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Dunn County Transit reports January ridership gains, approves electric-bus carryforward to FY2025
Summary
At its Feb. 12 meeting, the Dunn County Transit Commission said January ridership rose versus December and voted to move an electric-bus budget item into FY2025; staff said the bus delivery may slip to 2026.
Dunn County Transit commissioners on Feb. 12 heard staff report ridership increases in January after staffing recovered and approved a resolution moving an electric-bus budget line from FY2024 into FY2025.
Austin, transit staff, said systemwide ridership showed a notable rebound in January. "Red Cedar ridership took a big uptick in January... up 35% versus December, and then on daily ridership, up 23% versus December," Austin said. He also reported that some routes saw higher riders per service day even when the number of service days in January was lower than in December.
The uptick came alongside continuing changes in route-level trends: community-route ridership dropped compared with a prior January…
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