Riders using the agency’s EZfare mobile ticketing app give the system positive reviews, citing safer rides during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both journey planning and Uber Transit Ticketing are rolling out today and will be available to 100% of riders in the 13 local transit agencies in Ohio and Kentucky over the next few weeks.
The FTA’s IMI program funds projects that demonstrate innovative and effective practices, partnerships, and technologies to enhance public transportation effectiveness, increase efficiency, and more.
EZfare enables passengers to access an account-based fare collection system for multiple transit agencies and receive electronic transfers.
Participants are members of NEORide, a council of governments comprised of 13 transit systems.
The vans, built on Ford's U4X platform by Tesco, will have seating for six passengers and accommodate one wheelchair.
If approved, the grant will provide the funds needed to take the project from an exciting vision to a job-creating, pollution-reducing reality within five years.
Will now partner with the RHFCC to advocate for clean hydrogen transportation technology in hopes of bringing 65,000 new jobs and 250 hydrogen stations to Ohio
The roadmap is collaboration between SARTA, RHFCC, and CALSTART, an organization dedicated to clean and efficient transportation solutions, and was commissioned to support future funding proposals for regional vehicle deployment.
Under the terms of an agreement between SARTA and the Ohio State University, the new bus will be operated by the university's Department of Transportation and Traffic Management as part of the Campus Area Bus Service for the next 12 months.