Warner Robins council approves funds to expand public transportation service (buses, move)

[Airforceguy]

I hope this is a forerunner to extending MTA into Houston County...

Council members pledged more than $160,000 over two fiscal budgets, approving more than half of that Tuesday from the current budget's general fund.

The city started the service in December with two buses. In March, the city began charging a $1.25 daily ride fee.

The routes include a total of 26 stops.

Sheryl Frazier, executive director for the Warner Robins Housing Authority, said the funds will allow the city to ultimately put a total of six buses on the road and increase the frequency that buses pass each stop to an hourly basis.

Also, more stops are expected to be included on the routes.

"When we started this, we looked at the city's long-term transit plan and we just bit off the smallest piece that we thought we could do with the funds that we had, and now it is ready to just take off," Frazier told council members earlier at their pre-council meeting.

The move comes after requests from businesses who desire workers that use the buses and from residents who are utilizing the service.

Read more here: Warner Robins council approves funds to expand public transportation service | The Telegraph

Warner Robins council approves funds to expand public transportation service | The Telegraph

[Astro Man]

Originally Posted by Airforceguy

I hope this is a forerunner to extending MTA into Houston County...

Warner Robins council approves funds to expand public transportation service | The Telegraph

You should just cut n paste the whole article. Many of us don't subscribe to MT, nor want to do so. Thanx