The need and use for a Shuttle Service for Kingston on the Kingston Corridor is hard to ignore. However, it appears that we can ignore it, hard as that is. (!)
environmental graphic design
That’s what the Kingston Corridor is about…
https://segd.org/article/what-environmental-graphic-design-egd
Ben Rounds, music in the park, Academy Green
Kingston Corridor Shuttle
That there be a shuttle service defined to operate on the Kingston Corridor, Kingston’s “Main Street”…
1) The route: the Kingston Corridor Shuttle runs from Washington Avenue to the Rondout following the Kingston Corridor as defined in KingstonCorridor.com. Â It is a 3 mile route connecting uptown, midtown, the rondout
2) Service levels: twobusses run the path giving the interbus waiting time to be about 15 minutes or less. (In special cases, these numbers could be decreased or increased, depending on the service level required with proper public notice of any delays in schedule from the 15 minute intervale.
3) Schedules: for special events, weekends, and regular services…
a) the shuttle runs on special event days, which can include the farmers market, various uptown, midtown, rondout holidays and celebrations.
b) the shuttle always runs the full route, with it’s hours of operation noted
c) the shuttle service can be paid for as a package from Kingston Transportation, and can be purchased in 4 hour packages of operations. Â The event and the sponsor will be noted clearly on each bus
d) no regular scheduled service is provided absent the some determination of additional benefit vis a vis costs and ridership is determined.
3) Fees: the fee can be posted and may be
a) free, paid for by the sponsor
b) fixed fee for all day on and off use (to be determined)
c) based on the full fare, there is a reduced fee of $1 for any special groups, eg students, seniors, indigent…
4) consistent route: it is important the the shuttle follow a consistent route and that special route changes for events minimal if any: when the shuttle runs it operates for all the citizens in a reliable, predictable manner as well as serving the event…
design charette, 2010, for the Kingston Motel
About the architects:
http://www.kingstonnycalendar.org/2010/09/14/architects-bring-their-vision-to-midtown/
and
About the work they did…
John street jam November 09…. you can get there from here
The Onteora Mountain House… (you can get there from here…)
Helen Mirren at Rosendale ! (you can get there from here)
follow the link please…
http://kingstoncaptured.blogspot.com/2013/09/fwd-helen-mirren-in-audience-this-sunday.html
The weekend of the 4th in Kingston
It’s all at Kingston Calendar:Â http://www.kingstonnycalendar.org/
Oh, and be sure to grab a Kingston Times for a hardcopy of the Almanac!
If you can score the Almanac free, well, nothing wrong with that đ
This week in Kingston… here comes the Art Bridge…
This Week in Kingston  Wednesday March 6 to Tuesday March 12
This weeks Dreamer Doer…Â