Star Tribune Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:20:14 GMT
2 counties team up to improve transit
A $282,000 grant is giving Scott and Carver counties the means to move toward merging their bus systems for efficiency as fuel costs soar, needs arise and subsidies shrivel. In what looks like a modern version of the miracle of loaves and fishes, Scott and Carver counties are promising to provide 42,000 more transit rides per year without adding any more drivers or buses. A big key, officials say, is breaking down bureaucratic walls so that -- in just one example -- a dial-a-ride bus from Scott will no longer have to meet a bus from Carver at the county border to transfer a passenger. The Carver bus can just scoot straight to Shakopee and drop the rider off. "We're talking about borders created 150 years ago that should no longer be affecting how services get delivered," said Lezlie Vermillion, public works director for Scott County. [emphasis added]
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