Schoolcraft County Transit Authority seeks millage renewal on November ballot
MANISTIQUE, Mich. (WZMQ) – Schoolcraft County voters will decide the future of their public transportation service at the polls in November.
The Schoolcraft County Transit Authority has been serving the community since 1980.
“We have a fleet of eight vehicles and 15 employees,” said Transit Authority Director John Stapleton. “We provide what’s called dial-a-ride service or demand response, so we pick people up at their door. We have a regional route that goes between Manistique and Escanaba Monday through Friday that does up to three trips a day. We do non-emergency medical transportation locally and out of town. We provide about 35,000 rides a year.”
The Schoolcraft County Transit Authority has long operated on a millage.
“The normal way that transit systems operate in the state of Michigan is to have a local millage,” Stapleton said. “Most of our transit systems that surround us have a millage as well.”
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