APPLETON, Wis. — Ridership on Valley Transit buses has dropped by 40 percent since the pandemic.
The system went from 944,000 rides in 2019 to 557,000 rides last year.
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Much of that is due to reduced service hours caused by driver shortages, which general manager Ron McDonald says has not been made up for with their on-demand ride service………….
Valley Transit ridership did rebound from 2020 lows through 2023, but the last two years have seen continued declines.
