![]() ![]() Some communities, usually those with local bus services, furnish a bus stop for Jefferson Lines at a central bus depot, Pursey said. "It's about a for-profit company, which is Jefferson bus lines, and whether or not they have made any effort to come to the city to provide other alternative options for picking up people." "This isn't about the empathy for bus riders," he said at the Oct. ![]() Kourajian said he is not pursuing cost estimates for adding a bathroom and said Friday he is looking at other options for a bus shelter or bus stop.īrubakken said the issue is not about a lack of compassion for the bus-riding public. Kourajian said the Knights of Columbus would cover half of the cost of materials, and the project would be constructed with volunteer labor. The cost of materials for the project without a bathroom was estimated at $16,000. "To bring sewer and water in would cost thousands (of dollars), and the bus shelter was intended to be movable." "If we have to put a restroom in, it probably wouldn't work at that location (west of the Post House)," Kourajian said. The planned building would have been used to sell tickets but did not include restroom facilities, which would likely put it in violation of the Americans with Disability Act, according to City Attorney Ken Dalsted, speaking at the Oct. The building would include a glass south wall, allowing law enforcement officers a clear view of all activities in the building. His plan included employing one part-time person at the shelter. Kourajian planned to build a shelter on the city parking lot west of the Post House on the 200 block of 2nd Avenue Southwest. A three-sided, unheated shelter under the billboards at the north edge of the parking lot serves as a shelter for travelers. It utilizes the city-owned parking lot north of Babb's Coffee House as a bus stop. and its eastbound route stops here at 9:40 p.m. Jefferson Lines did not serve Jamestown from May to October 2013, when it resumed service.Ĭurrently, Jefferson Lines' westbound route stops in Jamestown at 1:25 p.m. That was discontinued in May 2013 as a business decision by the owners of the truck plaza. ![]() Jefferson Lines and Rimrock Stages, which provided bus service here before Jefferson Lines, utilized S&R Truck Plaza as a stop for several years. He also said he had questions about who would cover ongoing operating costs such as electricity and heat for the shelter. Members of the public wrote letters to the editor to The Jamestown Sun accusing the City Council of showing a lack of compassion for the bus-riding public by denying the funds.Ĭouncilman Steve Brubakken said he voted against providing funding because it was not the city's responsibility to provide a place of business for a private company such as Jefferson Lines. for funding for that project were denied. Requests to the City Council and the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. The lack of a third-party bus stop prompted City Councilman Charlie Kourajian to start a project to build an enclosed and heated bus shelter in Jamestown. ![]()
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