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Commissioners vote to renew Wilson County Connect service for one year; staff and commissioners debate ridership
Summary
The Wilson County Commission moved to renew the Wilson County Connect routes for another year, with a motion recording an annual operating amount tied to the regional partner; commissioners and staff discussed low ridership on one-day-per-week service and options including demand-response scheduling to increase trips without extra county funding.
Wilson County commissioners on Nov. 10 moved to renew the county's rural transit service for another year while discussing persistent ridership challenges and alternatives to fixed-route schedules.
The item was introduced by the meeting's presiding official as "agenda item number 6, discuss and take action on Wilson County" with the operating partner named in the transcript as ATON/ATOG/ACOG and an annual operating cost presented in the staff remarks as $87,269. County discussion focused on how one-day-per-week runs make it difficult for…
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