TARTA
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TARTA (Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority) is a bus company that has been transporting people in the Toledo area of Ohio since 1971. TARTA has over 40 routes in and around the Toledo metropolitan area serving nine communities and carries almost 5 million passengers each year.
Every TARTA bus is 100% wheelchair-accessible and equipped with bicycle racks. TARTA’s other innovations include Call-A-Ride service in 6 different communities, biodiesel fuel use, and service to Fifth Third Field for all Toledo Mud Hens home baseball games as well as throughout Lourdes College, Owens Community College, and the University of Toledo.[1]
TARTA is currently taking part in a study looking at the impact of using a mixture of biodiesel fuels and petroleum-based diesel fuel.[2]
[edit] Sources
- ^ TARTA website
- ^ TARTA Buses Go Hybrid for Biofuel Study, WTOL, March 22, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2007.