Wednesday, October 27, 1999
Warren-Cincinnati vans to stop
Focus shifts to reverse commuting
BY SAUNDRA AMRHEIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — Warren County Transit is prepared to halt its three daily trips to Cincinnati to make way for Metro reverse commute lines in December.
Warren County residents headed to downtown Cincinnati can still pay to be picked up at their homes by Warren County Transit vans. But instead of making the trip into the city, the vans will drive residents to Metro bus stations in Warren County, where they can catch a bus into Cincinnati.
Under the expanded $1.5 million reverse commute arrangement, the vans also will be available to transport workers getting off the bus in Warren County to their jobs, said county grants coordinator Jerry Haddix.
Mr. Haddix made his comments Tuesday during a public hearing before Warren County commissioners. No members of the public attended.
Mr. Haddix originally proposed stopping the van route in January to give people a chance to respond to the announcement.
But commissioners urged him to find a way to cancel the van trips in December, to coincide with the launching of expanded Metro services.
Metro's expanded reverse commute will add weekend services to Mason, Deerfield Township and Lebanon.
It also will add four morning and four afternoon trips that will bring workers from high unemployment areas of Bond Hill and Roselawn to Warren County.
By eliminating the three daily trips into Cincinnati, Warren County Transit will have more vans available for transport within the county, Mr. Haddix told commission ers.
“Instead of spending 10 hours a day on the road for six passengers, we can spend more time here,” he said.
The yearly cost of running the routes was $60,000 while the transit system only brought in $10,000, he said.
Almost 100 workers a day were shuttled to job sites last year through Metro's reverse commute service.
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