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OATS to start federally funded Franklin County route March 18, offers $10 fare to St. Louis connections
Summary
Rural transit provider OATS announced a new pilot route beginning March 18 to connect Franklin County riders to intermodal connections in St. Louis. The service will start as two days per week and carry a $10 fare; federal funding of about $1.6 million will support a pilot of roughly one to one-and-a-half years.
Representatives of OATS, a nonprofit rural transportation provider, told the committee they plan to launch a federally funded pilot route in Franklin County on March 18 to connect residents with intermodal and transit connections in St. Louis.
Michael Burbank, who identified himself as a representative of OATS, said the organization operates across 87 rural counties in Missouri with roughly 500–550 buses statewide and that the new Franklin County route is…
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