subject: City Wide Transit At Your Service [print this page] Most metropolitan cities have contracts with local companies to provide bus service to their citizens. They run on all city streets and through most residential neighborhoods within the city. Local transit authorities have begun to recognize the need for routes outside of the city and in surrounding counties.
Having bus service in outlying areas expands the job market to folks with no other means of transportation making it easier for them to get to and from work in a reasonable amount of time. Lately, integrated technology makes it possible to text your location to the transit authority who then will notify the rider of the nearest bus stop. This is especially helpful to the company to know where there is a need for transportation enabling them to incorporate new stops along the way and brand new routes altogether.
Local school boards also employ the use of city bus service when their own transportation system is taxed to its limits the cost of which is incorporated into the tuition or fees of the school. When public schools open new contracts with the city, they pass the cost to the student who is then provided with a bus pass that is renewable on a yearly basis. Faculty and staff of the schools are provided with bus tickets as part of their benefits package and help to reduce traffic in and out of the school's parking lots.
Most daycare centers and preschools provide bus service to their littlest patrons and these buses are typically smaller and equipped with child safety restraints and cameras throughout. The fee for this type of service is incorporated into the cost of the daycare. Private preschools provide the service for free to their students and teachers but most public preschools pay for the service through a contract and are reimbursed through taxpayer dollars.
There was a time when bus service was almost non-existent and only a few buses ran on lax schedules with a skeleton crew. Now city transit is everywhere with routes and stops all over the city and outlying areas and they incorporate new routes and stops along the way almost on a daily basis. Most of the time, depending on the route, it is possible to see a new bus every fifteen minutes. The costs are low to ride and the rider can purchase a package of tickets on a monthly basis or they can just buy the tickets as they ride. Public transit is an excellent way to reduce your carbon footprint and traffic congestion, getting you most anywhere you need to be in a timely manner.
