He pointed out that in a digital society, ensuring universal internet access is vital. “Wi-Fi on school buses is one ...

Metro now pays ITS $35,000 a year to run the programs on the Internet -- about as much as it costs, Walsh said, to run a bus on its route once a day for a year. Still, Walsh acknowledges it's ...

Even though about 90% of students have internet access at home and the district provides Wi-Fi hotspots to the remaining 10%, Wixson says school bus Wi-Fi is another tool to bridge the digital divide.

The bus was previously used as a mobile library and remains filled with books. Yeseny and Kevin, as they waited to connect to the internet, each received a plastic bag stuffed with paperbacks.

Basalt real estate agent Scott Bayens is among the workers who depend on Internet service to roll through ... intersection with 27th Street. The RFTA bus center is on the northeast corner of ...