Transit board a welcome addition to City Hall

The Wichita City Council’s agenda for today’s meeting includes the creation of a Wichita Transit Advisory Board, an ongoing panel of nine members to be appointed by council members with input from the city manager and the city’s access advisory board. The transit panel would make recommendations on city bus service, paratransit services, and licensed or franchised private transportation. It’s a welcome addition to the city’s public input process, especially after the recent funding dispute with groups that provide paratransit bus services for people with disabilities. And because bus ridership has increased along with pump prices this year, city leaders should prepare now to respond to increased demand for local bus service long term.

6 Comments

  1. Political_mama
    Posted October 7, 2008 at 7:04 am | Permalink

    Why does the city council get to decide who brings them information? What if the information is something they don’t wish to hear?

    Wichita is bigger politics than my little dinky town, but believe me here, if you have an opinion, they do NOT want to hear it.

  2. bth
    Posted October 7, 2008 at 7:20 am | Permalink

    Transit is needed for a number of reasons ranging from supporting downtown to helping low-income people find work to alleviating traffic congestion. Our existing rolling stock needs to be re-deployed to maximize its use – THEN we can consider expansion.

    Perhaps our city ‘leaders’ (sic) might be able to learn something from ‘transplants’ who moved here from cities where transit is a reality.

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