After reviewing #FairFares plan, RTA Board delays fare hikes & announces public meetings! Clevelanders for Public Transit applauds RTA’s decisions to delay the fare increase scheduled for 2018 in order to study RTA’s fare structure to ensure affordability for all riders, as well as RTA’s implementation of quarterly meetings to engage and inform riders prior Read more about April Updates: No Fare Hike! #FairFares[…]
Statement Regarding Resignation of GCRTA Board President Agency Must Rebuild Trust; Board Should Include RTA Riders Cleveland, OH, March 30, 2018 Clevelanders for Public Transit is disappointed to learn that Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Board of Trustees President George F. Dixon III has allegedly received health insurance benefits from RTA without paying premiums. For Read more about Statement Regarding Resignation of GCRTA Board President[…]
RTA Riders Applaud RTA for Delaying Fare Increase and Engaging Riders Local Funding Still Needed to Stop Death Spiral Clevelanders for Public Transit applauds RTA’s decisions to delay the fare increase scheduled for 2018 in order to study RTA’s fare structure to ensure affordability for all riders, as well as RTA’s implementation of quarterly Read more about Press Release: RTA Riders Applaud RTA for Delaying Fare Increase and Engaging Riders[…]
RTA Riders Say No to Fare Hikes Local Funding Needed to Restore RTA Service Cleveland, OH , March 26, 2018 Download the full Fair Fares Report. Riders from Clevelanders for Public Transit will attend the RTA board meeting tomorrow to support delaying fare hikes scheduled to take effect this August. RTA has recently acknowledged what Read more about Press Release: RTA Riders Say No to Fare Hikes[…]
FULL REPORT: Fair Fares: A Campaign for Better Transit Cleveland, OH, February 20, 2018 Riders from Clevelanders for Public Transit will be presenting a vision to improve public transit at the RTA board meeting today. At just 39.5 million rides per year, RTA ridership reached an all-time low in 2017; falling by more than 30 percent Read more about Press Release: Riders Present Plan for Improved Public Transit to RTA’s Board of Trustees[…]
Now is the best time to get involved with CPT! CPT riders will be presenting a plan to improve public transit in Cleveland. Your support and input is crucial! Attend the Riders Meeting 2/20 at Neighborhood Connections. Public transit in Cleveland needs help! CPT riders have also been working hard on a bylaws to Read more about Stand Against RTA Fare Hikes – February Events. Now is the time to get involved with CPT![…]
Start off 2018 right by joining the movement to improve public transit! Come to CPT’s January riders meeting this Thursday. How will the fare increase coming this summer impact you? We want to hear from you. Meeting will be held Thursday, January 11th from 5:30-6:45pm at the MLK Library, 1962 Stokes Blvd (Euclid & Stokes Read more about Join CPT in 2018![…]
Thank you for making transit a priority in 2017. In 2017 we worked together to get Public Square reopen. Hundreds of riders contacted their state representatives to take action on the MCO tax. We helped Cuyahoga County Council establish a transit committee that will continue provide fresh ideas and oversight to RTA. We continued to Read more about Happy Holidays from CPT![…]
Come to CPT’s holiday party and plan for next year! Join us Monday, December 18th from 5:30-8:30pm at the Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus at 11910 Detroit Ave. We’ll discuss plans for CPT in 2018 and hang out together. Food will be provided! Also, after December we will return to the east side at MLK Read more about Holiday Party 12/18 and More Events for Transit![…]
Riders Call On GCRTA to Restore All-Door Boarding on the HealthLine and to Decriminalize Fare Evasion On October 26, 2017 Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Emanuella Groves ruled that the “Proof of Payment” system used on GCRTA’s Red Line and the HealthLine routes is a violation of passengers’ Fourth Amendment rights if enforced by law enforcement Read more about Press Release: Riders Call On GCRTA to Restore All-Door Boarding on the HealthLine and to Decriminalize Fare Evasion[…]