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Rider at KTA meeting recounts repeated breakdowns, missed stops and lost backpack
Summary
Renee Christian, who identified herself as homeless, told the board about multiple reliability and safety problems — broken buses, unsecured bike racks, long idling, buses that skipped her stop — and said she lost a backpack containing survival gear and court documents; she declined staff follow‑up.
KNOXVILLE — During the public comment period, Renee Christian, who identified herself as homeless in Knoxville, described a series of reliability and safety problems she said she has experienced on the transit system and said a lost backpack contained essential survival items and court documents.
"My name is Renee Christian. I'm homeless in Knoxville," she told the board before describing multiple incidents: she said she has ridden buses that broke…
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