page for Greater Cleveland RTA's Community Advisory Committee. Share your thoughts, complaints and questions for RTA.
While continuing to advocate for better public transit, we will also occasionally share traffic reports and accidents from the perspective of those impacted. Too often our transportation coverage focuses on the inconvenience of an accident placed on other motorists. Instead, we will work to inform the community on the status of those involved in traffic accidents, and remind Clevelanders of the in
02/14/2023
For Valentine's Day, Transit app is launching a special Rate-My-Ride prompt that encourages riders to “share the love” with transit operators and staff. During their trip, riders can thank their driver with a Valentine’s themed button.
Goodbye Barbara, we will miss you. Thank you for always making us laugh. We appreciate your many years of being an active member of our ADA sub-committee. Our thought and prayers are with your family and friends.
https://www.efboyd.com/obituary/Barbara-Campbell
03/16/2022
How To Make Policies Work for Black Women With Disabilities To create more equitable systems, policymakers must take an intersectional approach that includes Black women and girls with disabilities.
02/17/2022
We are proudly partnerning with Care Alliance Health Center to provide free Covid-19 vaccinations and booster shots to the general public during the Weekend. The RTA Community Immunity Bus will be parked on Cleveland Public Square tomorrow morning from 9 am - 12pm on West Roadway.
Medical staff from Care Alliance Health Center will be on the bus providing the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at no charge to adults only. Appointments for children can be made with representatives on the bus to visit one of their health center locations.
http://www.riderta.com/news/community-immunity-bus-public-square
RTA Service is back!
01/10/2022
Public Transit Systems Refocus on Their Core Riders In the wake of the pandemic, officials are shifting bus and rail service toward lower-income neighborhoods, while some agencies are eliminating fares.
11/10/2021
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2021/11/09/how-the-new-infrastructure-deal-will-make-transit-better/
How the New Infrastructure Deal Will Make Transit Better …especially if the Build Back Better Act passes through reconciliation later this month.
11/02/2021
https://www.theverge.com/22749305/public-transportation-covid-climate-buses-future
Public transportation can save the world — if we let it Can we survive without public transportation?
10/25/2021
"Mobility justice": How cities are rethinking public transportation after COVID The pandemic exposed inequities in public transportation, cities reevaluate where they spent their transit dollars
10/13/2021
GCRTA pilot program seeks to use transit ambassadors instead of armed police to deter fare evasion Using civilians instead of police would mark a major turn in the transit authority’s approach to fare enforcement after a 2017 court ruling that found RTA's practices unconstitutional.