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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />As indicated in the a1:ove table, the total BCDI Area and La. Porte <br /> <br />Elderly are alrrost 2% a1:ove the County relationship of 60/over to total <br /> <br />population. Because rrost elderly, low-income persons and handicapped <br /> <br />persons residing inthe area are on fixed or limited inCOIl'ES, transporta- <br /> <br />tion rrobility problems are even rrore highly severe than in densely popula- <br /> <br />ted County Areas. <br />Increasing transportation difficulties is the total lack of public <br /> <br />transportation and paucity of feasible alternative transportation services <br /> <br />in the La. Porte area. The La. Porte Area residents voted against partici- <br /> <br />pation in the regionally conceived Metropolitan Transit Authority. There- <br /> <br />fore the low- inCOIl'E, handicapped and elderly are frequently faced to pay <br /> <br />outrageous prices to neigborhood residents for transportation service pro- <br /> <br />vision. There is limited taxi service, e.g., one najor provider, but that <br /> <br />provider cannot transport a resident to areas outside La. Porte boundaries. <br /> <br />The cost of neighborhood resident providers ranges from $10 - $20 per trip <br /> <br />and $l.OO/rnile by taxi. <br /> <br />The lack of feasible alternative transportation services is exacerbated <br /> <br />by the sheer distance needed to be traveled to get to needed trip generators. <br />Table 2 indicated pri.nary center square miles within the BCDI Target Area; <br /> <br />TABLE 2 <br /> <br />BCDI AREA SQUARE MILES <br /> <br />prirrary <br />Center <br /> <br />Baytown <br />La Porte- Lomax <br />Seabrook <br /> <br />Square <br />Miles <br />29.1 <br />13.6 <br />5.7 <br />2.0 <br />2.0 <br /> <br />furgan's Point <br />Shore Acres <br />