Ketchikan's public transit system wins national award

Ketchikan's public transit system wins national award

Photo credit: Ketchikan Gateway Borough. In a parking lot behind the Ketchikan Gateway Borough’s bus system headquarters on Copper Ridge Lane, Transit Deputy Director Stephanie Bushong steps onto one of several 35-foot-long commuter buses in their fleet. Later in the day, it’ll run up and down the Tongass Highway, reaching nearly both ends of the island. Bushong says that same bus provided no-charge rides when two landslides closed major roadway…