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Residents press council on Dial-a-Ride gaps; council delays electric-bus purchase and forms transit task force
Summary
After residents raised accessibility gaps in Dial-a-Ride service, councilors and staff discussed premium service, microtransit and federal constraints; council voted to delay a $4.1 million electric bus purchase until Feb. 10 for more information and agreed to form a task force to examine microtransit solutions.
Public commenters and councilors took up accessible transit on Jan. 27, pressing staff on Dial-a-Ride service limits and routes that leave residents outside federally defined service footprints.
Mike Graddy described difficulty getting his 91-year-old mother to a bus stop and said she lives outside the premium service area: "There's no bus stop there... Mom can't walk 5 feet." Transit staff…
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