Ventura Unmet Transpo Needs

[ Excerpt from "Transit panel hears concerns by public - Commission evaluates funding for such needs as extra buses," By Scott Hadly, VENTURA COUNTY STAR, February 5, 2008 ]

Listening to bus riders and combing over gaps in service, the Ventura County Transportation Commission examined "unmet transit needs" during a public meeting...

... headed by Supervisors Kathy Long and John Flynn...

Das Williams, a member of the Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, said that a new express bus from Oxnard to Ojai also should be expanded.

"There's only one a day, and it's more than full," said Williams, who is also a city councilman in Santa Barbara.

The express bus was added last year to help many workers who cannot afford to live in Ojai as a way to get from their Oxnard homes to their jobs. Many work at the Ojai Valley Inn...

The public can comment on the unmet transit needs by mail, e-mail or phone.

People can write to Ventura County Transportation Commission, Unmet Transit Needs Process, 950 County Square Drive, Suite 207, Ventura CA 93003. E-mails should be sent to vkamhi@goventura.org or through the commission's Web site at

http://www.goventura.org. Phone calls can be made toll free to 800-438-1112.

After the close of the comment period, the commission will draft a document on the unmet transit needs that will be available for review on April 21.