The town of Prosper is now a member of the McKinney Urban Transit District, following an MUTD meeting April 10.

The MUTD board is made up of McKinney City Council members and representatives from Celina, Lowery Crossing, Princeton, Melissa and now Prosper. The MUTD makes transit decisions and handles transit funding for the participating cities.

Prosper is now be able to use MUTD services such as the Collin County Transit, which provides on-demand transportation for elderly, disabled and low-income residents in its service area.

Since MUTD's last meeting in December, the Collin County Transit has seen a 32% increase in the number of trips taken, Denton County Transportation Authority representative Michelle Bloomer said during the meeting.

As of November 2018, a total of 6,719 trips had been taken since the program was launched in April 2017. As of February 2019, a total of 8,876 trips had been taken since April 2017.

Denton County Transportation Authority, who coordinates the transit program for MUTD, expects to bring a proposal for the board to take action on at the next MUTD meeting in August, Bloomer said. This proposal will include an extension of services provided by DCTA in an effort to offer more than what the Collin County Transit currently provides.

Details on the proposal will be available following a DCTA board meeting April 25.