Greater Dayton RTA cancels planned service adjustment and route elimination

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) - The Greater Dayton RTA has announced that it will not be moving forward with the planned elimination of Route 14 North.

After meeting with officials from Trotwood, the RTA has decided to hold off on service changes to allow time to evaluate new data and information shared by Trotwood.

“While it is a simple fact that RTA is operating under a very challenging shortage of CDL bus drivers, it is also clear that we have been provided with new information that leads us to take a step back and study this information and the potential impact on important community development projects in the Trotwood area,” RTA CEO Robert Ruzinsky said. “RTA will continue efforts to hire and train CDL drivers and study ways to provide needed public transit services using small vehicles that do not require a commercial driver license.”

While the RTA works through the CDL driver shortage, the agency will continue the use of voluntary and mandatory overtime. RTA will also deploy administrative and management staff with CDLs to drive buses when necessary to assist with the CDL bus driver shortage situation.

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