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• RATP Dev provides urban fixed-route service and ADA paratransit service within the city of Waco, as well as rural demand service and Baylor University shuttle service. The City of Waco’s strategic foresight, in coordination with RATP Dev, has modernized public transportation in the Heart of Texas. Successful efforts at both the state and federal level have allocated millions of dollars in grant funding to the Waco community, which have been used to purchase a $2.5 million state of the art intermodal terminal and the $5.2 million maintenance and administration facility.

Votran is trying to reduce turnovers by implementing the RADAR initiative for attrition reduction.  Providing extra training when needed and ensuring supervisors are available to listen to driver concerns and ideas improves communication and retention. Adjustments to the new labor agreement contract as well as new incentive programs for all union and non-union members have increased morale.  New buses will reduce labor, fuel, and maintenance costs, while increasing operational efficiencies.