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Southwest Transit reports 20.5% ridership gain, outlines county mobility study and service expansions
Summary
Eric Hansen, CEO of Southwest Transit, told the City of Chaska council on May 5 that the agency recorded 537,877 passenger trips last year, a 20.5% increase over 2024, and outlined several expansions and a county mobility study.
Eric Hansen, CEO of Southwest Transit, told the City of Chaska council on May 5 that the agency recorded 537,877 passenger trips last year, a 20.5% increase over 2024, and outlined several expansions and studies aimed at growing service in Carver County.
"About Southwest Transit, we basically do have three basic services: fixed routes, our Southwest shuttle special-event service, and Southwest Prime," Hansen said, describing how those services now include a new fixed route along the 494 corridor to the airport and an increase in special-event and on-demand trips.
Hansen and a City representative on the Southwest Transit commission said growth came largely from expanded special-event service and Prime on-demand rides. Hansen said roughly half of this year’s ridership increase—about 60,000 passenger trips—was tied to special-event service, and that the Renaissance Festival alone carried…
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