Sedona News – The Sedona Shuttle’s Summer Service Schedule will go into effect on Thursday, June 9, 2022 with daily hours shifting to shuttles running one hour earlier, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thursday through Sunday, to accommodate the longer, warmer summer days.
In addition, new service will be introduced from the Posse Grounds Park and Ride to the Mescal Trailhead. This will provide access to a variety of new trails including Mescal and a shorter route to Devil’s Bridge.
Beginning June 9, 2022, this new route will round out the current Sedona Shuttle’s offerings to provide free park and ride shuttle service to five of the area’s most popular trailheads:
- Mescal Trailhead (served by Route 11 from Posse Grounds Park and Ride) – provides access to Mescal Trail, Chuckwagon Trail, Devil’s Bridge (shortest access), Long Canyon Trail and Deadman’s Pass.
- Dry Creek Vista Trailhead (served by Routes 11 and 12 from Posse Grounds Park and Ride) – provides access to Dry Creek Vista Trail, Chuckwagon Trail, Girdner Trail, Devil’s Bridge, Mescal Trail, Lizard Head Trail and Snake Trail.
- Soldier Pass Trailhead (served by Route 14 from Posse Grounds Park and Ride) – provides access to Soldier Pass Trail, Devil’s Kitchen Sinkhole, Seven Sacred Pools, Teacup Trail, Cibola Pass Trail, Brins Mesa Trail and Jordan Trail.
- Cathedral Rock Trailhead (served by Route 15 from North SR 179 Park and Ride) – provides access to Cathedral Rock Trail, Cathedral Vortex, Templeton Trail, Easy Breezy Trail, Baldwin Trail and HT Trail.
- Little Horse Trailhead (served by Route 15 from North SR 179 Park and Ride) – provides access to Little Horse Trail, Bell Rock Pathway, Chicken Point, Llama Trail, Chapel Trail and Broken Arrow Trail.
Complete information about the Sedona Shuttle, park and ride locations, route maps and schedules, is available at www.SedonaShuttle.com. Real-time departure information is available by downloading the TransLoc App from Google Play or the App Store.
The Sedona Shuttle is a public transit service provided by the city of Sedona.
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I wanted to provide some context on the cost of the Trail Shuttle in Sedona. When counting the total number of shuttle entries from the beginning of the service until 5/15/2022 and the entries for each of the three major trailheads, the average cost for each round trip to Cathedral Rock and back is about $5.21/person, to and from Soldier’s Pass is about $1.22/person, and to and from Dry Creek is about $26.53. The new stops at Mescal will probably be similar or slightly higher given the longer distance to this new trailhead. These western stops are more expensive per rider due to the lower ridership and the longer distance. These costs include the portion of the fixed vehicle costs for that time, the variable operational costs (number of hours operated), and fuel costs during that time. I don’t know how this breaks down in terms of funding sources given Federal Grants and local funding. The City probably has this calculation.
The original, practical plan for the shuttles was to have parking outside of town, the cultural park for the West side and the Forest Service parking lot on 179, before you enter the VOC on the East side.
How does it make any sense to move both park and ride lots further in to town? Riders are driving past the trailheads and adding to the congestion! Why would anyone want to do this? The only reason for the “success” of the operation is due to the closing of these major trailhead parking lots!
Why is this service free? Every tourist destination in the world charges for parking and/or transportation!
We were told that purpose of the SIM plan was to improve traffic and reduce pollution caused by vehicles idling for hours. Can someone please explain how moving the parking lots closer to the “Y” has achieved any of the goals?
When were they going to admit to the public that is was financially infeasible to use “clean” shuttles? Oh, you didn’t know that they’re driving around diesel vehicles – not electric as promised?
So as usual this is a bait and switch deal hidden from the public and now that it’s implemented, it’s too late to change. Another complete debacle brought to you by the genius City Council and Chamber of Commerce.
Stop “Home Rule” and vote for anyone that is new. Stop them from ruining our beautiful home!