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Residents press Arcata council and HCOG for more transit: Sundays, Valley West and paratransit fixes
Summary
At an annual unmet‑transit‑needs hearing, residents, service providers and council members urged expanded Sunday service, better routes to Valley West and Bayside, and fixes to paratransit dispatching; staff said funding and farebox ratio rules constrain immediate changes and will forward comments to HCOG.
Arcata — Dozens of residents and social‑service providers told the Arcata City Council on Nov. 19 that local transit gaps — especially lack of Sunday service, limited routes to Valley West and Bayside, and unreliable paratransit dispatching — are already undermining access to jobs and services and will become more acute as new housing comes online.
The hearing was the city’s annual opportunity to collect comments on unmet transit needs and forward them to the Humboldt County Association of Governments (HCOG). April Joyce, administrator at Adult Day Healthcare of…
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