Comments on: Sedona Free RoadRunner Trolley Service to end

By: City of Sedona Update

City of Sedona Update — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:25:45 +0000

Additional information from the City:

Termination of the service and disposal of the busses could occur prior to June 30, 2011, depending on the findings of the Council-appointed Transit Task Force. Any decision regarding the disposal of the busses will be deferred until after the Committee finishes its report.

For additional information, please contact the City at (928) 204-7127.

By: James Harrington, Sedona AZ

James Harrington, Sedona AZ — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:22:11 +0000

Is this any different than beating on a dead horse? Apparently not when one takes into consideration that between the Chamber of Commerce and the Main Street (whatever it’s called) received slightly short of one million dollars from the city. For what? It isn’t as if Sedona hadn’t been “discovered” long before there was a Chamber of Commerce let alone the uptown businesses that assisted in running up the bill for the “new design” of the formerly owned State Highway. What next? Will it be the formal organizing of the merchants in West Sedona demanding equal consideration?

By: Thomas Zaleski

Thomas Zaleski — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:08:16 +0000

The service has been a drain for years. NO one rides it enough to justify the expense. Why wait nearly one year to terminate a service that is nothing but a drain on the city budget? The city council is filled with members that do not understand basic Econ 101.

By: Lin Ennis

Lin Ennis — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:20:43 +0000

What would be beneficial is a service that residents could also use – for example, when leaving one’s car at the shop. The present RR serves only a portion of the retail district, ignoring West Sedona. And it doesn’t even provide benches for waiting in front of Tlaquepaque.

So many decisions about the current vehicles, marketing, etc. were wrong from the start.

I hope the committee researching what might make a good substitute, if any, has a lot more common sense and does a great deal more looking into solutions other communities have used than did the people who chose the most-expensive both to purchase and to maintain option available.