This article was published through an exclusive content-sharing agreement with neo-trans.blog.
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) Board of Trustees learned on June 23 the bus and rail agency is facing one of three potential futures. While there are solutions to all three, GCRTA staff said only two would offer some benefits in addressing costs that are spiraling out of control.
The one option that didn’t involve a large, new source of revenue such as a sales-tax hike would likely require reducing or eliminating bus services on two-thirds of routes in Cuyahoga County each year until January 2029. Additional service cuts would likely follow until new revenue sources are found…