Join us this Saturday for coffee and bagels at CPT’s membership meeting!
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Coming off our #HealTheHealthLine event (see below) we are excited to relaunch our membership meetings at Cleveland Public Library!
Join us at the Louis Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Main Library, 525 Superior Ave. at 10 AM.
We’ll be in Conference Room B on the 2nd floor.
See you there!
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#HealTheHealthLine Event a Success!
The Healthline delays, advocates say, stem from a change in fare enforcement that followed a 2017 Cleveland Municipal Court decision that found RTA’s proof-of-payment policies unconstitutional when enforced by police officers.
Healthline ridership declined by 21 percent in 2018 after the policy changes went into effect, a higher rate of decline than other RTA services, the group says.
Read our full press release and check out video from the event HERE.
CPT wants RTA to restore off-bus fare collection by using civilian employees to check fare cards, which would be in line with the municipal court ruling. They want passengers to be able to board the bus using all doors rather than one.
CPT also urged Cleveland to revise the city’s fare-evasion ordinance to make it more equitable. City council members Kerry McCormack and Matt Zone, who attended the ride-along, invited CPT to work with them on efforts to de-criminalize fare evasion.
Another proposed change unrelated to fare enforcement is also aimed at speeding up service — CPT suggests the city of Cleveland grant greater traffic-signal priority to buses along Euclid Avenue.
RTA trustee Justin Bibb, who also attended the event, called operations on the Healthline a “major pain point” and said board members need to consider “how we think through a more efficient fare enforcement policy that doesn’t undermine the rider experience.”
These recommendations are in line with CPT’s Fair Fares platform that was released last year. Check out our Fair Fares platform here.
Check out Scene Magazine coverage of the event: “Kerry Freaking McCormack Prepping Legislation to Decriminalize RTA Fare Evasion”
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