Story Published: May 28, 2009 at 7:47 AM PST
Story Updated: May 28, 2009 at 7:47 AM PST
"With a one-hour schedule, that means that when a bus travels past like 15th Street, they wont be back for one hour," said Public Transit Benefit Area spokesman Greg Gill. "What we are trying to create is a chance for these people to get picked up quicker."
PTBA wants to increase their routes to every 30 minutes. Currently the transit hub is the Lewiston Community Center. That would be moved to Clarkston DSHS.
"DSHS right now has two buses an hour in front of it. The new routes will have six. Albertsons right now has two buses an hour. It will have five buses an hour. The Wal-Mart Super Store has one bus an hour in that location and what we will do is put five buses in front of there," said Gill. "The frequency is that we will have a bus in front of there every 20 minutes at these locations."
This should improve opportunities for bus riders. The transit company is also looking to improve visibility with more bus stop signs and shelters.
In other city news, Fire Chief Steve Cooper put together the Rescue One levy budget for Asotin County. The city council said they want further direction on the future of EMS before it is budget time.
"He starts working on it the first of June, so it is ready to go by the end of July, so we can get it out to the county and Asotin and everything. With the discussions the way they are going, we would like to send a letter, get some confirmation from the county and the City of Asotin as to just what their intentions are, so that he is not wasting his time putting the budget together if they're going to go a different direction," said Council Member Larry Bamberger.
Also Tuesday night the city approved shutting down 6th Street on the evenings of the first Thursday of each month through October for “Alive After Five”, which is a downtown vendor fair that was deemed a huge success.
