In the most recent report of the Community Shuttle Bus Committee, it was shown that Lauderhill's 6 shuttle buses average over 1200 passengers/day. This is by far the most successful program in the county, and ridership is almost twice that of the second most successful program.
This program includes the newest bus #6, serving the Southeast Area of Lauderhill, which presently is not showing the ridership as needed to sustain it. Therefore, the route will be re-examined to determined how ridership can be improved.
Under the county program, the county pays $20/hour, and the city pays the difference (about $10/hour). Right now Lauderhill pays from general funds over $120,000/year to operate the buses. Cities do have the right to charge a user fee for this service or allow advertising, and with expected property tax cuts in the future, many cities may be cutting the service and/or start charging the fee and/or allow advertising. Cities have been reluctance to allow advertising on these buses due to several problems that it may impose, including content issues.
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