[Vision2020] Palouse Empire Mall rejects Public Transportation...

[J Ford]

Dick;


I just talked to the mall people; they told me to call Jim Bendixson, 
509-747-2009,
as he is the mall property manager.

The receptionist at the mall office told me that the mall decided to stop 
allowing the bus service as the mall wants to hold monthly lot car sales and 
the 30-40 spaces used by "park-and-ride" patrons take up too much room.  She 
said those people are not willing to pay for the parking spot and the 
dealers are.  She also stated "most of them go to Pullman anyway."  She also 
stated that Wingers did not want any of their spots used by the people using 
the bus.

J



>Garrett,
>
>We need some names and phone numbers to pin the blame on this screw up. I 
>don't use the bus but I can't believe anyone would make a decision like 
>this. The manager of this mall must be a spy from Wal-Mart and graduated at 
>the bottom of his 3rd grade class.
>
>Dick
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Garrett Clevenger" 
><onewildearth at hotmail.com>
>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 9:41 AM
>Subject: [Vision2020] Palouse Empire Mall rejects Public Transportation...
>
>
>>I regret to inform fellow bus travellers and public transportation 
>>supporters that the Palouse Empire Mall has decided to not let the 
>>Wheatland Express bus (the one that transports between Pullman and Moscow) 
>>stop at the mall anymore, effective June 1.
>>
>>The bus brings hundreds of shoppers to the mall from Pullman monthly (and 
>>many from Moscow, too) particularly students from WSU.  I imagine 
>>thousands of dollars are spent there from shoppers who have no other way 
>>to get to the mall except by bus.
>>
>>Everyone I've talked to about this is perplexed by the mall management's 
>>decision (they have not gotten back to me about why they decided this) 
>>though one reason I heard is because too many people are parking their 
>>cars at the mall when they take the bus (considering how much room is left 
>>in the parking lot and that the bus brings people who don't need to park, 
>>this is an insufficient reason)
>>
>>If I owned or worked at a store at the mall I'd be pretty upset that the 
>>mall management is basically saying they don't want bus rider business.
>>
>>I've been riding the bus since 1997 and have seen the mall hassle the bus 
>>by moving the stop in the parking lot multiple times.
>>
>>This decision, however, is a shock to us riders and is pretty frustrating. 
>>Perhaps the Pullman rider shoppers will head to downtown Moscow instead, 
>>but I bet they'll stick to shopping in Pullman, particularly if the super 
>>wallmart opens.
>>
>>This is bad not just for mall businesses, but for the bus because it 
>>lessons bus ridership which is not good to insure its success.  Plus, 
>>having cross-pollination between the two towns is good for both 
>>communities.
>>
>>If you know mall people, please let them know.  Perhaps their clout could 
>>convince the mall management to keep the bus stop at the mall.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Garrett Clevenger
>>
>>http://www.icehouse.net/garrett
>>
>>"What are we doing to our Home?!:("
>>
>>
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