For Gainesville resident Albert Powers, having public bus service on Saturdays would help him out on paydays. “It knocks out two hours of my (work) day just to pay for the cab fare,” he said. But making big transit ideas happen, including weekend bus service and expanding routes to more places in Hall County, such as Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton, takes more money and political will.
Transit talk needs to connect dots between service, economic development