Trailblazer Transit struggles with dwindling pool of volunteer drivers
2015-01-22
By Lori Copler
Editor
McLeod County Chronicle
Trailblazer Transit’s dwindling pool of volunteer drivers has it pondering how to continue providing service to those with unique needs.
The joint powers board heard Thursday morning that there are just seven active volunteers, with an average age of 80.
The volunteer drivers provide rides to people who have needs outside of Trailblazer’s traditional service area ” such as to medical clinics in the Twin Cities or Rochester.
Bev Herfindahl of the Minnesota Department of Transportation said a shortage of volunteer drivers is not unique to Trailblazer Transit.
“It’s becoming a major issue all over the state,” said Herfindahl. Most volunteer drivers have been retirees, but recently, Herfindahl said, “new retirees are not looking at this as their first mode of volunteering.”
Find the complete story in the Jan. 22, 2015 edition of the Arlington Enterprise.
Editor
McLeod County Chronicle
Trailblazer Transit’s dwindling pool of volunteer drivers has it pondering how to continue providing service to those with unique needs.
The joint powers board heard Thursday morning that there are just seven active volunteers, with an average age of 80.
The volunteer drivers provide rides to people who have needs outside of Trailblazer’s traditional service area ” such as to medical clinics in the Twin Cities or Rochester.
Bev Herfindahl of the Minnesota Department of Transportation said a shortage of volunteer drivers is not unique to Trailblazer Transit.
“It’s becoming a major issue all over the state,” said Herfindahl. Most volunteer drivers have been retirees, but recently, Herfindahl said, “new retirees are not looking at this as their first mode of volunteering.”
Find the complete story in the Jan. 22, 2015 edition of the Arlington Enterprise.
