Efficiency will drive us out of transit problem
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By Letter to the Editor on April 30, 2021.
Editor: Over the past several months, the Lethbridge Transparency Council has observed that the majority of City of Lethbridge buses are driving around empty, or with only a handful of riders.Â
 Figures from City sources indicate that a fleet of 42 buses (about 36 passenger capacity each) operate on 14 routes, logging around 970,000 kilometres per year. 40% of these are spares.
 In 2005, Lethbridge Transit had an annual ridership of 2,555,695 passengers on 25 buses. Expenses for the same year amounted to $6,023,794. With revenues of $2,243,222, the net cost to the taxpayer was $3,780,572 or $1.47 per passenger per ride.