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Mayor announces free city bus service, increased 2025 road funding and asks for warming-center support
Summary
Terre Haute’s mayor told the council the city will offer free public transit to increase ridership and draw more state and federal transportation funds; he also outlined a larger 2025 paving plan supported by increased state Community Crossings funding and asked for volunteers and donations for Pathways warming center.
The mayor told the Terre Haute City Council on Jan. 2 that, beginning this year, riding City of Terre Haute buses will be free "for everyone all the time," describing the policy as a step to grow ridership and thereby increase the city’s share of state and federal transportation funding.
Why it matters: According to the mayor, roughly 95% of transit funding in the city comes from state and federal sources that reward higher ridership. The mayor said the city…
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