OH: TARTA to Cut Bus Services, Develop New Downtown Hub

    March 2, 2018
    Toledo-area bus service will be cut by 6 percent under a plan the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority’s governing body approved shortly after voting to move forward with a proposal to buy a vacant downtown building to redevelop as a new transit hub.

    Source The Blade

    Toledo-area bus service will be cut by 6 percent under a plan the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority’s governing body approved shortly after voting to move forward with a proposal to buy a vacant downtown building to redevelop as a new transit hub.

    TARTA’s board of trustees on Thursday accepted a new service plan starting March 18 that, among other things, eliminates a bank of “lineup” buses leaving downtown Toledo at 11 a.m. on weekdays, curtails service hours on suburban Call-a-Ride buses, and reduces or eliminates weekend and holiday service on selected routes.

    James Gee, the transit authority’s general manager, said the agency’s second service cut this year is prompted in part by a driver shortage and an accompanying need to rein in overtime expenses.

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