AATA considers countywide expansion of service

Could the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority become a county-wide service? It's a question that's being asked of at least 1,100 Washtenaw County residents this fall.

AATA has commissioned CJI Research to conduct a $40,000 random sample telephone survey to assess the popularity of expanding AATA's services on a county-wide level. The results are expected to be delivered by mid November.

"We have been asked by many community leaders to expand our services county wide," says Mary Stasiak, manager of community relations for the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority.

Right now AATA primarily serves the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti areas, although it has expanded commuter service to Chelsea and Plymouth as part of a pilot program with the University of Michigan. Expanding AATA to a county-wide service could stretch bus routes out as far as Saline and Manchester among other population centers.

Source: Mary Stasiak, manager of community relations for the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority
Writer: Jon Zemke

AATA considers countywide expansion of service

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