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County commissioner urges use and publicity for planned Mason on‑demand transit; flags $10 million county deficit
Summary
County Commissioner Carla Ruiz told the Mason City Council that CATA and county officials are planning to combine Mason Connector and Mason ReadyRide into an on‑demand service that will add weekend runs; she asked the city to help publicize the change and warned the county faces about a $10 million budget deficit for fiscal 2026.
Carla Ruiz, a county commissioner, told the Mason City Council during public comment on Aug. 5 that she had received a constituent complaint about limited CATA bus service in Mason, particularly on weekends.
Ruiz said some residents who no longer drive find Uber and Lyft prohibitively expensive or unavailable in the area. She said CATA officials responded to the…
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