The wheels on the bus in Charlevoix now carry many more passengers

Posted: 7 years, 12 months ago

BOYNE CITY -- The green and white county transit buses have been transporting Charlevoix County residents for more than 30 years, but, reports transit manager Jill Drury, the number of people riding has gone up significantly in the last two years.

"The growth right now that we're seeing is -- I don't see an end in it at this point," said Drury. "Since January through April 15, we've added 343 new people into our database."

And the number of rides taken by the people who use the service has gone up as well.

Transit recorded 94,000 rides in 2011. That spiked to 110,000 in 2012. So far this fiscal year, which is half over, the county transit vehicles have been used 60,300 times. That puts it at about 120,000 rides by the end of the year.

"I just had a chart come from a regional association showing growth among big and small transits," Drury said. All were up in terms of rides. "We were by far the biggest number (in terms of growth rate) on the chart for the ones listed."

Why the growth and why here?

People of all ages ride the buses for a wide variety of reasons, reported Drury. It's $1.50 one way, so for many, riding the bus rather than paying to maintain and drive a car can save money.

"It's a little bit of everything from what I can see," explained the manager.

Click to read more.

Comments

There are currently no comments

New Comment

Accessibility Statement

Disability Network Northern Michigan is committed to making its website accessible to the widest possible audience. This website has been developed to comply under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, which was enacted to eliminate barriers to information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities and to encourage the development of new technologies to help achieve these goals. This law requires that all individuals with disabilities have access to information and data comparable to that which is available to individuals without disabilities.

DisabilityNetwork.org is regularly monitored to ensure that it meets the requirements of Section 508, along with the best practices outlined by the W3C’s (World Wide Web Consortium’s) Web Accessibility Initiative, specifically WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Level A Compliance. We are diligently working to reach and maintain a higher standard of accessibility, which is Level AA Compliance of W3C’s WCAG standards. Because technology changes rapidly, this is an ongoing process.

If you experience any accessibility issues in relation to this website, please contact us. Let us know which page or item you need help with and we will provide a solution that works for you within a reasonable period of time. Questions, comments or complaints about the accessibility of our website, videos or documents can be sent to info@disabilitynetwork.net.