Don’t strand rural transit riders
A proposed change in the state funding formula would double Blacksburg aid while slashing support for RADAR and Radford.
State transit officials had a noble goal in mind when they looked at changing their funding formula.
Rather than distribute state dollars based on individual transit agencies’ operating budgets, the state hoped to adopt standards that encouraged efficiency and accountability.
September 26, 2012 - 6:22 AM
When the Radford City Council meets to discuss how the proposed cut is to be answered; I suggest that members Brown, Harshberger, and Nicholson sit out the vote as all have close ties to Radford University which should be required to fund the cuts. There is an obvious conflict of interest should they vote on this funding. The system needs to renamed Radford University Transit system to reflect it’s ridership as city particpation was needed only to obtain the original grant since the university could not apply for the grant.
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