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Ben Franklin Transit officials increase spending as ridership declines
Key Findings
- Ben Franklin Transit officials continue to collect taxes and increase spending as total ridership declines.
- Between 2009 and 2017, total ridership at BFT declined by 40 percent. Population grew 15 percent over the same period.
- Between 2009 and 2017, bus ridership declined 41 percent, vanpool ridership declined 48 percent, and demand response ridership declined 23 percent.
- Despite large ridership losses, between 2009 and 2017, operating expenses increased 20 percent, and sales tax revenue collections increased 44 percent.
- When BFT operates a demand response vehicle, it costs more than twice as much as a privately-contracted taxi.
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