Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority

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Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (aka SORTA), more commonly known as Metro, is the transit agency serving Cincinnati, Ohio and surrounding areas. Metro is funded primarily by Cincinnati's city earnings tax, secondarily by fares, and third by federal sources; other sources of income are insignificant. This stands in contrast to other Ohio agencies such as COTA and GCRTA which are primarily funded by sales tax. For a sense of perspective, the portion of Cincinnati's earnings tax going to Metro's budget is about 0.3%.

Metro is among the largest users of biodiesel in the U.S. It replaced the old Cincinnati Transit Commission, which operated buses from 1952 to 1973.