Anderson County took formal control of its public transportation service this month from the appointed board that previously ran it, saying the service’s operation won’t change. County Clerk, Julie Wettstein, says the public buses run by the county transportation system, operated in conjunction with the East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging, became an official county operation July 1st.
The service, which operates on a demand response or on call basis since there is no fixed-route bus service available in the county, is funded by a combination of Federal Transit grants, and KDOT Public Transit, funding rider fares and an annual allocation from the county budget. The county budgeted $73,636 for public transportation this year. The service provides low cost on demand transportation to the elderly, and disabled in general public within Anderson County, from 9:00 to 4:00 Monday through Friday, with local in town rides $3 a trip, inside the county $7 a trip and out-of-county trips at $10.
