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Smaller Systems Face Funding Issues for Fleet Replacement, Expansion Constrained federal funding is exacerbated in smaller areas where agencies are forced to do more with less. Interestingly, this has not impacted operations as much as it has their plans to purchase more vehicles and complete capital projects. BY ALEX ROMAN, Managing Editor 34 < mETRO mAGAZINE JUNE 2013 w hile record ridership growth is a win for transit agencies in non-metropolitan cities who have historically wrestled for a stronger foothold in the communities they serve, this growth puts a strain on their systems as they try to keep up by doing more with less. METRO Magazine spoke with two transit agencies serving smaller areas in the nation to fnd out what they do and what their biggest challenge is. Interestingly, fnancial constraints have not impacted operations as much as it has their plans to purchase more vehicles and complete capital plans to deal with ridership growth. metro-magazine.com