To promote buses - USA - Leyens wants new panel
Vicksburg,MS,USA -The Vicksburg Post, by Matt Hinton -2 Aug 2006: -- Barely a month after its launch, Mayor Laurence Leyens said Tuesday he wants to push the NRoute transit system from the city's control into its own management board... The Board of Mayor and Aldermen had planned on giving the system about six months before creating an independent board to guide operations... The system was launched in late June after five years of planning and leg work... Leyens, however, said he thinks the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and other city entities are stretched far too thin to handle day-to-day details and promotions as effectively as needed... The decision to seek the grants and commit local funds followed a Chamber of Commerce study assuring the buses were needed, especially in census tracts with double-digit unemployment rates and fewer personal vehicles...
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