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Stokes might catch a ride on PART

69% of its residents commute to their jobs outside of the county

By Lisa Boone-Wood, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL REPORTER

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

PINNACLE

The drive to work might soon be a little easier for the hundreds of Stokes County residents who commute daily to downtown Winston-Salem.

The Stokes County Board of Commissioners discussed a proposal last night to join the counties that receive transit services from the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation.
Sixty-nine percent of Stokes County’s working residents leave the county to work, the highest percentage in the state, according to PART records.

The commissioners are considering a 5 percent tax on car rentals to cover the cost of upkeep of commuter buses and a park-and-ride lot. PART would collect the fees in exchange for transportation services in Stokes.

If commissioners approve the deal, regional transportation officials plan to build a park-and-ride lot in King.
Stokes has been a member of PART since 2005, Chairman Leon Inman said. It doesn’t cost anything for a county to join, but members who want to have bus service and park-and-ride lots have to pay.
Commissioners moved a resolution to approve the tax of car rentals to its agenda last night, but decided not to vote on it after residents expressed concerns about not being able to express their opinions.
Forsyth, Surry, Davidson and Guilford counties already apply the tax on vehicle rentals for transit services. Randolph County chose to pay for services with a $1 fee on all cars each year.

Several PART buses pass by Stokes County on U.S. 52 on the way to Surry County, PART officials said.
“We’ve had a lot of calls in King requesting us to stop so they can use the service,” said Brent McKinney, PART’s executive director. “We haven’t been able to do it because the vehicles have been full during the peak hours.”

“One thing that Stokes County is somewhat notorious for is we have the highest percentages of people who leave our county to work,” Commissioner Jimmy Walker said. “The need is certainly there. Most counties in the area are participating.”

■ Lisa Boone-Wood can be reached at 727-7232 or at lboone@wsjournal.com.