Comments on: Senator Brown announces over 179 million for public transporation, 8.5 for TARTA

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:10:14 +0000

I’d like bus signs that actually indicated when a particular route was coming using GPS technology. It’d let you know on cold, windy, rainy days whether you had 5 minutes or 25 minutes to wait.

By: Photodan

Photodan — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:14:44 +0000

I really wish they could invest some money to create pull-over spaces at bus stops so they wouldn’t bog traffic down when picking riders up. (similar to the space in front of UT)

-Dan

By: zimmy

zimmy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:51:55 +0000

thank you for that.

if memory serves, they have the intention of doing more door to door service and less emphasis on traditional routes. i’ll assume we will see a great increase in the tarp type vehicles and fewer traditional route buses. fuel type should be an interesting call.

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:09:01 +0000

From the linked Fox Toledo story:

TARTA officials say the public will see a new fleet out on the streets to replace buses that are 18 years old and have 600,000 miles on them. TARTA is limited in how it can use the federal dollars.

“The funds that we have can only be used for purchasing items. They cannot be used for service, for fuel, for drivers wages and so there should be no impact on our route structure,” said James Gee, TARTA general manager.

By: zimmy

zimmy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:48:32 +0000

any sense of what projects tarta has in mind – is this going to be used to expand tarps, build the new tarps garage (which would be terrible at the intended location), update/expand routes, build infrastructure such as new stops and shelters, or subsidize existing routes by keeping fares down?