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Metro Transit seeks 1.1‑mill urban millage on Nov. 4 to sustain bus service and new on‑demand zones
Summary
Metro Transit asked the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners for support as it prepares a Nov. 4 ballot request for a five‑year, 1.1‑mill urban millage to fund fixed‑route buses and the MetroLink pilot; agency officials stressed ridership growth, rising vehicle costs and declining state transit funding as reasons for the increase.
Metro Transit officials returned to the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 16 to explain services and the rationale for a Nov. 4 urban millage request that would fund fixed‑route buses and the agency’s MetroLink on‑demand zones.
The agency’s executive director, Sean McBride, told commissioners Metro provided almost 2 million rides last year across its services — fixed‑route buses, Metro Connect on‑demand, and a new MetroLink pilot launched in April 2024 — and that its fixed‑route system averaged about 4,760 trips a day. Kurt Artema, chair of the Central County Transportation Authority and Kalamazoo County Transportation Authority boards, encouraged the…
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