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Oshkosh panel discusses cutting Saturday transit hours, directs staff to survey riders
Summary
The Oshkosh Transportation Committee reviewed options to reduce Saturday fixed-route service because of staffing and supervision shortages and asked staff to survey Saturday riders about trip purpose and destinations before making recommendations for the budget and upcoming paratransit contract renewal.
The Oshkosh Transportation Committee discussed potential reductions to Saturday fixed-route bus service and possible use of microtransit on Saturday afternoons, and directed staff to gather rider data on Saturday trip purposes and destinations to inform budget and contract decisions. The committee is advisory; any recommendation would go to the Oshkosh Common Council for final action.
Transit staff said current fixed-route hours run Monday through Saturday from 6:15 a.m. to 6:45 p.m., and Saturday ridership drops “drastically” after midafternoon on most routes. “We operate Monday through Saturday, 06:15AM to 06:45PM. Our ridership, generally, we do have ridership on Saturday, although it does go down quite a bit on Saturdays,” said Mr. Collins, a city staff member presenting the item. Collins told the panel the city has lost several drivers to other municipal divisions and neighboring systems and…
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