Last Thursday, October 7th, we heard from speaker John Haggenmiller from SouthWest Transit. He discussed the affects that Covid-19 had on the company. They had seen a 90% decline in business, which has slowly started to pick up again. Before March of 2020, they transported around 1,800 passengers per day, and it is now down to about 400 passengers per day.
Additionally, they have another branch of transportation called SouthWest Prime, which is the public transit equivalent of Uber. You can schedule a SouthWest Prime bus to take you wherever you need within a certain service area. They have recently opened their service area to the MSP airport; you can schedule this up to 2 weeks in advance, and they can take you to and from the airport. In 2019, SouthWest Prime created another branch called Prime MD. Prime MD is used as a non-emergency medical service that is mainly targeted towards elders who have a hard time finding transportation to appointments.
