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3. One wish to immediately improve public transportation <br />4. Transit's role in furthering the livability goals of the community <br />5. Aspects to consider while planning the future transit system <br />6. Continuing to offer a free service or implementing a fee-based system <br />7. Recommendations for future service improvements <br />8. Changes to County/City policies to improve transit operations <br />The responses from the community stakeholders are presented in the following section and are <br />grouped by the above-mentioned themes. <br />4.4.1 Perceptions of Current System Performance <br />All stakeholders indicated that both GoLine and Community Coach offer a very valuable <br />service to the community and that they have received positive comments from residents and <br />visitors to the County. The additional comments received from the stakeholders are listed <br />below. <br />• Buses are generally well utilized and travel to highly utilized destinations <br />• SRA is doing a wonderful job of managing and operating the service <br />• Limited service hours remain a challenge for commuters who would like to combine <br />work and shopping trips <br />• Lack of flexibility regarding stop locations sometimes poses a challenge for riders <br />• Limited funding is a major issue while planning service improvements <br />• Limited transit service in the western portions of the county <br />• Inadequate level of transit service in Fellsmere and Gifford <br />• Stop locations are not often convenient for the elderly and the disabled population <br />• Lack of access to grocery stores for Gifford residents <br />4.4.2 Barriers to Transit Service <br />The barriers to transit service identified by the community stakeholders are listed below: <br />• Headways are generally too long <br />• Limited and inconvenient access for disabled users <br />• Limited bicycle and pedestrian access to bus stops <br />• Lack of basic rider amenities such as shelters, lighting, and pedestrian crosswalks <br />• Limited healthcare access for the elderly and very low income people due to the <br />limited service hours of operation <br />• Bus schedules do not allow users to shop at grocery stores and be back at a reasonable <br />time to catch the next bus <br />4-34 <br />- - `Stanlrj Cnnwltants K � <br />