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CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority plans to eliminate its No. 35 bus route along Lee Boulevard and East 123rd Street, and cut frequency on a handful of other routes late this year.
The anticipated changes come as the transit agency continues to deal with budget shortfalls.
RTA plans to seek voter approval in May for an increase in the sales tax dedicated to the transit service by up to a half-point. RTA currently receives 1% of the 8% sales tax collected in Cuyahoga County.
Increasing the tax would allow it to restore many services cut and expand to new routes or timetables to attract more riders, the agency has said.
The newly proposed route changes were detailed to RTA board members on Tuesday. Changes to the plan are possible after public hearings Aug. 10-12 and a public comment period scheduled to run through Aug. 24.
The changes are set to begin begin Dec. 6.
The No. 35 route on average has just five boardings per one-way trip between St. Clair Avenue near East 129th Street and Severance Town Center, RTA staff told board members. The bus runs about every 45 minutes on weekdays.
The number of buses on eight other routes would be reduced under the plan.
On weekdays:
- Frequency would be reduced from every 15 minutes to every 30 minutes for the No. 1 St. Clair, No. 15 Union-Harvard and No. 41 Warrensville .
- Frequency would be reduced from every 30 minutes to once an hour for the No. 50 East 116th Street bus, and the No. 77 Brecksville rush hour route.
On weekends:
- The frequency would be reduced from every 30 minutes to every 60 minutes on the No. 25 Madison-Clark west of West 117th, branches of the No. 28/28A Euclid lines, and the No. 83 Warren-West 130th lines.
- Frequency would be reduced from every 15 minutes to every 30 minutes on the remainder of the No. 28/28A.
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