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Carbondale trustees direct staff to work with RAFTA after Downtowner ridership review; move to open third van gains support
Summary
After two months of a restricted third‑van pilot, trustees asked staff to engage RAFTA on a holistic first/last‑mile plan and indicated support for opening the third van to general town service to reduce wait times and boost local ridership.
Trustees at a Carbondale work session on transit directed staff to pursue a joint planning effort with RAFTA to evaluate first‑ and last‑mile solutions, after hearing two months of ridership data for the Downtowner service. Staff said the pilot that restricted a third van to routes serving the park‑and‑ride and City Market produced modest ridership gains but had only limited success moving people to the park‑and‑ride.
The trustees said the planning work should happen ahead of the next budget cycle, with a report back by mid‑summer. "Work with RAFTA staff on a planning effort that really evaluates our first and last mile solutions holistically for the town," a trustee asked staff to do; staff agreed that a July report would be a reasonable target. The…
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