RTA will notify customers about the upcoming changes with signage, audio announcements and staff will ride along on some impacted bus routes to speak with patrons. The RTA prioritized maintaining basic geographic service coverage and late night service, he said.īut unfortunately, he said, these changes will result in additional connections and longer travel times for some customers, and riders in some areas will have to find other transportation alternatives.īut Policicchio said these changes were made to impact the fewest riders as possible. RTA selected what routes to eliminate based on an analysis of ridership, trips, duplicative service coverage and time periods with low volumes of riders, Policicchio said. RTA also has decided to reduce service for route 14 to every 80 minutes, and routes 11 and 34 will now have buses arrive every 90 minutes.Ĭurrently, buses at these routes arrive every 30 to 60 minutes, during peak times. The routes have one trip in the morning and one in the evening. X1A and X1B are express buses from downtown to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. X5 is an express bus from downtown to the Dayton Mall, South Hub and Austin Landing area.Ī map of Greater Dayton RTA's route eliminations. Route 24 stretches from Meijer and the Northwest Hub to the South Hub. Route 23, which only operates on weekdays, goes from the Eastown Hub to the South Hub near the Dayton Mall. Route 3 travels between downtown and the Eastown Hub, while route 5 travels from downtown to West Stroop Road, via Far Hills Avenue. Routes 3 and 5 are short trolley routes that only operate during peak times, said Brandon Policicchio, RTA’s chief customer and business development officer. The agency operates 26 routes, and the temporary reduction will impact about 11% of daily service, officials said. The routes temporarily being eliminated account for about 4% of the RTA’s current ridership, officials said. Officials say they hope the eliminations will be temporary and service can be restored and expanded in the future when the agency’s workforce issues are resolved and ridership levels bounce back. The Greater Dayton RTA plans to eliminate bus routes 3, 5, 23, 24, X5, X1A and X1B. Agency officials say they are facing a severe shortage of bus drivers, which is leading to route eliminations and other service changes. Greater Dayton RTA is hiring bus drivers.
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