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A city official acknowledges that the area is "a high threat" to pedestrian safety, but after 6 years of design work, the city still doesn't have a shovel-ready plan.
A new "Microtransit and Last Mile Transit Grant" program, funded with $10 million in Fair Share revenues from last year's supplemental state budget, will help cover operations costs and potential expansion of the ValleyBike regional bikesharing network in Hampshire and Hampden Counties.
The bulk of UMass Transit's roughly 250-person operation is staffed by current UMass students and recently-minted alumni.
Because it would connect multiple destinations where transit demand is high, the T's models predict that an extended Silver Line would serve more than 15,000 additional daily bus riders.
