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Ridership was up to approximately 214,000 rides in April with the most ridership increase on Sundays. The contributions of the late Sam Risby, known as the "million-dollar operator," were recognized.
Mark Derrig (Board President) started the meeting at 9:01 PM Dawn Distler swore in Nicole Squire (Cuyahoga Falls) as a new Board Member A staffer recognized a 20-year Metro Customer Care Specialist He said she has also been a mascot and a clerk for Metro.
The previous meeting minutes passed unanimously Charles Rector said the Customer Service and Experience Committee met June 20th. He said there are 266 metro operators of the 292 budgeted. He said 83% of buses were on time. He said the goal is that 95% of busses are on time
Rector said construction in Cleveland is delaying x61 busses He said foundations at the new Maintenance and Operations facility will be starting this week. wkyc.com/article/news/l…
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Chuck Rector said the Internal External Committee met on June 20th. He said the call volume for service rose slightly while calls for service asking about route and bus information declined due to the use of online resources yourmetrobus.org
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Robert Dejournett said the Ridership was up to approximately 214,000 rides in April with the most ridership increase on Sundays He said there were 4 preventable accidents of the 8 total accidents with approximately 148,000 miles between preventable accidents
Dejournett said Downtown Akron Partnership (DAP) has helped over 4,000 metro riders and cleaned over 7,000 bus shelters and facilities in Downtown Akron He asked for an annual renewal of the contract with DAP Contract Renewal passed unanimously downtownakron.com
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Robert Konstand said Metro is ahead of schedule with expenses and income.
Dawn Distler said Bus Operator Sam Risby passed away and she recognized his sister and fellow bus operator. She said the "million dollar operator" always had kind words and greeted people with his "million dollar smile." The room took a moment of silence for Risby
Risby's sister thanked Metro for the support and for putting his name on every bus. She said they were "attached at the hip" Risby's Sister's husband said that the loss of Risby has affected the entire family
Derrig thanked Representative Emilia Sykes for her support and collaboration with Metro as the only Congressional Transportation Committee member from Ohio. Distler said the upcoming Board Retreat will discuss future metro projects but will not include any decision-making
Dawn said it's "exciting" to see ridership numbers increase. She said "If you provide it [Transit] people will ride it" and that Metro is looking at how to expand services into Akron's Summit County suburbs.
She said construction is delaying busses X61, 8N/W, and 3 in the Kenmore, Cleveland, and Barberton areas.
The meeting ended at 9:34 AM. The next Regular RTA Board meeting will be July 30th at 9 am at the RKP Transit Center (631 South Broadway). For more coverage check out Akron.Documenters.org
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