LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Efforts are underway to improve a transit service that’s been providing weekday rides to residents in rural Lancaster County for nearly 35 years.
The transit service’s new manager, Mitch Sump, is seeking ways to make it more useful and better known. He’s also trying to battle misconceptions that the service is just for seniors, is limited by income and is only for medical appointments and grocery shopping.
Anyone, regardless of age and income, can utilize the door-to-door service for $2 per ride.
Sump says the service currently averages about 29 passengers per week, but it has the capacity to do more.
This year’s budget is expected to be about $80,000.