PORT RICHEY -- They used to have a joke at the Pasco County Public Transportation offices. "Maybe we should paint faces on the windows so people will think the buses are full," Adelaida "Adie" Reyes, the county's community services director, said, referring to PCPT's fixed-route bus system. The Pasco transportation manager, Mike Carroll, smiled at the recollection. He and Reyes can now look back at that former piece of in-house gallows humor and smile. These days, PCPT buses now logs more than 1 million riders a year. ...more

June 7, 2008

During an interview with Pasco County Public Transportation Community Services Director Adelaida "Adie" Reyes and Transportation Manager Mike Carroll about the growing use of PCPT buses, Suncoast News report Klint Lowry asked what sort of marketing tools they use to promote thei service. "I'd say our best promoters are the people who are using our service," Reyes said. "If we are reliable, they will come back." So Lowry decided to take a ride. ...more

June 7, 2008