less
curvy
and
easier
to
understand.
B
They've
invested
money
into
the
system
to
help
give
us
the
ability
to
increase
our
frequency
on
our
routes.
We've
been
able
to
move
from
many
of
our
routes
had
an
hour
between
buses
now,
with
rare
exception,
we're
down
to
30
minutes
between
buses
and
in
some
parts
of
the
city
will
even
have
15
minutes
and.
A
B
B
A
A
B
A
Extremely
important
and
what
I
really
appreciated
about
the
study
was
they
worked
with
us
within
our
existing
budget,
which
it's
easy
to
design
a
good
system?
If
you
do
it
without
regard
to
dollars
right,
but
transit
is
a
big
chunk
of
our
budget,
and
so
you
know,
I
think
what
they
were
able
to
offer
was
here's.
What
you
can
do
within
your
existing
budget.
A
Here
are
some
of
the
enhancements
that
you
can
make
if
you've
got
some
extra
dollars
and
I
know
the
council's
working
with
the
authority
to
try
to
come
up
with
some
of
those
extra
dollars
and
then
in
a
best-case
scenario.
Here
are
some
other
things
and
I'm.
You
know
what
I
really
like
working
I.
Think
there's
been
this
giant
paradigm
shift
in
Oklahoma
City
that
as
we're
talking
about
transit,
we're
all
talking
about
walking,
we're
talking
about
walkability
and
connectivity
and
all
of
the
things
that
make
a
total
system
work.
A
I'm
thinking
about
the
intermodal
hub-
and
you
know
we
hope,
we'll
be
able
to
bring
Greyhound
buses
back
at
some
point
to
downtown
and
use
that
as
a
connector.
So
somebody
comes
from
out
of
state.
They
stopped
at
the
intermodal
hub,
they
can
get
on
the
streetcar
get
over
to
the
bus
transit
station
and
then
go
on
to
where
they
need
to
me.
I
think
people
are
really
beginning
to
understand
how
important
a
full-blown
transit
system
is
to
a
modern
city
that
Oklahoma
City
is
really
becoming,
and.
B
A
B
Now,
if
you
watch
any
of
our
buses
go
up
and
down
the
street,
almost
invariably
you'll
see
at
least
one,
if
not
two
bikes
hanging
off
the
front
of
the
bus,
because
it's
just
really
taken
off
and
with
the
emphasis
that
the
city's
put
on
developing
more
trails,
bike
trails
and
trying
to
connect
all
parts
of
the
city.
It's
been
a
real
compliment
and
I'm
glad
that
the
bus
operation
could
be
part
of
encouraging
that
that
bike
traffic
I.
A
B
You
know
I,
think
back
and
when
I
started,
I
mean
transit,
wasn't
even
an
afterthought,
I
mean
I,
don't
think
public
transportation
was
really
being
discussed
at
all
and
over
the
course
of
the
years
and
of
course,
a
lot
of
it
played
in
really
coming
from
the
fixed
guideway
and
then
the
impetus
that
council
has
given
it
by
identifying
as
a
priority
and,
as
you
said,
giving
us
a
little
extra
money
to
make
some
incremental
improvements
to
our
system.
And
now
you
see
lots
of
people
talking
about
it
and
I.
B
Don't
want
to
forget
the
fact
that
we've
got
a
regional
transit
dialogue
discussion
going
on
right
now
to
talk
about
how
do
we
not
only
improve
transportation
in
oklahoma
city,
but
the
entire
metropolitan
region
and
community
leaders
are
coming
to
the
table
and
discussing
this
recognizing
you
can't
just
grow
the
system
on
the
back
of
oklahoma
city.
Everybody
needs
to
be
a
partner
great.
A
Well,
thank
you
for
sharing
that
because
I
really
do
get
so
excited
when
I
think
about
that
as
well.
We
only
talked
a
lot
about
regionalism.
It's
kind
of
hard
to
figure
out
what
component
might
be
the
first
one,
but
transit
makes
perfect
sense.
We
can't
do
it
without
a
funding
source
and
there's
lots
of
conversation
about
how
we
might
do
that,
but
a
Regional
Transit
Authority
really
would
begin
to
help.
Take
us
through
so
much.