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KTA meeting: staff reports on ridership and hiring; rider raises safety concerns about relocated bus stop
Summary
At the KTA monthly meeting, staff reported a small ridership decline, improved on-time performance and the hiring of more than 30 people after recent job fairs. A longtime local rider and former KTA commissioner, Sandra Brewer, urged the authority to review a relocated stop she calls unsafe for people who use wheelchairs or are visually impaired.
The KTA held its August meeting, during which members approved last month’s minutes, heard a staff update on ridership and hiring, and received a public complaint about a relocated bus stop that a resident said is unsafe for people with disabilities.
In the most newsworthy items, staff reported a slight decrease in ridership for the first month of the fiscal year but said on-time performance has improved. A staff speaker said, “on time performance is still up. It's about 11% improvement over last year. We're around 75% to 74% last year in on time performance.” The same report noted recent recruitment activity: the authority held a job fair and “hired over 30 people,” which staff described as a successful step toward full staffing.
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