Elderly, disabled Nebraskans depend on rural transit services.A funding crisis may force major cuts.
Lancaster County Public Rural Transit bus driver Paul Carpenter helps Voline Volkart descend the stairs to go shopping at Walmart on June 17 in Lincoln. Photo by Lily Smith/Flatwater Free Press
Olivia Wheeler (right) checks her watch as the Lancaster County Public Rural Transit bus brings her from her home in Waverly to her job in south Lincoln on June 17. Photo by Lily Smith/Flatwater Free Press
Joseph Peterson descends the stairs from the Lancaster County Public Rural Transit bus in Lincoln’s Haymarket District after receiving a ride from his home in Ceresco on June 17. Photo by Lily Smith/Flatwater Free Press
Danna York was tired of feeling like an inconvenience.
When she wanted to leave her home in Waverly and head to Lincoln for errands or for fun, she’d have to get a ride from a friend or family member.
But everything changed around 2013. That’s when York, legally blind since birth, learned about the Lancaster County Public Rural Transit program. It offers curb-tocurb transportation throughout the cou…
