Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority

Slogan	Ride of Toledo
Founded	1971
Headquarters	Toledo, Ohio
Service area	Greater Toledo  United States
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Fuel type	biodiesel
Chief executive	James Bohn, president Harry Morell, vice president
Web site	TARTA.com

Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) is a bus company that has been transporting people in the Toledo area of Ohio since 1971. TARTA has more than 50 routes in and around the Toledo metropolitan area serving nine communities and carries almost 5 million passengers each year. Every TARTA bus is wheelchair-accessible, uses biodiesel fuel, and equipped with bicycle racks.^[1] The company also has special buses designed especially for handicapped riders called TARPS (Toledo Area Regional Paratransit Service), which acts along the lines of the Americans with Disabilities Act.^[2]

In summer 2009, TARTA added 40 new buses to its fleet, including 10 mini- and 18 full-sized buses, in addition to 11 expanded buses for its TARPS fleet. The new buses were purchased with $7 million in federal money.^[3]

[edit] Routes

The buses have routes in Toledo and its suburbs, including Maumee, Ottawa Hills, Perrysburg, Rossford, Spencer Township, Sylvania, Sylvania Township, and Waterville. This includes service to Fifth Third Field for all Toledo Mud Hens home baseball games, as well as throughout Lourdes College, Owens Community College, and the University of Toledo. Call-A-Ride service is available in each of these locations.^[1]

[edit] Route List

• 2C Centennial-Sylvania/Westfield Franklin Park
• 2H Franklin Park via Hospital
• 2M Westfield Franklin Park
• 3 North/South Crosstown
• 5 Dorr
• 7 Central/Spencer Township Express
• 10A Perrysburg Express
• 10L Rossford
• 11 Oak
• 12 Front
• 13 Starr
• 14 East Broadway
• 15A Summit/Alexis
• 15B 124th/Ottawa River/Alexis
• 15E Summit/Place Point
• 16C Stickney/Centrel/Auto Plant
• 16K Stickney/Ketcham/Manhattan Plaza
• 17B Lagrange/Alexis-Telegraph
• 17E Lagrange/Miracle Mile
• 19D Cherry/Douglas
• 19F Cherry/Franklin Park
• 19S Cherry/Secor
• 19T Cherry/Tremainsville
• 20M Central/Meijer Dr
• 20T Central/Westfield Franklin Park
• 22A Bancroft/Westgate
• 22F Bancroft/Franklin Park
• 22M Bancroft/Central
• 24A Delaware/Kenwood
• 24T Delaware/Indiana
• 26B Brooke Park
• 26D Berdan/Douglas/Miracle Mile
• 26L Lewis/Alexis-Telegraph
• 27A Nebraska/South Wenz
• 27B Byrne
• 27H Nebraska/Dulton Hill
• 27N Nebraska/Southwyck Blvd
• 28 Indiana/UToldeo
• 29X Waterville Express
• 30 Lincoln/Oakwood/UToldeo
• 31G Glendale/Southwyck
• 31H Heatherdowns/Southwyck
• 31X Southwyck/Southlands Express
• 32A Airport/Southwyck
• 32H South/Southwyck
• 32R Health Sciences/Southwyck
• 34A Detroit/Byrne/Western
• 34H Holland Rd/Maumee-Arrowhead
• 34K Key/Southwyck
• 39A Franklin Park/Sylvania
• 39M Monroe/Centennial-Sylvania
• 42A Miracle Mile
• 42X Campus Express
• 43X Campus/Southland Express
• 44X St. Luke's Hospital Express
• 45X Sylvania/Arrowhead Express
• 46X Sylvania/Lewis Commons Express
• 47X Perrysburg/Arrowhead Express
• 50X Owens Community College Express

[edit] Biodiesel study

TARTA is taking part in a study looking at the impact of using a mixture of biodiesel fuels and petroleum-based diesel fuel.^[4] After congresswoman Marcy Kaptur provided the company with a $1.5 million grant, the study began in 2007. The University of Toledo's Intermodal Transportation Institute is conducting the study using both ULSD fuel and a specific mixture composed mostly of ULSD fuel with 20% B20. Passenger air quality, operating costs, emissions, and both engine performance and wear are being studied.^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External linkes

• Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority