Seneca dissolving historic public bus system [Video]

POSSIBILITIES. CHRIS. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, AN UPSTATE TOWN ANNOUNCED AN END TO ITS FREE BUS SERVICE. THE SENECA CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT APPROVED A MEASURE THAT WILL BEGIN TO DISSOLVE THE CITY’S FULLY ELECTRIC BUS SYSTEM. NATE STANLEY WAS AT THE MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WHEN IT WAS APPROVED. HE JOINS US LIVE WITH DETAILS. NATE. WELL, NIGEL. CAROL. THE CITY OF SENECA SAYS BECAUSE THE COMPANY THAT PROVIDED THEM THOSE BUSSES HAS SHUT DOWN, THEY HAVE HAD NO WAY TO REPAIR THE BUSSES. THAT MEANS THAT IN 60 DAYS, BUS STOPS LIKE THIS ONE IN DOWNTOWN SENECA WILL NO LONGER BE PROVIDING RIDES. THE FACT THAT PROTERRA WENT BANKRUPT AND WE’RE STUCK WITH A BILL THAT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN IF WE TRY TO RETOOL THE SYSTEM 7 TO 8, MAYBE $10 MILLION, AND WE WE CAN’T DO THAT, FOLKS. CITY LEADERS SAY THEY TALKED ABOUT THE DECISION TO END THE CAT BUS …