Butch McDuffie and Ron Kilcoyne – Athens Transit and Transportation Management & Design Inc.

Summary: “No one is going to use transit unless they feel it meets their needs” – Ron Kilcoyne Butch McDuffie (Director at Athens Transit) discusses Athens’ bus art shelter program, what it was like building a transit facility with zero federal dollars, and the unique qualities of running transit in a major college town. Ron Kilcoyne (Senior Manager at TMD Inc.) shares his three-legged stool strategy for growing and sustaining ridership. He also talks about rebooting networks and when to add microtransit.