Delaware County Transit

Another month has came and went at Delaware County Transit and we are just buzzing around here! With our Board's approval our Strategic Plan in March, we have expeditiously moved on service improvements, notably, expanding our hours of service in July. We reaping the dividends of this investment! September Ridership Updates! - 13,279 trips provided! Not a record BUT this is the THIRD month in a row of serving over 13,000 trips! - Single highest day with 673 trips provided on Sept. 20th; - a 48.55% improvement from Sept. 2023; - Averaged 612 daily trips, an increase from July's average of 562; - Holding steady at 45% app usage for scheduling trips. - 111,233 trips served YTD (we did 118,000 last year...) With this...we aren't even close to done yet! October 14th, we are launching our first new zone since FLEX's inception in 2020. We are going to provide robust microtransit service for the communities of City of Sunbury, Ohio, and portions of Village of Galena, Ohio and Berkshire Township. Excited is an understatement! We are prepared to give Sunbury, Galena and Berkshire this amazing service!

Hey City of Sunbury, Ohio! Delaware County Transit is coming to town! Just in time to close out the year, DCT will be expanding its FLEX microtransit service to the Sunbury area, serving all of the City of Sunbury and portions of Galena and Berkshire Township with same day micro transit service! Take a look at the vide below for more information! https://lnkd.in/e9y8eXGv

Leadership Powell Class #3: A Day of Insight and Innovation Our Leadership Powell Class of 2024 embarked on another incredible journey this morning, courtesy of Delco Transit. They transported us to New Albany, where we were inspired by the forward-thinking vision of Andy Volenik Director of Delaware County Transit. Andy shared the transformative plans for microtransit and the impact on rural and suburban Ohio, leaving us in awe of the innovative strides being made. The day continued with a captivating tour of The New Albany International Business Park, guided by the knowledgeable Jacqueline Russell Economic Development Specialist for New Albany. Witnessing the remarkable vision and growth of the business park firsthand was a truly eye-opening experience. A heartfelt thank you to the Class of 2024 Leadership Powell for your enthusiastic participation this morning! #leadershippowell #innovation #communitygrowth

DCT keeps hitting new milestones! Throughout the the first quarter of the year, we sat just below 12,000 trips served per month. DCT’s Chair Ferzan Ahmed and myself would discuss at Board meetings - we really want to hit that 12k mark. We can officially say we’ve done it! This past April, DCT served 12,239 trips for the Delaware community! This is the single highest ridership month ever for DCT, and the first time DCT has surpassed 12,000 trips served. With the pending expansion of hours of service within the City of Delaware, OH and our future FLEX zone in the City of Sunbury, Ohio we are scheduled to have more records broken! None of this happens without our community supporting us and trusting us. Thank you residents, businesses and stakeholders for you support! As always, thank you to our Board Ferzan Ahmed, Beth Easterday, Jason Sanson, Bruce Luecke, Ben Turner, Sarah Clark Huffman and Jill Love, all who serve this amazing community and continue to be our best support as we pursue the vision of quality mobility options for Delaware County, Ohio!