City of Sioux Falls Tidbits
After an incident over the weekend where SFPOs were caught cussing out suspects, the Chief of Police claims there is nothing to see, move along. As I have been saying for years, further proof we need...
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Update: Public Transit Advisory Board meets in person on Monday
Update: the meeting was cancelled because it was not properly posted. I was forwarded the agenda by an official, but when you go to the city website, the agenda is NOT posted. As of 3:40 PM, July 25,...
View ArticleRapid City offers FREE transit rides ALL-YEAR long to youth
While Sioux Falls only offers this service during the summer so kids can get to their friends house across town to play video games, Rapid City offers all year so kids can get to school; As parents...
View ArticleShould the Sioux Falls School Board team up with City Council to offer FREE...
As I reported in August, Rapid City decided to extend a FREE public transit ride program to students. I think Sioux Falls should do the same, and our cost would be minimal if anything. We already do...
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Mayor TenHaken’s SOC Address ends in a very unusual way
You won’t see it on the end of the video we downloaded (it was edited out) but as you can see from the screenshot below it had an unusual ending; The city did eventually upload to their YouTube...
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Sioux Falls City Council will finally approve FREE youth bus rides all year long
UPDATE: Public Transit advocates have told me they were aware of the changes, BUT were never given a timeline when they would go in effect so it comes as a pleasant surprise to them. If I am reading...
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Mayor TenHaken walks out of the Council Meeting during public input to Tweet
Ironically, PTH had nothing to do with this move. This was recommended by the Public Transit board last month and was actually in partnership with a recommendation from former SF School Board...
View ArticleDenver, CO sees measurable results from incentivizing E-Bikes
While many people have told me to get off my high-horse about helping low income folks with an E-Bike leasing program, Denver has found that it has measurable results; Researchers at Portland State...
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Is the City of Sioux Falls using public transit to REDLINE Sioux Falls?
If you watch the presentation and look at the map above you will see there is a plan to move bus routes out of the ‘lily-white’ neighborhoods permanently, especially North Harrisburg (SE Sioux Falls)....
View ArticleUPDATE: St. Cloud, MN bails on their On Demand Transit system (H/T-GFG)
UPDATE: A South DaCola foot soldier sent me this information about a story he read in the St. Cloud local paper; One of the highlights I picked up in a quick scan – the original fixed route service...
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