Saturday, February 2, 2013

RTA Commuter Lines: A Proposal

No doubt many proposals are submitted to Cleveland's Regional Transit Authority.
Many people care about the state of transportation, and particularly public transportation in our region.

This is mine.

I've created a Google map:

Commuter Line Map

with a set of proposed stops to be served by dedicated commuter vehicles to pick up passengers at one and only one stop, to be transported downtown to the brand spanking new Stephanie Tubbs Jones Transit Center:

STJ Transit Center

The idea of this proposal is for these commuter vehicles to run AROUND THE CLOCK

Blue Markers (Stops) every 30 Minutes

Red Markers (Stops) every 60 Minutes.
Also, one vehicle to run between each Red Stop East and one vehicle between Red Stops West.

Late night transit in Cleveland is extremely sparse, like in many cities.

Several Years ago RTA abandoned their 'Circulator' routes for a variety of mysterious reasons, some of which may be here:

Circulator Woes

These were smaller vehicles that served shorter routes and were very popular, but VERY poorly thought out.
I believe the idea was to use them merely to get customers to other Bus routes or the Rapid Train.


It's time to bring these back as actual dedicated commuter vehicles!



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