A downtown ARTS bus stop will soon have a new home. The stop in front of Hein & Company Used Books will be moved south to the parking lot next to Sue’s Shoppe on Main Street. The change stems from a transit development plan that stated the existing stop was not ADA compliant. ARTS hired LSC and Associates, a transportation consulting firm, to update their short-range transit development plans, which they are required to do once every five years. Sue Oneto, owner of Sue’s Shoppe, is not happy about the change. “I don’t like it,” says Oneto, “This parking lot is already congested (and I’m not looking forward to) people congregating in front of my store.” The new bus stop has even prompted Oneto to reconsider her Main Street location. “The Martell business park is looking better to me every day!” said Oneto.
Hein & Company bookstore owner Wolf Hein says, “For us, it doesn’t really make much of a difference. Maybe we’ll (take this opportunity to) dress up the front a little bit and plant some trees.” Another option was to upgrade the current bus stop location to make it ADA complaint, but at a cost of approximately 10,000 dollars. Moving the stop was a much cheaper alternative. In addition to moving the sign, the City of Jackson will condense the existing parking spaces along Main Street from the new stop down to approximately JB’s Awards, to allow for more room in front of Sue’s for the ARTS bus. The entire project will be completed by next Tuesday, September 2nd, and ARTS will get the word out via signs at the old bus stop, notices on all buses, and on their website at www.amadortransit.com.
A downtown ARTS bus stop will soon have a new home. The stop in front of Hein & Company Used Books will be moved south to the parking lot next to Sue’s Shoppe on Main Street. The change stems from a transit development plan that stated the existing stop was not ADA compliant. ARTS hired LSC and Associates, a transportation consulting firm, to update their short-range transit development plans, which they are required to do once every five years. Sue Oneto, owner of Sue’s Shoppe, is not happy about the change. “I don’t like it,” says Oneto, “This parking lot is already congested (and I’m not looking forward to) people congregating in front of my store.” The new bus stop has even prompted Oneto to reconsider her Main Street location. “The Martell business park is looking better to me every day!” said Oneto. 
Hein & Company bookstore owner Wolf Hein says, “For us, it doesn’t really make much of a difference. Maybe we’ll (take this opportunity to) dress up the front a little bit and plant some trees.” Another option was to upgrade the current bus stop location to make it ADA complaint, but at a cost of approximately 10,000 dollars. Moving the stop was a much cheaper alternative. In addition to moving the sign, the City of Jackson will condense the existing parking spaces along Main Street from the new stop down to approximately JB’s Awards, to allow for more room in front of Sue’s for the ARTS bus. The entire project will be completed by next Tuesday, September 2nd, and ARTS will get the word out via signs at the old bus stop, notices on all buses, and on their website at www.amadortransit.com.
