Cut back on Westport Transit District service. It’s a waste of money!
Add to Westport Transit District service. We need more buses in town!
Those 2 polar opposite opinions — and everything else in between — are what you hear when Westporters talk about our public transit system.
If they talk about it at all.
For those reasons — to get an accurate read on needs and usage, as well as to raise awareness that we actually have a Westport Transit District — local officials have launched a survey.
Working with Westport-based Beresford Research, WTD directors Patsy Cimarosa and Marty Fox designed questions aimed at 4 key constituencies. Westport commuters who use shuttle buses to the train station; those who don’t; non-commuters, and people who work in Westport all have a chance to weigh in on current and future transit options.
Commuters board the Westport Transit District shuttle service at Imperial Avenue.
The survey will include questions about current services (including train shuttles and the lesser-known door-to-door rides for elderly and disabled Westporters); priorities going forward, and public awareness of what’s offered.
The survey — one of the best designed and most comprehensive that I’ve seen like this — is being emailed to residents on the railroad parking and waiting lists, as well as other citizens. A hard copy will be available at the Senior Center.
But you can take the survey now. Just click here.
To encourage participation, the Vine Room and 323 restaurant offer $100 gift certificates in random drawings.
