Add It Up: C-Tran inches closer to shutdown
On March 31, the county’s sole transit agency will cease operations because of tight budget
Number of days, as of March 24, until C-Tran, Clayton County’s public transit system, will cease operations: 7
Amount that county commissioners say shutting down service will save during tough economic times: $8 million
Number of county commissioners, out of five, who voted not to end C-Tran service: 1
Number of estimated riders who use the bus system every day: 8,500
Percentage of those riders who rely on the system to get to and from work: 61
Percentage of C-Tran riders who earn less than $35,000 each year: 81
Percentage of C-Tran riders who use the system’s paratransit service to travel to and from medical appointments: 69
Approximate number of C-Tran employees who’ll lose their jobs when buses stop running: 70
Number of ideas Gov. Sonny Perdue offered that could help beleaguered C-Tran and equally beleaguered MARTA when asked on Feb. 11 by reporters: 0
Source: 11 Alive, AJC, clfreshloaf.com, WABE