downtownshelter2Jamestown (CSi)  Jefferson Bus Lines is reportedly open to all options of having an official bus stop in Jamestown, and contracting with a business.

Currently, a three-sided, unheated shelter under the billboards at the north edge of the parking lot serves as a shelter for travelers.

Jefferson Lines Director of Marketing, Kevin Pursey, says the bus line estimates that two to three people per day either board or depart the buses in Jamestown.

City Council Member Ramone Gumke says he’s contacted a number of Jamestown business along I-94 to be home to an agent, selling tickets, and giving passengers a place to board and depart buses, without success.

One business contacted Jefferson Lines and said it wouldn’t be worth their time.

Jefferson Lines and Rimrock Stages, provided bus service in Jamestown before with S&R Truck Plaza as the stop for a number of years.

Truck stop owners decided to drop the service in May of 2013.

Jefferson Lines did not serve Jamestown from May to October 2013, when it resumed service.

So far efforts by City Council Member Charlie Kourajian and others for the planned bus shelter in the city parking lot west of the Post House at Second Avenue Southwest have failed due to lack of the required financial support.