Purchase new hybrid, low-pollution large buses to support routed services. Purchase more small buses to better match bus capacity to ridership. Make environmental, equipment and capacity improvements at Kitsap Transit's three bus bases. Participate in the county-wide radio system. Participate in the regional 'Smart Card' electronic fare collection system.
Small buses cost less to buy and to operate.
Kitsap Transit has, and will continue to use, the smallest vehicle possible for the number of passengers who use a route. There are times during the day and places on each route where ridership is unavoidably low. Sometimes mid-morning and early afternoon buses at the ends of their routes will have few people on them, even though overall ridership for that route is good. Service improvements will be made beginning in the late Fall of 2001, when Kitsap Transit will first receive the additional revenues from the added sales tax. Reductions in fares will be made sooner.