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- ↑ "Transit Systems in Kentucky" . Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ↑ "Bus Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ↑ "Maysville Transit revises bus schedule". The Ledger Independent. July 24, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ↑ Brandon Robinson (August 23, 2022). "Gov. Beshear announces federal funding for several EKY public transit services". WYMT. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ↑ Tom Latek (July 4, 2023). "10 rural Ky. transit agencies approved for federal funding". Paducah Sun. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ↑ "City Transit" . Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ↑ "The National Transit Database (NTD)" . Retrieved September 2, 2023.
