Route 12: Will serve Hope Center & Omega. Routes 1, 2 & 4: Routing changed to serve Third Street Bridge. from Meijer and the northbound trip at 5:25 p.m. from Wright Stop Plaza and Eliminating northbound trips 2:42 p.m. Route 18: Eliminating southbound trip 3:07 p.m. Also, eliminating northbound trips at 7:31 a.m., 2:44 p.m. from the Northwest Transit Center and northbound trips at 6:37 a.m., 8:41 a.m. Route 8: Eliminating southbound trips at 5:38 a.m., 7:40 a.m. Also, eliminating northbound trips at 5:39 a.m., 8:09 a.m., 3:51 p.m. Route 7: Eliminating southbound trips at 6:48 a.m., 5:07 p.m. Fixed route and paratransit service hours Monday through Saturday from 5:30 a.m. And we are working to solve this problem of getting more drivers," he said. "We're keeping all fingers and toes crossed that temporary means temporary. Williamson reiterated in September's board meeting that RTA is hopeful the routes will be reinstated in the future. "I'm usually up on Tuesday morning and Thursday morning. "I've been using this route since 2002," she said. Neither is as convenient as Route 65, she said. Smothers said she will need to call her son-in-law and work around his schedule for a ride or call Project Mobility, which costs a dollar each way. The grant from the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission will allow RTA, Miami County Public Transit and Greene CATS to offer additional medical trips, as well as provide medical trips across county lines - an issue that has been a challenge for seniors who rely on public transit, according to RTA. "They indicated that seniors are not always able to access the big bus fixed-route services, and not all seniors qualify for the paratransit services RTA offers to provide access door-to-door." "One of the most critical needs we heard from our area seniors at a recent public hearing was the need for direct door-to-door service for medical, pharmacy and even grocery trips," he said. With new grant funding in conjunction with other area transit authorities, Greater Dayton RTA plans to launch a new service this fall for seniors and people with disabilities for transportation to grocery stores, pharmacies and medical appointments, according to Robert Ruzinsky, Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority CEO. "If they take that bus away from us, what are we supposed to do?" Day said. While not a veteran, Lanetta Day, 72, said she takes Route 64 to shop, often riding alongside veterans on their way to and from stores.
Kevin Frazier, president of the RTA drivers' union, Amalgamated Transit Union 1385, declined to comment for this story.
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The Dayton Daily News Payroll Project found six drivers earned more than $100,000 last year. Overtime and other types of special pay can boost a driver's pay higher. RTA has been advertising heavily for operators, a job that start at $33,592 a year, and after seven years progresses to $57,366. It also had 75 drivers for small buses and was searching for 10 more, according to the transit authority. Last month, RTA had 230 big bus drivers and was looking to hire 30 to 40 more. Serving 10 housing facilities including Lyons Place II at the Dayton Veterans Administration campus, Route 64, a Friday only route, goes to Westown Shopping Center and south to the Kroger and Meijer at Ohio 741 and West Alex Bell Road. Route 65 runs Tuesdays and Thursdays serving 15 living facilities across a broad swath of the northwest part of the metropolitan area.
Route 66 runs Mondays and Wednesdays stopping at 11 residential facilities and runs south to the Meijer store on Stroop Road in Kettering, also making a stop at Kroger at Dorothy Lane and Wilmington Pike as well as other shopping centers and pharmacies. The three Senior EZ Ride routes serve the senior living facilities with stops at Kroger, Meijer and other stores, as well as pharmacies and the Senior Resource Connection in downtown Dayton, according to RTA route maps.
"You're all supposed to provide a service." "I am sick and tired of this mess, taking and taking from seniors," Smothers told the board. Smothers, who lives in the Asbury Apartments on McDaniel Street in Dayton, voiced her frustration to RTA trustees earlier this month. I can't see myself going across the street when it's busy." "I'm in pain when I walk long distances, and from my house to the bus stop across the street on Main Street is far from me. "I'm very limited on what I can do, according to my doctor," Woods said. Candace Woods, 60, a disabled veteran, said the Senior EZ Ride bus comes almost to the door of her Sienna Springs apartment on North Main Street in Harrison Twp.
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