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Newsby StaffMarch 6, 2025

Ohio's SARTA Passes Balanced Budget

The spending plan, drafted after the auditing firm Jefferson Wells conducted a meticulous, line-by-line review of the agency’s finances, closes a $5 million gap in the original draft of the system’s budget for 2025 caused by declining sales tax revenue and less than anticipated federal assistance.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 22, 2025

TARTA, Ohio Agencies Land Funds for Cleaner Emission Buses

The Ohio EPA estimates that this grant and the others part of this year’s award will eliminate almost two tons of air pollutants annually, in addition to helping counties meet and maintain federal air quality standards.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2024

Ohio's SARTA Approves Revised Budget to Tackle Shortfall

The first resolution revises the 2024 revenue and capital budget from $33 million to $29.9 million and reflects a $994,511 shortfall in sales tax revenue, $76,000 reduction in proceeds from fares, a $2.2 million decrease in anticipated federal funding, and an $800,000 increase in SARTA’s local share of capital budget projects.

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NewsApril 20, 2022

SARTA Adds New EV Charging Station

Provided by EVUnited and installed at SARTA’s Belden Village Transit Center by Thompson Electric of Munroe Falls, Ohio, there is no charge for using the station, which is capable of charging two vehicles at a time in four to five hours.

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NewsNovember 5, 2021

Goodyear, SARTA to Collaborate on Tire Technology, Sustainable Mobility

The two companies will test intelligent tire sensors and prototype tires on SARTA’s fleet ofdiesel and zero emission hydrogen fuel cell-powered (HFC) buses.

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NewsAugust 13, 2021

ENC Partners with SARTA on Borrow a Bus Zero-Emissions Tour

The ‘Borrow a Bus’ program was created to raise awareness about and generate support for zero-emission technology in transit applications.

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NewsJuly 13, 2021

SARTA Joins Calstart's 'Generation Zero' Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Program

The transit agency received Calstart’s prestigious Blue Sky Award in 2020 for being a pioneer in the use of HFC vehicles in the public transit space and for creating the groundbreaking “Borrow A Bus” program that raises public awareness about and generates support for H2 technology.

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NewsMay 28, 2021

SARTA Kicks Off Zero-Emission Bus Tour Through California

As part of the tour, one of the transit authority’s hydrogen fuel cell-powered buses will be loaded on a trailer and driven cross-country where it will make a 10-day swing through the Golden State.

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NewsDecember 8, 2020

CTE, RHFCC Release Paper on Procurement Strategies for Zero-Emission Buses

Through partnerships with more than 70 transit agencies deploying over 300 zero-emission buses, CTE has developed relationships with the many different players that support the zero-emission vehicle transition processes.

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NewsNovember 17, 2020

SARTA Rider Survey Finds Customer Satisfaction with Mobile Ticketing App

Riders using the agency’s EZfare mobile ticketing app give the system positive reviews, citing safer rides during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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