Likely to be fueled by Monroe County ARPA: New west-side Bloomington bus, ‘shadow’ rural service

Julie Thomas, Geoff McKim, Trent Deckard, John Connell, Bloomington Transit, Ivy Tech, Simtra, Cook Medical, Monroe County government, Rural Transit, Ellettsville, Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, INDOT, American Rescue Plan Act, ARPA, ED LIT, Section 5311, Walnut Street, 17th Street, Vernal Pike, Curry Pike, Profile Parkway, Zenith Drive, Daniels Way, 3rd Street, South Park Square Drive, Gifford Road, US Census, Walmart, Bloomington, Bloomington city limits, annexation, fixed route service, ADA paratransit service, transit funding, west side route, urbanized area, transportation funding, joint meeting, county commissioners, county councilors, economic development local income tax, bus route

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Rural Transit riders might see no change, if parallel service is run to get around urban-to-urban trip ban

Rural Transit, Area10, Monroe County, Putnam County, Owen County, Lawrence County, Bloomington Transit, Section 5307, Section 5311, federal funding, FTA, Federal Transit Administration, John Connell, Chris Myers, Julie Thomas, Trent Deckard, WIlliam Ellis, Ellettsville, town council, equitable funding, ARPA, American Rescue Plan Act

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I really want to buy this car now so that I can drive children, people of small stature and wheelchair users to their deaths without having to see the misery. A tailor-made car for the narrow Danish roads. Not an inch of road is left unused here. That's efficiency! #waroncars #ruraltransit #cars #BikeTooter #urbanism #mobility #verkehrswende #autokorrektur
Why only use one parking space when you can use four at once? #autokorrektur #mobility #BikeTooter #verkehrswende #ruraltransit
Yes Lidl, let’s teach children even more about the glory of bike-free cities… 🙄 #ruraltransit #urbanism #bikes #autokorrektur #transportation
Yesterday I happened to meet the mayor of the southern Danish municipality of Tønder/Tondern with his cool tie. Jørgen Popp Petersen, who belongs to the German minority party, rides his bike to the town hall every day. Who says politicians in the countryside can't be role models? #ruraltransit #dkpol #BikeTooter #urbanism #verkehrswende

Yesterday's greatest discovery: #ucat, the transit agency for #UlsterCountyNY in the #hudsonvalley, has an app with real time bus tracker (although the one bus running today isn't showing up).

#transit #RuralTransit #bus

Push for new Bloomington Transit countywide service could come from old rural transit rules

Rural Transit, Area10, Monroe County, Putnam County, Owen County, Lawrence County, Bloomington Transit, Section 5307, Section 5311, federal funding, FTA, Federal Transit Administration, John Connell, Chris Meyers

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