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St. Joseph County Transportation Authority’s “Free Ride Home” program provided New Year’s Eve transportation for 16 people over the course of the seven-hour offer.
Agency director Allen Balog said seven rides were given by the Sturgis-based bus, while the rest were by the bus positioned in Three Rivers.
The service was offered from 7 p.m. Sunday through 2 a.m. Monday.
Balog said all seven Sturgis-area rides were from private parties. Meanwhile, six of the nine Three Rivers rides involved passengers from the downtown area, he said.
This was the CTA’s 13th Free Ride Home, a program started in 2008 on the eve of 2009. Its record high ridership was 65, set on the eve of 2020. The fewest number of riders was 12, provided on the eve of 2018.
