Title: Providing Options: Opportunities for Staff and Options for Residents Create a Growing Agency
Abstract: This article about the Santee Wateree Regional Transportation Authority details some of the challenges of running a small rural agency. Fuel costs are a big challenge because of the long distances between passenger pickups and dropoffs. Keeping personnel up to date about developments in the industry is also a challenge on a limited budget. One technique is to rotate attendance at industry conferences and events. The agency has won awards for its performance, due in part to its advancing from an agency with almost a million-dollar deficit to being able to fund an Intermodal Transportation Center. The transit agency will share the space with Greyhound Bus services. The building itself is an historic structure that was formerly a telephone and magneto manufacturing facility. The restoration has involved working closely with historic experts and architects. Without dedicated state and local funding, it is a challenge to provide services as demand rises, especially given the growing number of senior citizens in the service area.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
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