The National Park Service is seeking public input from August 27 to Oct. 31, 2013, about proposed increases to the shuttle bus fee from $5.00 to $7.00 for a roundtrip from Drakes Beach to the Lighthouse, Chimney Rock then returning to Drakes Beach. Children under 16 ride free and Senior and Access passholder discounts apply. This is the first proposed fee increase for shuttle bus system since 2007. All public comments must be received by Oct. 31, 2013. The proposed fees would come into effect in December, 2014.
The shuttle transportation system was identified in the Headlands Management Plan as an important tool to protect the fragile headlands but also allow access for visitors. Limited parking is available at prime viewing areas such as the Historic Point Reyes Lighthouse and Chimney Rock headlands. Bus service eases congestion in these areas. Bus service runs only on weekends and holidays, weather permitting, from the last weekend in December and into early April each year.
Interested parties are encouraged to make comments electronically via the National Park Service’s Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) website at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/pore. Click on: Proposed Fee Increase for Winter Shuttle Bus. To submit written comments by letter, you may send them by U.S. Postal Service or other mail delivery service, or hand-deliver your comments to Superintendent, Point Reyes National Seashore, Attn: Proposed Fee Increase for Winter Shuttle Bus, 1 Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956. Comments submitted by e-mail and anonymous comments will not be accepted.
NOTE: Comments will not be accepted by FAX, e-mail, or in any manner other than the methods previously specified. Bulk comments in any format (hard copy or electronic) submitted on behalf of others will not be accepted. Before including a personal address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in written comments, anyone providing written comment should be aware their entire comment-including their personal identifying information-may be made publicly available at any time. While anyone wishing to comment may ask the National Park Service in their comment to withhold their personal identifying information from public review, the National Park Service cannot guarantee it will be able to do so.
By PEPC: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/pore, click on Proposed Fee Increase for Shuttle Bus
By US Mail:
Point Reyes National Seashore
ATTN: Proposed Fee Increase for Winter Shuttle Bus
1 Bear Valley Road
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
