{"id":1766,"date":"2021-06-24T15:41:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2021-06-24T15:41:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:41:50","slug":"tarta-returning-to-pre-covid-hours-of-service-on-june-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/24\/tarta-returning-to-pre-covid-hours-of-service-on-june-28\/","title":{"rendered":"TARTA Returning to Pre-COVID Hours of Service on June 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Rossford Call-A-Ride Resumes; TARTA Remains Fare Free\u00a0<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) is bringing back hours of service to pre-COVID schedules on Monday, June 28, 2021. The announcement also includes resuming Call-A-Ride service in the City of Rossford; continuing free fares through the summer; and improving frequency on 10 routes to run every 60 minutes. As Ohio\u2019s COVID-19 health restrictions were lifted and more Northwest Ohio residents return to normal activities, TARTA is responding with the following service improvements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fixed Route Bus Service<\/strong>: Weekday service from the Downtown Toledo Transit Hub will operate 6 a.m. \u2013 9 p.m. Saturday service will operate 9 a.m. \u2013 7:30 p.m. with expanded hours of service to 9:30 p.m. on Routes 2C, 5C, 12, 14 19 and 31C. All routes will now run every 30 or 60 minutes; an improvement from the 90 minute frequency during the pandemic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paratransit Service\/Toledo Area Regional Paratransit Service (TARPS<\/strong>): Weekday TARPS service will begin at 4:55 a.m. to 9:40 p.m. Saturday and Sunday service is expanded to 7:50 a.m. to 10:20 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Call-A-Ride Improvements<\/strong>: TARTA\u2019s on-demand service is returning to Rossford and continues to be available in Maumee, Ottawa Hills, Sylvania, Sylvania Township and Waterville.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hours of service are also returning to pre-COVID schedules. Customers will need to reserve their ride(s) the day before by 3 p.m. Multiple trips are allowed pending availability.<\/p>\n<p>All TARTA services will continue to operate at no charge to customers. As required by federal law, all passengers must wear a mask and TARTA provides complimentary masks if needed. TARTA\u2019s Rider Information Line is available to answer questions about the new service at 419- 243-7433 Monday through Saturday. For TARPS information, call 419-382-9901. Details are also available at www.tarta.com including a new trip planner for riders to easily plan how to use the TARTA system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rossford Call-A-Ride Resumes; TARTA Remains Fare Free\u00a0 The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) is bringing back hours of service to pre-COVID schedules on Monday, June 28, 2021. The announcement also includes resuming Call-A-Ride service in the City of Rossford; continuing free fares through the summer; and improving frequency on 10 routes to run every [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,17],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[62],"class_list":["post-1766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1767,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions\/1767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1766"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=1766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}