Dane County’s Most Remote Spot: Elizabeth Merfeld ventures out into the abyss to find the most remote spot in Dane County. Merfeld joins Dylan Brogan in studio.
Details On MMSD’s Contract With New Bus Company: Elizabeth Merfeld, the former Public Information Officer at MMSD, said, “So, they’ve been working on this sort of complex puzzle of like, ‘How can we consolidate routes while being within bus capacity limits?’
Madison Metropolitan School District And Badger Bus Lines Combat Bus Driver Shortages: “We’ve been working really closely with Badger Bus to try to problem-solve around this because we do anticipate it being an issue. I mean, even if we could find 30 drivers today to get them all trained up and ready to go by Sept. 2nd, would be pretty aggressive, so we’ve had to kind of plan around some contingencies. Consolidation of routes is kind of one idea,” says Elizabeth Merfeld.