The forest service is also interested in maintaining the environmental quality and preserving the community's sense of place to both residents and visitors by reducing traffic congestion and noise. Creating more parking lots, with water runoff from these lots into the forest, isn't their ideal solution. For the citizens of Sedona, preserving the small town character by limiting road expansion is a top consideration. Bringing in more roads that are wider or bigger won't solve all the problems nor will it preserve the integrity of their town. Solution ideas range from creating a public shuttle system with frequent, convenient and accessible service within Sedona and between the Village of Oak Creek and Uptown Area, to parking strategies.
All ideas serve as incentives and disincentives toward using the transit system.
Without such incentives and disincentives, it is feared by proposers that the program would not work. And with surrounding communities such as the Verde Valley watching Sedona in hopes of following suit, Sedona wants to do it right. We will eventually need some sort of transit system within the incorporated communities, so we are quite anxious to see how Sedona's program works when it gets going. Armor Todd, owner of the Sedona Trolley, would like to see a solution that includes our neighbors. I think a transit system is a good idea, but a Sedona-only system is not going to address the problem adequately.