Winston-Salem Journal editorial on the ‘latest innovative idea’ for downtown—golf carts:
A couple of local would-be entrepreneurs have proposed bringing a free shuttle service to downtown Winston-Salem – delivered via golf carts. As some cartoon character might reply, “It’s so crazy, it just might work.”
…Essentially, the carts would putter along around 20 miles per hour, following all the standard traffic laws, picking passengers up at one point and dropping them off at another, providing a special experience in our unique downtown. Fourth Street to the arts district might be a popular route – or Fourth Street to the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter.
The Hensleys would offer the lifts for free, making money off advertisements on the carts. They would start out modestly, they say, with one golf cart, and see how things went. That’s a smart way to do it.
And this idea would fit in with our blossoming downtown.
I’m not sure what’s crazier—golf carts puttering around downtown or the local paper of record writing a lengthy editorial on golf carts puttering around downtown.
