HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Reno County Area Transit Director Barbara Lilyhorn was before the Reno County Commission this morning and reported some good news, a milestone for the local bus service.
During the period from July of 2014 through the end of June of 2015, they topped 130,000 in ridership on Rcat buses for the first time. The total was 130,061.
That’s an increase of 6,830 from over last year and 1,296 more than the number who rode the buses in the 2011 – 2012 fiscal year when the total was 128,765.
84.3 percent of the 2014-2015 total of all rides was for the fixed routes.