Every hour, 24 buses travel on West 25th Street from Detroit Road to Lorain Avenue. Hundreds of bus riders travel along West 25th Street along this stretch every day. They deserve to get where they need to go quickly and reliably, and one key way to ensure that is to give their bus a dedicated Read more about W25th Bus Lanes Petition[…]
Transit riders and advocates have sent nearly 1000 letters to the GCRTA CEO/General Manager, Board of Trustees, and Cleveland City Councilor Kerry McCormack demanding that dedicated bus lanes be included on West 25th Street from Detroit Road to Lorain Avenue as part of GCRTA’s proposed 25Connects bus rapid transit (BRT) line. In addition, several members Read more about Press Release: Transit Riders Demand Dedicated Bus Lane For Proposed West 25TH Street Bus Rapid Transit Project[…]
GREATER CLEVELAND RTA MUST MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO NEW TRANSIT LINES Riders call for major upgrades to future bus rapid transit projects at community open house tonight Cleveland, OH Today, June 27th, at 5:30pm at the PIVOT Center, 2937 W. 25th St, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) will host a Community Open House Read more about PRESS RELEASE: Greater Cleveland RTA Must Make Significant Improvements to New Transit Lines[…]
Press Release: GREATER CLEVELAND RTA MUST USE NEW FARE SYSTEM TO SPEED UP TRANSIT Riders call on for improvements to transit system, including all-door boarding Last week, in partnership with transit agencies throughout Ohio, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) launched a new fare system, EZfare. At this morning’s 9:00am GCRTA board meeting, Clevelanders Read more about Press Release: GREATER CLEVELAND RTA MUST USE NEW FARE SYSTEM TO SPEED UP TRANSIT[…]
[See below for videos of public comments provided to Cleveland City Council in support of decriminalization of fare evasion] Clevelanders for Public Transit is pleased that Cleveland City Council will introduce legislation tonight to amend Cleveland Codified Ordinance 605.11 Misconduct Involving a Public Transportation System to ensure that any person convicted under that Read more about Transit Riders Pleased By Less Draconian Treatment of Non-Payment of Fares, Want Full Justice[…]
Source: SAFETY IS ESSENTIAL: REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY ON GCRTA (From CPT’s Ending the Transit Death Spiral Policy Platform) Clevelanders for Public Transit (CPT) expresses its shock and sorrow over recent violent incidents involving the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA): On March 21, 2022, 21-year-old David Kittreles was shot to death on a HealthLine bus. On Read more about Press Release: Safety is Essential – Reimagining Public Safety on Public Transit[…]
Transit Riders Applaud Positive Changes to Public Square but Want More More can and should be done so riders benefit from the $50 million investment Last week, plans were formally announced to begin to address the jersey barriers on Public Square. CPT applauds the City of Cleveland, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA), and Read more about Press Release: Transit Riders Applaud Positive Changes to Public Square but Want More[…]
Riders Call on Mayor Bibb to Appoint Riders to GCRTA Board Rider’s Perspectives Would Provide Vision for Improving Transit Next month, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Board of Trustees elect a new president and new terms begin for members of the board. Clevelanders for Public Transit calls on Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb to Read more about Press Release: Riders Call on Mayor Bibb to Appoint Riders to GCRTA Board[…]
Today, Clevelanders for Public Transit (CPT) released a list of Day One Actions that Cleveland’s newly elected leaders must take in order to improve public transit. CPT calls on Cleveland mayor-elect Justin Bibb and incoming Cleveland City Council president Blaine Griffin to reverse the Transit Death Spiral in Cleveland with this list of tangible steps Read more about Press Release: CPT Demands Day One Actions from New Cleveland Mayor and City Council[…]
By: Camryn Justice, News 5 Cleveland Posted at 7:36 PM, Oct 24, 2021 CLEVELAND — Demonstrators gathered in Cleveland Sunday afternoon to push for Congress to pass an infrastructure bill that includes public transit in the budget. The groups of demonstrators arrived at Public Square around 1 p.m. and marched to Senator Sherrod Brown’s office Read more about CPT In the News: Demonstrators gather in Cleveland to push for public transit to be included in infrastructure bill[…]