Ben Franklin Transit officials plan to meet Monday night 5-7pm at the Transit center on Columbia Park Trail, to discuss possible solutions to the loss of taxi service.
Ben Franklin had been in a partnership with A-1 Tri City Taxi since 2002...
Ben Franklin Transit unveils a new way to track the bus with the my ride web site...no more sitting in the cold just waiting and wondering when is the bus going to be here...
Since 1996, the Washington Policy Center (the leading economic think tank in our state and region) have done two cost-profit-performance analysis of Ben Franklin Transit, largely because they're funded with a local sales tax...public funding...
Tuesday's crash between a Ben Franklin bus and a potato truck clogged up Highway 395 and the Southridge area for some time. Fortunately, no fatalities, although one person was said to have been critically injured and was taken just up the road to TRIOS ER at Southridge.
According to BFT Officials, the big changes include changes to some of their biggest routes, increased frequency (more buses), expanded hours, and GPS that will allow riders to track their bus, so they can plan trips more effectively.
Saying that an increase in diesel prices has created some strains, officials at Ben Franklin Transit are considering some rate increases, as well as cutting what are called college passes.
According to a report released by the Washington Policy Center, a non- profit, non partisan public think tank group, Ben Franklin Transit needs to make some significant changes to it's transportation system.