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Riders press KTA over route and stop cuts after CAT Reimagined; paratransit users report missed trips
Summary
Multiple riders urged the Knoxville Transportation Authority to restore or adjust routes and stops removed under CAT Reimagined and flagged problems with Lyft/CAC paratransit pickups; speakers cited safety, missed transfers, and lack of sidewalks.
Several riders used the KTA public-comment period on Sept. 24 to press commissioners about service changes implemented under CAT Reimagined, describing lost stops, longer walks for transfers and inconsistent paratransit service.
"Now she's standing out in the dark," said Ron Benson, who described how removal of the Route 21 run forces some riders to walk farther to transfer points and, at certain times of the year, wait in unsafe conditions. Benson asked the authority to restore stops at route ends…
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