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When the county doubled wait times for THE Bus in 2009, it came as no surprise that ridership took a nosedive.
Now, county officials are talking about revamping routes, shortening wait times and, hopefully, gaining back some riders.
The county's Metropolitan Planning Organization recently voted to have county staffers begin the approval process for a new route system devised by McDonald Transit Associates, the current operator of THE Bus, Hernando County's much-maligned public transit system, which took to the road in 2002.
When McDonald Transit took over THE Bus in April, part of its charge from the county was to spend six months operating the system, then come up with some ideas for how to make it better without substantially raising the cost.
Tim Lett, senior vice president of McDonald Transit, recently presented his recommended route plan to the members of the MPO, comprised of the five county commissioners and a Brooksville City Council representative.
Nearly all of the areas now served by THE Bus would continue to have service under the proposal, except for a small stretch of the U.S. 41 corridor through Brooksville.
For the full article, visit the St. Petersburg Times.
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