COMET use increasing but still chasing riders
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Transportation planner David Maestas with a COMET van. Photo by Raquel Hendrickson.
When the City of Maricopa formally unveiled its bus-stop shelters in October, there was a jump in ridership within a couple of days.
“Attribute that to recognition that, yes, there is a transit system,” Transportation Planner David Maestas said.
In fact, City of Maricopa Express Transit (COMET) has been around in one form or another since 2008. That it continues to lie below the awareness level of many Maricopans is a source of frustration and repeated questions about the operation of at least one aspect of the service.
