Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | |
|---|---|
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | Cleveland |
| Web presence | www.riderta.com |
| Reference year | 2013 |
| Managing directors | Joseph A. Calabrese |
| Employee | 2227 |
| sales | $ 264.1 million |
| Lines | |
| Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Subway | 1 |
| Light rail | 2 |
| bus | 75 (including 1 BRT, 5 inner city lines "Trolley") |
| Other lines | Disabled and collective transport |
| number of vehicles | |
| Subway car | 60 |
| Light rail car | 48 |
| Omnibuses | 455 |
| statistics | |
| Passengers | 49.0 million per year |
| Mileage | 32.9 million km per year |
| Catchment area | 1 184 km² |
| Residents in the catchment area |
1.26 million |
| Length of line network | |
| Subway lines | 31 km |
| Light rail lines | 25 km |
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority , or RTA for short , is the construction and operating company for local public transport in Cleveland and the surrounding cities and towns of Cuyahoga County in the US state of Ohio . It operates 75 bus lines, two light rail lines, one rapid transit line as well as handicapped and collective transport.
The RTA is a public body of the state of Ohio under Article 306 of the Ohio Revised Code . The ten-member board consists of politicians, advisors, and the like from Cleveland, the surrounding communities, and the county.
The RTA was created on December 30, 1974 through the merger of the urban transport company Cleveland Transit System (CTS) with a number of other municipal transport companies from the surrounding area. In order to be able to continue to offer attractive local transport despite growing deficits, a sales tax of 1% was introduced at the same time. This took the place of the usual subsidies from cities, municipalities, the state and the federal government and currently accounts for 72% of income (as of 2013). This enables the RTA to provide a higher quality of service than many other US cities, especially compared to the economically weak Rust Belt .
Web links
- Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, accessed July 9, 2009 (official website of the operating company RTA).
- GREATER CLEVELAND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY. In: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University, accessed July 12, 2009 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ RTA Annual Report 2013, accessed on November 5, 2014