Comments on: A comment on JAUNT in Crozet

By: John

John — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:21:38 +0000

i would love to see public transp. from Crozet to Downtown.
particularly, after kids get on bus to middleschool.

By: Mikael Herlevsen

Mikael Herlevsen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:35:52 +0000

A commuter service from Crozet would be very welcomed, I think I would use it at least 2-3 times per week. I would not be willing to commit for all days in a week, I would however not have a problem with paying ten rides at a time, if that would be sufficient commitment for Jaunt. Bike rack would hugely increase appeal.

By: Mark McCardell

Mark McCardell — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:06:43 +0000

Moving to C-ville 7yrs ago I was pretty surprised at the lack of reliable public transportation. Gainesville, Fl where I moved from had a city wide bus system that was free to students and residents paid $3/day (Or cheaper if using a pre-paid bus pass). Even though Gainesville, was at least double the size of C-ville, it had less traffic due to high utilization of the bus system.

If Jaunt had an express service, I would gladly pre-pay, particularly if the bus had bike racks.

By: BettyG

BettyG — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:17:17 +0000

I recently wrote to Ann Mallek, Supervisor from White Hall, regarding the JAUNT commuter service. She responded:

“Thank you for writing. I am gathering interested people to present to Donna Shaunessey, director of Jaunt. She indicated that she can send express buses to Crozet if we have people to ride them. Only two or three people showed up two years ago and the trial was abandoned. At the Crozet parade I handed out notes asking interested people to contact me.

I am gathering the following information. Please feel free to share with others.

Name and contact information
Time you need to arrive at destination
General destination, (ie uva grounds, downtown, etc)
Daily, several times per week.

Do you think people would be interested in signing up for the service a week or a month at a time? That would provide certainty for Jaunt. Federal dollars will reimburse Jaunt for rural pickups, which happily covers Crozet since we are outside the Metropolitan Planning Org. area.

Thank you for helping to raise this issue.

Ann”

Please send her your response [amallek@albemarle.org]
and spread the word to your neighbors!

By: John-N

John-N — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:35:07 +0000

Donna, we’re living in entirely different economic times since the dollar-fare-days of 2003. Thanks for listening and best of success in advancing this service.

~ John-N

By: Donna Shaunesey

Donna Shaunesey — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:11:16 +0000

Thanks for all the interest in JAUNT. We’d be delighted to try again to provide commuter service from Crozet if funding becomes available. We hope that more people would take advantage of the service than during the previous attempt that ended in June 2003. Despite a $1.00 fare and express service between three Crozet stops and stops at UVA, Downtown and Seminole Square, less than two people rode each day.

We look forward to working with the folks in Crozet to provide transportation alternatives.

By: jessica mauzy

jessica mauzy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:31:03 +0000

I completely 100% agree with this sentiment. I would gladly ride my bike/walk to a central Crozet location every morning to catch a direct bus.
Let’s make it happen. Talk to the Crozet Community Advisory Council member nearest you.

By: John-N

John-N — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:02:13 +0000

Regularly SCHEDULED Jaunt service from a central Crozet location to the new bus terminal next to The Pavilion on the downtown mall would be a boon!

Riders could easily make connections there to other points around town.

A similarly scheduled pickup location in Ivy would be enough stops along the way.

Just imagine: no more circling city blocks trolling for a 2-hr parking spot OR paying $3/hour to park in the downtown parking garage.

JAUNT, if you SCHEDULE it, they will come. Planners, are you listening to your people?

~ John-N