A private Newsletter concerning the City of Lauderhill. Written by the Richard J Kaplan, its intent is to create a dialog about the city, and to inform. Articles are about matters effecting Lauderhill, community events, politics, and announcements. It is not an official publication of the city, nor approved or controlled by the city.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Lauderhill Community Shuttle Bus Is A Success
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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