Issue #102: Provide local bus information to folks at the Sheraton - fudcon-planning

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#102 Provide local bus information to folks at the Sheraton

Closed: Fixed None Opened 13 years ago by rbergero.

Folks at the Sheraton will have access to using their shuttle. I will be arranging for some specific dropoff/pickup times.

BUT, for those who need to go back to the hotel at other times, local transport information would be nice, particularly for:

to/from brickyard
to/from MemU
to/from Marriott, where most hanging out and hackfests will likely occur

The Orbit Mercury looks to be the best/only route that can get to those places. It runs every 10-15 minutes.

http://www.valleymetro.org/schedules_and_maps/?route=217&sort=

I would like to provide folks who are checking into the Sheraton with a sheet on where to pick up, what times the buses run, etc. Most of this is provided on a .pdf on the Valley Metro website on the route page, but needs to be marked with more specific location as to where the actual stops are (this is in more detail on the map on the webpage).

getting on/off the bus for the hotel (@ lemon st.)
Marking the hotel's whereabouts
Where Brickyard is
Where MemU is
** draw some lines to where the Marriott is (they'll have to walk a few minutes from Mill Ave.)

It is a FREE route, but hours need to be known, they're on the 2nd page of the .pdf.

What I recommend is just printing the PDF as is, drawing in some additional lines for roads that aren't part of the route but have key places on them (For example, Rural for the Sheraton, whatever road the Marriott is on, etc. This might be harder for MemU, might need brainstorming around that.)

It might be helpful to also note physical addresses and sometimes phone numbers of things on that piece of paper - Hotel addresses (both) w/phone #'s, MemU, Brickyard addresses. This could probably just be typed in at the bottom.

And then make like 30 or 40 double-sided copies (who knows, people from the Marriott may want to go over to the Sheraton).

(Also: the valley metro site seems to have two maps - one regular, and one listed as 1/24/11 preview? We might verify that the 1/24/11 preview is the one we should be using, i'm assuming new route details are going into effect.)