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After the successful launch of a pilot program, Wave is leaning into microtransit.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Wave Transit riders who were against the previously proposed route restructure will have another chance to have their voices heard.

WILMINGTON –– Early Friday morning, Timmy Sherrill was drilling in the lip of a chalkboard menu while Cole Craven was touching up paint on the new hand-built…

A Wave Transit bus operator wears a mask in downtown Wilmington as the service continues to operate during the coronavirus pandemic. (Port City Daily photo/Mark Darrough) SOUTHEASTERN N.C. –– Less than a year after the only truly public transportation option across the Cape Fear River folded, transit leaders may have found an alternative, more cost-efficient solution.  Wave Transit and Brunswick Transit System, Inc. (BTS) are jointly applying for state funding to operate a temporary microtransit system, with Wave serving as the lead agency.  RELATED: If approved, the system would more ...

Local officials are looking to delay cuts to WAVE transit and find a permanent funding for the system. That could mean an increase in taxes for New Hanover County residents. On Tuesday, during a joint meeting between the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners and the Wilmington City Council, officials discussed making future investments in WAVE transit. New Hanover commissioners unanimously approved a motion during the meeting to delay a redesign of the public transportation system from this August to no earlier than July 2022. The motion also directed the WAVE's board and executive di...