Yes, that is a very good (and inexpensive) option. The whole shuttle
thing started because the bus doesn't run on Sunday, but for leaving
on Thursday after the conference it is a great and inexpensive option.
Thanks for mentioning it Yvonne!
Kevin
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Yvonne Federowicz
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks for all your work on this, folks.
>
> How about adding this to the options:
>
> Airport Bus Schedule:
> http://www.ashevillenc.gov/residents/transportation/city_bus/default.aspx?id
> =968
>
> Asheville has a bus that goes to the Airport, and their Transit Center isn't
> too far from the hotel, about 1.4 miles walking:
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=31+Woodfin+Street,+Ashevill
> e,+NC+28801+%28Renaissance+Asheville+Hotel%29&daddr=360+West+Haywood+St.+ash
> eville,+nc&hl=en&geocode=FbUsHwIdtWIU-yF_M0r573W8WykTXk8JWPNZiDEFKzEaZpTYaQ%
> 3BFesOHwIdRSYU-yldUwO6rYxZiDEhCuU0C1chog&gl=us&mra=ls&dirflg=w&vps=4&sll=35.
> 599785,-82.55948&sspn=0.028648,0.04446&ie=UTF8
>
> There seems to be a bus that goes fairly close to the hotel, towards the
> Transit Center.
>
> Buses seem to be about $1.00.
>
>
> (I'm listed for a 10AM shuttle on Thursday, but I'll miss events and sit at
> the airport until 4PM if I do that. So I wouldn't mind sharing a taxi also
> if the bus is unworkable.)
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2/17/10 6:56 PM, "Jill Ellern" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hey Code4Lib attendees,
>>
>> Well I spend another day in Excel Hell seeing if we could squeeze anymore van
>> runs..lol
>>
>> I'm sad to say, we could only add one van load to the list and it's early
>> one.. I am very sad about it. ( But this does leave 4 slots open for those
>> that want to leave extra early..so check it out to see if you want to do
>> this...)
>>
>> We could really use 3 vans to get all the folks that seems to want to make
>> that trip to the airport at same time on Thursday... But we don't. Sorry...
>> :(
>>
>> Only thing I can do to help is recommend the following folks get together to
>> see if they can share taxis or rides.
>>
>> Based on my calculation...I recommend that:
>>
>> Marquez, Stethers, Lamm, and Young see what they can do to share a ride at
>> 12:15 pm on Thursday...
>>
>> Barrera, James, Rockliff, Reiss and Rochkind see what they can do to share a
>> ride at 2:00 pm on Thursday...
>>
>> Hellman, Classen-Wilson, and Kome see what they can do to share a ride at 2:30
>> pm on Thursday....
>>
>> And Gong, Ou, and Atzberger see what they can do to share a ride at 3:30 pm on
>> Thursday.
>>
>> The rest is up to you...
>>
>> I'm going to look tomorrow to see if we can add a late run on Monday (I think
>> I see a possibility there with those folks with a "-" in the ride share list
>> last column...)
>>
>> Jill
>
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