Would be curious to see how those losses are accrued and accounted for. Seems hard to believe in a community this small, with such low ridership. Perhaps using large urban busses to run long routes with few riders is a bad strategy.
They could “really” save some money by just parking them in a vacant lot and pretend they have a bus system. They could continue to soak up the free government money while having “no” operating costs. I know that the 3 people who use them will be inconvenienced…. but think of the benefits? I think I should be in government….
A new record! I am sure it took a lot of work and thought to burn through that much money in just one month! Congrats Connect Transit board and team.
Would be curious to see how those losses are accrued and accounted for. Seems hard to believe in a community this small, with such low ridership. Perhaps using large urban busses to run long routes with few riders is a bad strategy.
Common sense? They think people will want to ride when having a car is unaffordable
They could “really” save some money by just parking them in a vacant lot and pretend they have a bus system. They could continue to soak up the free government money while having “no” operating costs. I know that the 3 people who use them will be inconvenienced…. but think of the benefits? I think I should be in government….
At 53,000 households in Bloomington/Normal = $32/month or $384/year for each household just to pay off the monthly loss at this level.
Probably 90% (?) of those households have never ridden on a bus.
Fixed route ridership rough average (Nov 2019) was 17,000/week or 68,000 per month. At a monthly loss of $1,694,000 = $25/ride to pay off the loss.