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MET Transit outlines ridership, electrification study and asks for 4% operating boost
Summary
MET Transit general manager David Stearch briefed the Committee of the Whole on fixed‑route and paratransit ridership, a recent transit study and fleet electrification options; MET requested a 4% operating increase, which staff included in the FY27 budget as presented.
David Stearch, general manager of MET Transit, told the City of Cedar Falls Committee of the Whole on Monday that MET operates both fixed‑route buses and paratransit services across Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Evansdale and carries roughly 190,000 fixed‑route passengers per year. "We operate the public transportation services for the Waterloo‑Cedar Falls area in the fixed route system and... the door‑to‑door paratransit for elderly and ADA passengers," Stearch said.
Stearch gave a routes and ridership breakdown: Route 9, the Cedar Falls loop, logged just under 14,000 riders in the last year; the shared Waterloo–Cedar Falls routes 6 and 7 carried roughly 5,000 and 37,000…
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