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Table 12:
Operating Statistics for Huron County Transit
Operating Expenses* Operating Funds Performance Measures
Total operating costs $122,314 Federal assistance 0 Operating Recovery Ratio 49%
Total administration $76,828 State assistance $101,712 Operating Expense/Vehicle
costs Mile
Total system costs $199,142 State E&D 0 $0.99
assistance
Local assistance $37,468 Operating Expense/Trip $13.49
Passenger fares $12,954 Passenger Trips/Vehicle Mile
Contract fares $47,010 $0.08
Other revenues 0
Total revenues $199,144
* 2001 estimate
Figure 1:
Huron County Transit Funding Sources
Passenger Contract
Contract Fares
Fares Fares
Local State Assistance
7% 24%
Assistance
19%
Local Assistance
Passenger Fares
State
Assistance
50%
Transportation is coordinated among 15 agencies in Huron County and 3 agencies in Erie County. Huron
County Transit and Sandusky Transit have coordinated a scheduled transfer between the two systems
through service in the U.S. 250 corridor. Scheduling and dispatching is done by Huron County Transit. The
primary coordination takes place between the counties. They are looking into establishing a call system and
implementing a computer software program to do scheduling.
Huron County Transit has contracts for service with 10 agencies, including county Departments of Job and
Family Services, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MRDD), and Health, as well as the
Erie County Senior Center and Sandusky Transit. All vehicles are shared and covered under county
insurance. Contracts and memoranda of understanding have been executed with another 19 agencies to
provide transportation. Purchase orders for transportation service are accepted from those who do not have
contracts. Through this coordination of service, clients from different agencies, supported by various funding
sources, are transported on the same vehicle.
The Huron County Transit Board participates with neighboring counties to offer "World Link" service.
Passengers transfer to Lorain County transportation service for $3 and are able to travel to Cleveland
Hopkins Airport and thus "link to the world."
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