Would you walk 2.5 hours to a job interview? Or quit a job to find one closer to home? What about moving to a different city because of its access to a public transit system?

WRTA riders waiting for buses in downtown Warren last week said these are their alternatives to getting around once the service pulls back on its Trumbull County activities, after county commissioners did not move forward with joining the public transit authority.

The county is forming plans that remain uncertain for a service that can pick up older and disabled people, but once WRTA finishes up, if the state doesn’t provide more funding for Trumbull County operations, the majority of the pilot fixed routes and services for younger and non-disabled people will go up in exhaust.

Noah Thornton of Warren waited at the bus stop on High Street in Warren to catch the bus to a job interview. Without the WRTA route, he would have walked the 2.5 hours.

He said the city needs public transit.

Read more in Monday’s Vindicator.