Dunn County Transit reports February ridership gains, will test revised campus route

Summary

At its March 12 meeting, Dunn County Transit staff reported rising February ridership, noted front-loaded 2025 expenses, and said they will test a revised community route to serve the university campus sooner; the board approved the prior meeting minutes and directed staff to report on nonprofit transportation options.

Dunn County Transit staff reported higher overall ridership in February and said they will pilot a revised community route intended to get more riders to the university library and campus sooner, transit staff and a board member said at the March 12 meeting.

Austin, a transit staff member, told the board that cold, snowy weather had affected ridership patterns earlier in the year but that February showed gains: "We had about as cold and snowy as we've had in a while," Austin said, and daily ridership rose compared with January when service-day differences are accounted for. Austin reported a drop on one route from 567 rides in January to 549 in February (down 3%), while average daily ridership across service days improved. Community-route ridership rose from 1,394 riders in January to 2,097 in February; Austin said that reflected both returning service and nonstudent riders.

Austin said the…

Dunn County Transit reports February ridership gains, will test revised campus route

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