Page Ten. THE MICHIGAN DAILY I hursday, November 4F, I V I 1 PageI Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY 1 usd November - CAB COMPANIES COMPLAIN Dial-a-ride service expands By BILL PRITULA Dial-a-Ride, Ann Arbor's newest transportation system, is being ex- panded to service more territory, to the apparent satisfaction of everyone but the cab companies. The service, first put into op- eration Sept. 24, has been growing continually each week, according to Ann Arbor Transportation Au- thority (AATA) officials. Under the Dial-a-Ride system, radio-dispatched mini-buses are on call in one area of Southwest Ann Arbor. When a passenger calls the transportation authority, a mini- But, while many of the Ann Ar- bus is sent to the caller's home bor citizens using the service seem and transports him or her to the quite pleased with it-usage has downtown central business dis- grown from 530 persons during its trict. first week to 930 last week-there Passengers can also travel from the downtown area to any loca- tion within the Southwest target area, or from one location in the target area to another. University officials are presently working out an agreement with the city transportation department to provide Dial-a-Ride service in the campus area at night. are some who are not so* satisfied with Dial-a-Ride. Veterans Cab Company filed suit last month against the city, claim- ing that Dial-a-Ride is a taxi ser- vice and the city and AATA have no permit to operate such a ser- vice. FIRST TIME AROUND Youth vote yields mixed results (Continued from page 1) Quinn ruled students could regis- The third seat was won by Wil- ter in the cities where they attend- bur Brookover, an MSU professor ed school. The ruling was made who nosed by 12-year incumbent the night before the election. Mayor Gordon Thomas. His vic- The Cambridge Elections Com- tory,bobservers said, was made mission refused to let students reg- possible by votes piled up in stu- ister, claiming the young people dent precincts. Brookover made a had no proof of residency in the strong appeal to students in the city. The commission is appealing last weeks of his campaign. Quinn's ruling, and no votes will be The impact of the student vote counted in the city until the issue was minimized in some areas as j is resolved. out-of-town students ran into prol In Boston, several hundred 18-21- lems registering, year-old voters were forced by In Cambridge, Mass., students challenges to cast paper ballots were not allowed to register to vote and record their names on them. in city council elections, even after The challenges, involving improper State Attorney General Robert registration, came in student-domi- In Urbana, Ill., 32 college stu-' dents and two professors were ar- rested and charged with obstruct- ing a polling place after they staged a sit-in. The demonstra- tions began when some students refused to sign a statement declar- ing Urbana their permanent resi- dence and were denied balolts. In Columbus, Ohio, home of Oihio State University, out-of-town stu- dents were not allowed to vote in the city's mayoral and city council races, as a ruling to let all stu- dents vote came after the regis- tration deadline. However, resi- dent students were influential in the mayoral race, electing a mod- erate Republican candidate over the conservative Democraticin- cumbent. Young voters generally had little effect in large cities, though. In Philadelphia, voters elected law- and-order candidate Frank Rizzo as mayor. However, Circuit Court Judge Ross Campbell overturned the suit, ruling first that Dial-a-Ride is not a taxi service, and second that, even if it were, the city would need no extra permit to operate it. The cab company has appealed, and although the extent to which Dial-a-Ride has cut into the com- pany's business is not known, there has been a marked decrease in business for cabs servicing the Dial-a-Ride areas. One Yellow Cab driver called Dial-a-Ride "a waste of money," and said if the city would pay the cab companies the money they use1 to administer Dial-a-Ride, the taxis could service the community more efficiently.l Another driver from Veterans Cab Company complained that Dial-a-Ride is leaving out lower class people by restricting its boundaries to the southwest por- tion of town, about the middle of Ann Arbor's economic range. "Hell, the system was originally set up to serve the poor," he said. "Man, look where the damn things go-to the rich." Dial-a-Ride, however, is expect- ed to eventually extend through- out Ann Arbor. The first expan- sion, which started M o n d a y, stretched the Dial-a-Ride area to a new subdivision south of Scio- Church Road and the area just north of Pauline Blvd. Additional points have been added to the downtown destina- tion area, including stops at both hospitals. Despite the new territory, Dial- a-Ride is not yet operating at full efficiency, with lulls during mid- morning and afternoon. But of- ficials believe that as people be- come more familiar with the ser- vice, these periods will decline. Dial-a-Ride one way fare costs ernor's decision to appeal "an in- dication of racism." After describing his plans fcr the appeal, Milliken turned to his proposal on property taxes as "the question which goes to the very heart of equality in education. much more so than busing." Milliken cited the "wide dis- parity of resources for education" in various districts, saying that some districts spend $500 per stu- dent while others spend more than $1,300. The governor's petition to cnd all property taxes which fund local schools will ask the following re- forms: -No local school millage be lev- ied for regular school operating costs. Local millage could be lev- ied by popular vote, however, for $10.00 per month NO DEPOSIT FREE DELIVERY, PICK UP AND SERVICE CALL: NEJAC TV RENTALS 662-5671 1 1 ken to appeal school bias decision (Continued from page 1) "educational enrichment and con- tition drive for "more equitable struction." school funding. "-The subsequent loss of prop- Milliken also told The Daily that. erty tax revenue be made up leg- while busing provides one way to islatively through other taxation; ease racial tensions, "the best an- and swer comes through open housing -Maximum property tax total and job and educational oppor- be cut approximately in half and tunities." j1frozen at that level. Following a meeting this after -- _-_---_-_-_-_-_--- noon between Milliken and black officials, Jesse Goodwin, head of Detroit's NAACP, called the gov- 10-7 MON.-THURS. 10-9 FRI., SAT. 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Louise Day Hicks in the Boston mayoral elec- tion, said the challenges were com- ing from Hicks' supporters, but Hicks denied the allegations. The challenged votes will be counted and allowed to stand until the, challenge is resolved. ORGANIZATION NOTICES U.M. Christian Science Organization,I Nov. 4, 7:15 PM, 3545SAB. 911 are wel- corned. Tenants Union, Nov. 4, 7:30 PM, 1528 SAB. Gay Liberation open house, Nov. 5, 7:00 PM, Canterbury. built. American Indians Unlimited, Native These inmates too have been is- Am. Teach-In, Nov. 13, 14 at Angell suing strong .complaints since they Hall Audy BR c."Hunted Race' rock havebeendenid viitatongroup, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, have been denied v i s 1 t a t i 0 n, Nov. 12, 7:30 PM. Tickets are now on grounds, radio and t.v. privileges. sale at the Union, 2-5 PM. Michigan Union Dining Room Buffet Lunch Mon.-Fri. 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