CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Ridership on the Cleveland Urban Area Transit System is zooming upwards, according to a report to Mayor Tom Rowland.
Ridership through April 30 for the 2008-09 fiscal year is 31,271, according to the report from CUATS Director Bill Walker. That is 10,372 more riders over the same period last fiscal year, he said. And with two months still to count, Mr. Walker estimates the fixed-route bus system will record about 35,000 rider trips by the end of the fiscal year.
The ridership count has increased by more than 18,500 in four years, according to Mr. Walker.
“I believe that the slow growth, which is very good, will be a pattern for us to see that more people are counting on the CUATS fixed-route system to move them across Cleveland,” Mr. Walker told the mayor.
The system began in 2005-06 with three routes, then added a fourth at the beginning of fiscal 2007.
“They put one more route on, and they have put advertising on the buses,” Mr. Rowland said.
The Cleveland Urban Area Transit System is a service of the Southeast Tennessee Human Resources Agency.
Randall Higgins covers news in Cleveland, Tenn., for the Times Free Press. He started work with the Chattanooga Times in 1977 and joined the staff of the Chattanooga Times Free Press when the Free Press and Times merged in 1999. Randall has covered Southeast Tennessee, Northwest Georgia and Alabama. He now covers Cleveland and Bradley County and the neighboring region. Randall is a Cleveland native. He has bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Technological University. His awards ...
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