Transit at crossroads: Nampa weighs future of public transportation

NAMPA, Idaho — Nampa city leaders are considering cuts to public transportation services, pointing to low ridership on Nampa bus routes.

Councilman Sebastian Griffin, who recently spent five weeks commuting from Nampa to Boise on the bus for law school, questioned the necessity of maintaining fixed routes with few passengers.

“It’s me and one other individual from Nampa getting off at the same spot, and then one person going to Caldwell,” he told KTVB. “If there’s not the demand, if there’s not the need, and we can’t fund it properly, we’re not utilizing the resource to the extent that we should be.”…

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