AAA Leaves Westport — But We Won’t Have Far To Drive

Posted on April 15, 2015 | 3 Comments

AAA is a great organization. They’re still just a phone call away for road assistance — and now with cell phones, calling for help is easier than ever — while their walk-in offices have adapted well to changing times.

GPS has rendered TripTiks — those cobbled-together map books that showed you exactly how to get anywhere — irrelevant to anyone but your great-grandparents. But these days AAA also offers an important collection of services, like a free notary, passport photos, and the most time-saving, hassle-avoiding life hack you may ever enjoy: DMV services, including drivers license renewals. It rocks — and you don’t even have to be a member!

Recently, AAA studied the number of visitors to its Compo Shopping Center location. They’ve been there 5 years, after 20 in the small Saugatuck plaza across from Dunville’s.

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This location is convenient — and it’s near Gold’s! — but AAA found that most visitors came from Norwalk. The 2nd highest number were from Fairfield. Hometown Westport was 3rd.

So AAA is doing the logical thing: They’re moving to Norwalk. Even smarter: They’re opening a new branch in Fairfield.

The Norwalk office will be at 495 Westport Avenue (Route 1). That’s the Hawley Lane Shoes plaza, across from The Edge and movie theaters. Just 2.2 miles from the current location, the new office will be larger than the current one — and there’s more parking. The move takes place in 6-8 weeks.

The new Fairfield site is 1201 Kings Highway North — the Staples shopping center  off I-95 Exit 24. The target date is June 1.

It seems like a winning solution for everyone. Unless you want a pastrami on rye while waiting for your license to be laminated.

(Hat tip: Sandy Soennichsen)

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3 responses to “AAA Leaves Westport — But We Won’t Have Far To Drive”

  1. Jill Turner Odice | April 15, 2015 at 11:22 pm |

    I still use Trip Tiks and I am nobodies parent, grandparent or great grandparent 🙂

  2. Mary Ann West | April 16, 2015 at 7:31 am |

    Sometimes you just need a damn map, especially when GPS sends you astray or you need to get around a roadblock… say in New Jersey

  3. Sharon Paulsen | May 7, 2015 at 9:58 pm |

    I know I’m WAY late to this party, but I appreciate the head’s up on this Dan!
    l’ve long used the Westport/Riverside Ave. location for license renewal, car loans, etc..
    It was super handy.
    When I heard about their move to Compo Shopping Center awhile back, I thought “oh no, not that disastrous location”, and found myself never attempting to venture there. (Even with Gold’s handily nearby).
    🙂