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Residents press for 11 more bus drivers and 6 idle buses; staff outlines cost and timing
Summary
Multiple residents urged the council to fund additional CAT drivers and deploy six idle buses to reduce wait times; transit staff said restoring pre‑pandemic service with 11 drivers would cost roughly $836,000 a year and that radios and bus programming create timing constraints.
A string of residents at the Community Budget Forum urged the city to invest in Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT) so riders can reliably reach work, medical appointments and school. Pastor Liz Emery, speaking for Impact’s 26 congregations, said many people who rely on buses ‘‘have to wait an hour and a half’’ and urged the city to ‘‘fund 11 more bus drivers and get those 6 buses up and running so that we can help all the people in our community get to work, get to their medical appointments, and have a good life.’’
Public commenters from Impact and the Green Bacon club repeated requests to reduce wait times on high‑use routes (notably routes 5…
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