Support for & Suggested Improvements to the APS Transit Pilot (Arlington Transit APS Student Fareless Initiative)
November 16, 2021 Good morning, Honorable County Board Members: I enthusiastically support the Arlington Transit APS Student Fareless Initiative, to be considered under agenda item #34 at tonight’s meeting, however, have some concerns with the administrative details outlined in the Board Report for this item. I urge you to fund it either with authorization that requires improvements - to open up eligibility to all APS students and consider increasing the coverage to include regional bus passes - or with authorization that gives staff the flexibility to address these issues in administration. Currently, Arlington County supports two transit systems - one for the general public and a separate transit system – school buses – only for APS students. Having a system that would have more APS students using transit to get to school and around the County would be both a more efficient use of the County’s funds and an improvement to the lives of Arlington’s children & fam