Sedona News – Sedona’s newest transit service, Sedona Shuttle Connect, launched at the end of August 2024 and has been getting rave reviews, as residents and visitors discover how easy and economical it is to use. In response to questions raised by the community, we developed a Three-Month Report Card providing details about the service’s first months of operation. It shares performance stats like where riders are going, what it costs and how it is funded.
This fall was a breaking-in period for the new service and the technology that enables it. You can use your smartphone to request, track and pay for your ride, and it has been a great success. The TransLoc app has functioned perfectly, with rides arriving within 15 minutes of request and passengers reporting high levels of satisfaction.
Sedona Shuttle Connect is an app-based, on-demand shared ride service that picks up riders at the curb and takes them almost anywhere in Sedona for only $2.00. Read the report, then experience it for yourself by using the service. Visit SedonaShuttle.com to see the service area map and download the TransLoc app. Then book a ride and discover how easy getting around Sedona can be.
Sedona Shuttle Connect video explains how to use your phone to book and pay for rides
The TransLoc and Token Transit apps put public transit in the palm of your hand!
- TransLoc is a smartphone app that allows you to request, track and pay for rides on Sedona Shuttle Connect. The app is free, easy to use and available for both Apple and Android phones.
- Token Transit is a smartphone app that lets you pay for rides with a credit card. After the initial setup, it integrates with TransLoc so that the ride experience on Sedona Shuttle Connect works seamlessly.
Here is a quick tutorial that will tell you everything you need to know to start using Sedona Shuttle Connect today.
The TransLoc app allows you to request and pay for rides on Sedona Shuttle Connect. It also provides real-time arrival information for the Sedona Shuttle Trailhead Routes.
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Appears the cost per rider in November is $35.50. Round trip of $71 – $4. rider fare = $67 paid by taxpayers. Not sure how this can be considered a successful or sustainable initiative.
Where did you get those numbers? The article says $2.00 not $35-$71.
John is correct. If you open the 3 month report card link in the article, it openly provides the information to do the math. It is a 95% taxpayer funded operation. That is based upon only 5% of the funds being provided by fare payers, the remaining 95% is either local or federally subsized funding. Those are the facts, the rest is how you formulate an opinion about those facts to offer or provide such a service or not. At least one cannot say they do not know where their/these tax dollars are spent… it is to reduce traffic on the Sedona roadways.
Well thanks for your professional OPINION!
You dont understand the purpose of public transportation then.
It is to get people around, get people out of cars, reduce traffic and pollution!
And then there is helping the elderly, disabled, and even children.
Public transportation isnt about turning profits, its about helping people get around!
Those numbers are high because buses get purchase, they use fuel, insurance, safety precautions and professionally trained drivers.
But thanks for your OPINION again!