You've expanded the footprint by 5%. So something's got to give here, right? So either you need more revenue or you need to reduce the routes. Right now, The state taxpayers are putting $65 million of their taxpayers' money [into RIPTA]. So I have to kind of balance the interest of the taxpayers against the interest of the ridership. (03:28–03:34)
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