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Maintaining the current level of service with additional local financial support while working with the community through people to people initiatives to increase ridership on underperforming routes, including a rigorous effort to promote awareness of the new online trip planning capability provided by Google. Restoring night bus service when sales tax revenues or other new revenues will allow it . Working aggressively to be sure that safe, accessible bus stops are installed as new road construction and improvements at the Airport are completed. Modifying CARTAs existing, but underutilized service to the beaches at the Isle of Palms and ultimately restoring service to Folly Beach as well. Extending Google transit trip planning so that Tri County Link rural routes are also included as part of a single, connected route system.
Paying down debt and establishing a reserve fund as sales tax revenue and additional fare revenue will support it. 7. Establish Express Bus service to Boeing from Summerville with new revenues, including support from Dorchester County or Summerville, where most of those passengers will live. Charleston residents shouldnt be funding rides for Dorchester County. 8. Replace aging elements of the CARTA vehicle fleet with support from County and Municipal governments over a period of several years. 9. Lobbying Federal and State representatives, as well as private investors, to fund building the North Charleston transit center as a regional economic driver which will allow reorganizing the route system to a more efficient structure with a quick shuttle link to the airport and downtown.
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