County van pool project gets funds, lacks regular riders

A proposed county transportation program is still waiting for the right ridership to strike up a van pooling route.

If four to five people keep roughly the same schedule and destination for a length of time, the Council on Aging Specialist Transportation (COAST) will have grounds to purchase two vans and set up a regular van pool.

For the past five months, COAST has been tracking private car pools around the county.

"We think it's an idea whose time maybe hasn't come yet," said Karl Johanson, executive director of the Council on Aging and Human Services. COAST is a department in the council.

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