Butch McDuffie and Ron Kilcoyne – Athens Transit and Transportation Management & Design Inc.

“No one is going to use transit unless they feel it meets their needs” – Ron Kilcoyne

There are two guests this week on Transit Unplugged – Butch McDuffie, Director of Athens Transit, and Ron Kilcoyne, Senior Manager at Transportation Management & Design Inc. (TMD Inc.).

Butch discusses Athens’ bus art shelter program, what it was like building a transit facility with zero federal dollars, and the unique qualities of running transit in a major college town. Ron shares his three-legged stool strategy for growing and sustaining ridership. He also talks about rebooting networks and when to add microtransit.  

Check out TMD Inc. or Athens Transit if you want to learn more.

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