Wheels2U Westport, the Westport Transit District’s on-demand, group ride, door to train platform shuttle service, is launching its second annual poetry contest to help promote the use of its Wheels2U commuter shuttle.  

This year’s contest features haiku poetry.  Sample haikus appear throughout this release.  The first two are by Diane Meyer Lowman, Westport’s Poet Laureate Emeritus. 

Haikus, which originated in Japan, are unrhymed poems consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively. 

(Diane Lowman)

Leave the car at home

Leave the driving all to us 

Door to door service 

Gift certificates to Westport restaurants of their choice will be given to the top seven entries.  One first prize winner will receive a $100 gift certificate, two second prize winners will receive $50 gift certificates, and four third prize winners will receive $25 gift certificates.

Peter Gold, Director of the Westport Transit District, stated “Wheels2U Westport provides many benefits.  It’s easy, inexpensive, and convenient to use.  It comes when you call it, picks you up right at your door, and takes you right to the train platform at the Westport and Greens Farms stations.  No more walks from the parking lots in the cold and dark, no more need to scrape snow from the windshield in winter.  And it’s a greener way to get to the train.”

(Diane Lowman)

Wheels2U for you

We ferry you to the train 

Worries left behind

Westport residents and commuters to Westport can use the Wheels2U Westport app to request a pickup between 5:45 AM and 10 AM and between 4 PM and 9:30 PM and be taken to or from the Saugatuck or Greens Farms train platform and their front door anywhere in Westport. Pickups should be requested about 20 minutes before you would normally leave to drive to the station.  The fare is $2.00 when paid with the Wheels2U app.  

(Diane Lowman)

The bus to the train 

Take Wheels2U for the ride

Easy, no hassle. 

For more information about Wheels2U go to www.wheels2uwestport.com.  For more information about the Westport Transit District’s services for the elderly and people with disabilities go to www.WestportTransit.org

Official Rules

The contest is open to all residents of Westport. Enter as often as you like.  Entries should be sent to Peter Gold at pgold@westportct.gov no later than March 27, should have Haiku Contest in the subject line, and must include the sender’s name, address, and email address.  Winners will be chosen by Diane Meyer Lowman, Westport’s Poet Laureate Emeritus, and Peter Gold, the Director of the Westport Transit District, in their sole discretion.  All entries become the property of the Westport Transit District.  Entrants give the Westport Transit District permission to use their entries without compensation to promote the operations of the Westport Transit District and Wheels2U Westport as the Director of the Westport Transit District sees fit, including, but not limited to, using the entry as an advertising poster at the Westport and Greens Farms train stations or using it in marketing emails.  The Westport Transit District may modify entries if necessary to meet the needs of the Westport Transit District.  

Wheels2U—the bus  

Goes door to train, train to door 

No need for parking