New managing director looks for bus ridership to bounce back
In early 2020, a year after the most far-reaching changes in Sangamon Mass Transit District's 50-year history including an overhaul of bus routes and the move of the transfer center to 11th Street, officials were just getting to see year-to-year comparisons. One of the months shows a 15 percent ridership increase over the year before while another month reflected an 8 percent surge. "It looked like ridership," said SMTD's managing director Steve Schoeffel, "was beginning to slowly increase after that transition and we were excited what the rest of the year was going to look like. Then COVI...
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