Midland now has a Fixed Route bus system called EZ-Rider. The whole point of having a Fixed Route public transportation system was to get the Federal Dollars "we were missing out on", quit being the largest metropolitan areas in the US without one, be like every other big city, fill in a check box on an Economic Development Project prospect form, help Midlanders who didn't have transportation, and conserve resources. (in that order)
I'll go into the numbers below, but the moral of the story is that in 2004, EZ-RIDER cost the Taxpayers approximately $24 per person, per round trip bus ride, with the rider paying $2. ($26 Total)
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