New city bus
September 6th, 2007 by 
Alica
Brandon’s city transit is such a success that the City Council has applied for federal and state grants to pay for a second bus.
Anybody can use the bus, but the predominant users are senior citizens and preschool children. Users pay $1 per trip, but those age 65 and older can ride for free. This fall, the city has turned down requests for some preschool student families because there just isn’t enough room on the bus. “We’re just about as packed as we can get,” City Administrator Dennis Olson said.
Here are the number of users for each month this year:
January 857
February 752
March 868
April 787
May 588
June 371
July 550
August 407
Have you used the city transit bus? If so, what was your experience like? Would you use it again? Were you one of the people turned down because the bus was too full? What alternate arrangement did you make? Do you think Brandon needs a second bus?
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September 6th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
I personally have not used the city transit bus, but know they do a wonderful job. I am involved with the Mighty Corson Art Players and we have a children’s theater camp in the summer. Several of our attendees have used the bus for transportation to and from Brandon and Corson. The city of Brandon has also provided transportation for Bethany Lutheran residence to attend our Sunday afternoon performances. This is a great service and I know the MCAP have benefited from their services.