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Residents urge county to keep Yellow transit route; calls highlight dependence for work, recovery and medical appointments
Summary
During call to the public, residents and nonprofit directors urged the board to retain the Yellow bus line (Kingman area regional transit). Speakers described heavy reliance by people with disabilities, recovery‑home residents, parents using daycare and others who depend on the route for work, court and medical appointments.
Several residents used the public comment period at the June 1 board meeting to urge preservation of the Yellow bus route, which they said was scheduled for cancellation as early as July 1.
Michelle Bagley, who said she is legally blind in one eye and has stopped driving, told the board she and other riders rely on the Yellow route for basic access to shopping and appointments and that the route is the busiest of the local lines. David McDonald and other speakers described using the bus to get to work and services and said canceling the line would "maroon" residents in outlying areas. Wendy Weaver, director of Angel Manor recovery homes, described how her clients use the bus for court dates, drug tests, counseling, daycare drop‑offs and employment: "If this bus line stops, I see crime rising. I see people panhandling and stealing," she told the board.
Speakers urged the board to use local matching funds or other means to keep the route running. No formal agenda action on transit was recorded at the June 1 meeting; the comments were part of the public input record for future staff consideration and budget discussions.
What happens next: transit providers and county staff will need to address whether federal/state grant match or local budget adjustments can preserve the route; speakers requested the board intervene before an anticipated service reduction.
