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Syride projects ridership rebound, adds electric buses while warning federal funding could shift
Summary
Syride officials told the Ames City Council during budget hearings that ridership is recovering toward pre‑pandemic levels, planned federally funded bus replacements will increase the agency's electric fleet, and the agency is preparing contingency plans if federal transit dollars are cut.
Barb, presenting for Syride, told the Ames City Council that the transit agency expects ridership to continue recovering and is planning vehicle and facility upgrades supported by federal grants.
Syride’s presentation said ridership is about 85% of pre‑pandemic levels and the agency estimates roughly 5,100,000 passenger boardings in the coming year, or about 30,000 passengers a day. “Ridership is trending upward. We are currently about 85% of pre pandemic levels,” Barb said.
The agency reported it received about $2,000,000 in federal funding tied to the small transit‑intensive cities program and said that discretionary grants will finance key capital projects. Barb said Syride secured two federal grants that will allow the agency to replace seven diesel buses with five battery‑electric buses and two new articulated buses,…
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