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Bastrop council hears feasibility pitch for rideshare vouchers to fill transit gaps
Summary
City staff presented a preliminary plan Feb. 11 to study whether Bastrop should adopt a city-subsidized rideshare voucher program to supplement existing transit and extend mobility after the local CARTS on-demand service hours.
City staff presented a preliminary plan Feb. 11 to study whether Bastrop should adopt a city-subsidized rideshare voucher program to supplement existing transit and extend mobility after the local CARTS on-demand service hours.
The program would pair vouchers paid by the city with Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber or Lyft and would be managed through a consultant and an online portal. The presenter described a draft budget scenario in which a $10-per-ride subsidy with 10 vouchers per eligible household would cost about $95,831 annually just for the subsidy, not including consultant or marketing costs.
The proposal was framed as a way to meet demand outside CARTS’s 7 a.m.–7 p.m. service window and to serve…
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