They’re asking people only to go out for essential trips, and that’s echoed by her counterpart at SARTA, Kirt Conrad, who is also seeing employee concerns in Canton. But frequency is the thing that’s affected the most."ĭistler says that if certain routes get crowded, they may send out additional "chaser" buses to pick up the slack. "The later trips will not run anymore and some of the earlier trips are not in the mix. What will be impacted is how frequently routes run and what times. "Most of the routes are still going to be running not all of them, but most of them," she said. “Rather than try to provide the service and cut things up each day and people not know what’s going on we have decided to go to a reduced service which is much like our ‘Thanksgiving Friday’ or Dr. So Distler says she’s reluctantly making cuts to service. “What we’re finding now is that we do have some bus operators who are no longer able to come to work because of different challenges that they have.” But now, they’re becoming short-staffed due to coronavirus. Saturdays will be unchanged, but Sunday service will be eliminated.Įxecutive Director Dawn Distler says, since the pandemic started, her staff has been keeping buses fueled up, operating, and extra clean. Metro RTA will be reducing the number of buses on some routes in Akron starting today. RTA RideTime.Akron’s mass transit system is reducing service in response to the coronavirus pandemic – which is also impacting ridership in Canton and Cleveland. That’s all it takes to track your next bus. Be sure to click “Save Status Changes” to save your preferences before logging out. You can set specific alerts for your favorites routes and stops. Click on the “Create Account” option in the top left corner of the RideTime page. To get service alerts regarding your favorite routes or stops, or to set alarms to remind you when your bus is arriving, sign up for a RideTime account.
Hover over any bus on the map to find out more details such as the vehicle number, route and real time information for arrivals at upcoming stops. In “Bus Maps” view, you can see up to five routes at a time. Track your bus and how far it is from you by locating the moving bus icon for that route. Zoom in or out using the “+” and “-“ icons on the bottom right. To find your next bus on the maps page, click the “Routes” option in the top right corner and then select your stop along that route. To track that bus as it travels along the route, you can switch to the “Map View” by clicking the “Map” box in the top right corner or visit /ridetime and select the “Bus Maps” option. To see all bus routes that service that stop, check the “Show All Vehicles For This Stop” box underneath the route menu. If a bus is listed as “No Service Available” that means no bus is scheduled to service that stop for at least 50 minutes. When a bus is within 2 minutes of arriving, it will be listed as “Approaching” on the timetable until the bus has left that stop. Once you select the stop, a list of the next arriving buses will fill the timetable with the real-time information of how far that bus is from the stop. Then choose the direction you’re heading and stop from the options listed.
If you don’t know your stop number, select the route from the dropdown menu. If you select “Bus Times” you can quickly find your next bus by putting in the stop number in the top left corner. Go to /ridetime and click on either “Bus Times” or “Bus Maps” depending on your preference. You have two options to find your next bus.
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This video provides step-by-step instructions on how to use RTA RideTime’s desktop computer feature. Jimmy learned how… and you can too! Find real time information for when your bus is coming through a mobile app, text message, desktop computer or phone call.
You don’t need a paper schedule when you’re riding with RTA RideTime.