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Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Need a ride to Final Fridays? Mansfield's free shuttle comes to your door
Richland County Transit will offer free rides for Final Fridays in downtown Mansfield. According to an announcement, the service will run from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on May 30, June 27, July 25, Aug. 29 and Sept. 26. RCT drivers will provide door-to-door rides in small buses, similar to Dial-A-Ride. The service area will include most of Lexington, Ontario and Madison Township, along with all of Mansfield. Rides must start or end at the pickup location on North Diamond Street near the Brickyard. To schedule a pickup, call RCT at 419-522-4504. Advance reservations are encouraged, but same-day requests may be accommodated based on availability. The Final Friday shuttle service is supported by RCT and the City of Mansfield. For more information, visit This story was created by Jane Imbody, jimbody@ with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process. Learn more at or share your thoughts at with our News Automation and AI team. This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: Free door-to-door rides offered for Mansfield's Final Fridays
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Garbage pickup affected by Memorial Day
May 26—GRAND FORKS — Garbage collection in Grand Forks will be affected by the Memorial Day holiday. According to a statement on the city website, there will be no garbage pickup on Monday. After that, "residents with regularly scheduled Monday pickup will have their trash collected on Tuesday, May 27, or Wednesday, May 28, along with regularly scheduled routes," according to the city website. Also, recycling pickup will be pushed back one day later than normally scheduled throughout the week. "For example, Monday's recycling pickup will take place on Tuesday — Tuesday's pickup will take place on Wednesday, etc. The week will end with Friday's recycling picked up on Saturday," according to the city website. City bus, senior rider bus and Dial-A-Ride will not run Memorial Day but will resume regular routes on Tuesday. Additionally, city offices will be closed on Monday.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
City of Ionia needs your opinion on new rideshare service
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The City of Ionia needs your opinion on how you would use a new microtransit service that will come to the area later this year. The service, called I-Go, will coexist with current and operate similarly to rideshare apps Uber and Lyft. Currently, Dial-A-Ride operates a fleet of nine vehicles, allowing patrons to call a ride and carpool with those heading to similar places and along similar routes. Riders can request and pay for a ride with a mobile app, online ride, or by phone. Once booked, a rider can track their ride as it heads to the designated pickup location. Rides can be scheduled in real-time or in advance. City officials say I-Go will expand Dial-A-Ride's service area and hours to fill gaps where transportation isn't currently available in Ionia County. You can complete the survey at link. For more information about the survey or I-Go service, contact Dial-A-Ride at (616) 527-4000. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBC
28-02-2025
- Business
- CBC
Two new buses on the way for Strait Area transit service
Social Sharing A community transit service for southern Cape Breton is expanding its fleet with funding from the federal and provincial governments. The Strait Area Transit Co-operative, established in 2008, has ordered two new 16-seat accessible buses to complement its charter services and increase ridership on fixed routes between Port Hawkesbury, N.S., and the Inverness County communities of Port Hood and Inverness. Ottawa is contributing $340,000 through the federal Rural Transit Solutions Fund, while the province will kick in an additional $85,000. The new buses will bolster the co-operative's fleet to nine vehicles. They are operated by 11 drivers who provide the fixed-route travel between Port Hawkesbury and Inverness as well as pre-booked Dial-A-Ride operations in Richmond County. Local transit use on the rise While the co-op's charter services often cater to large groups, they are also popular among those attending licensed public events, according to general manager Nichole Briand. "We primarily do this for weddings or social events where drinking would be a huge factor, so our service definitely limits the amount of drinking and driving that people would be doing," said Briand. The new buses are due to arrive by midsummer, the busiest time for charter operations, she said. The fleet expansion coincides with increasing demand. While the co-operative pulled vehicles off the road during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, it saw a rebound in usage once the province lifted social-distancing restrictions in early 2022. "It certainly took an upswing in 2022 and 2023, and actually in 2024 we pretty much doubled our numbers from the prior year," Briand said. "So we're definitely on the right track when it comes to ridership." 'We need this service so bad' The co-op's place in the community is clear to Zelma Mariner, a resident of Grand River, Richmond County, who has been a driver for the past nine years. She's currently on Dial-A-Ride duty, bringing students to Arichat's French-language school Ecole Beau-Port and delivering seniors to medical appointments, shopping trips and visits with friends. "They're all very happy to get where they're going, and a lot of them, if they didn't have this, they wouldn't be able to go at all," Mariner said. "We need this service so bad. Everybody appreciates it." While she and her fellow drivers await the new vehicles, she said they're grateful for the government support. "I'm happy that we're getting funding for new rigs," she said with a grin.
