By: Diane Benjamin Alderman Donna Boelen mentioned at the Council meeting last night Connect Transit hasn’t presented their budget to the City as required by the Inter-Governmental agreement. They never do. The budget includes $800,000 more for them anyway. It was reduced last year when CT said they didn’t need the money. Now it’s back. […]
By: Diane Benjamin The National League of Cities created a searchable database showing where the Infrastructure Bill money is being spent. Look at Illinois – lots of money went to Public Transportation and electric buses. I wonder how many were bought from the bankrupt Proterra? Keep in mind all this money was printed and increased […]
By: Diane Benjamin Another 1 month loss of over $1,000,000 Every ride on a bus costs $5.36, at least it is down from $6.42 last year Every ride on Connect Mobility cost $46.06, again down from $52.37 last year Both services together had 60,458 more rides than last year. That proves again, the more riders […]
