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McLennan County transit board hears decade-long ridership drop, eyes targeted service expansion
Summary
Board staff presented 2015–2025 ridership data showing sharp commuter-route declines linked to removal of Falls County service and COVID-era changes; board accepted the presentation and staff outlined outreach and a planned service-extension pilot to China Spring, McGregor and Marlin with initial data due in January.
Presiding officer (Speaker 1) opened the Nov. 13 meeting of the McLennan County Rural Transit District Board and invited a ridership and trends presentation covering 2015–2025. Transit staff (Speaker 3) told the board the district began service July 1, 2015, and that the data come from annual PTN submissions to the Texas Department of Transportation.
"This is just gonna show you specifically, the ridership numbers from 2020 when COVID came in," Transit staff (Speaker 3) said, framing the presentation as a decade-long comparison. Staff separated demand-response and commuter-route figures, showing commuter ridership peaked…
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