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METRO Regional Transit Authority (METRO RTA), also known as Akron Metropolitan Regional Transit Authority, is the
public transit agency serving
Summit County, Ohio
Summit County is an urban county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 540,428, making it the fourth-most populous county in Ohio. Its county seat and largest city is Akron. The county was formed on March 3, 1840, ...
and the city of
Akron
Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 Census, the city prop ...
. It operates a number of local routes, and also operates two routes into
downtown
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Cleveland
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
.
Akron Metro transports passengers to/from school, work, grocery stores, malls and jobs all across Summit County. METRO RTA's fleet consists of about 200+ vehicles running on diesel, diesel-electric hybrid and compressed natural gas fuels. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .
Route list
*1 West Market/Montrose
*2 Arlington/Interstate Pkwy
*3 Copley Rd/Hawkins/Rolling Acres
*4 Delia/North Hawkins
*5 Joy Park/Gilchrist Rd. (5 Joy Park/Ellet on Saturdays)
*6 East Market/Lakemore
*7 Cuyahoga Falls Ave/Chapel Hill (some buses serve Studio City)
*8 Kenmore/Barberton
*9 Vernon Odom Blvd/East Ave/Rolling Acres
*10 Howard/Portage Trail
*11 South Akron
*12 Tallmadge Hill
*13 Grant/Firestone Park
*14 Euclid/Barberton Express
*17 Brown/Inman
*18 Thornton/Manchester
*19 Eastland
*21 South Main/DJFS/VA Clinic (Weekdays only)
*24 Lakeshore (Weekdays only)
*26 West Exchange/White Pond (Mon-Sat only)
*28 Merriman Valley/Weathervane (Weekdays only)
*30 Goodyear/Darrow/Tallmadge
*33 State Rd/Wyoga Lake (Mon-Sat only)
*34 Cascade Valley/Uhler
*50 Montrose Circulator (doesn't serve downtown) SUSPENDED
*51 Stow Circulator (doesn't serve downtown) SUSPENDED
*53 Portage/Graham Circulator (Weekdays only, doesn't serve downtown) SUSPENDED
*54 DASH Downtown Circulator Shuttle serving Downtown Akron and The University of Akron (Weekdays Only)
*59 Chapel Hill Circulator (doesn't serve downtown, Mon-Sat only) SUSPENDED
*60 Northcoast Express to Cleveland via Cuyahoga Falls (Weekdays only, doesn't serve downtown) SUSPENDED
*61 Northcoast Express to Cleveland via Ghent Road Park n Ride (Weekdays only)
*101 Richfield/Bath (Weekdays only)
*102 Northfield/Rocksino (Weekdays only)
*103 Stow/Hudson (Weekdays only)
*104 Twinsburg/Creekside (Weekdays only)
*110 Green/Springfield (Weekdays only)
*THE LOOP: Circulator service between Downtown and Akron Northside stop at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. (June thru October. Wednesday thru Sunday)
Facilities
Head Office
:Address: 416 Kenmore Boulevard, Akron
:Coordinates:
:Facilities: Head office, administration, vehicle storage and maintenance
Robert K. Pfaff Transit Center
:Address: 631 South Broadway Street, downtown Akron
:Coordinates:
:Facilities: Terminus for local bus routes, suburban routes, ''X61 North Coast Express'' bus service to Cleveland,
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/ref> intercity Greyhound
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services, and Stark County & Portage County connecting buses. Youngstown’s WRTA route 81 serves as the Akron Youngstown express
:Opened: 18 January 2009
Rolling Acres Transit Center
:Address: 2340 Romig Road, Akron
:Facilities: Connector hub for routes 3, 14 and 9 serving West Akron and Barberton, Ohio. This hub is in the former Rolling Acres Mall parking lot. The mall has been shut down since 2008. The Rolling Acres hub shelter still remains as of 2019.
Independence Transit Center (Chapel Hill)
Due to a request by Chapel Hill Mall
Chapel Hill Mall was a shopping mall located at 2000 Brittain Road in Akron, Ohio, United States. Built by Richard (R.B.) Buchholzer and Forest City Enterprises, it opened on October 12, 1967. They continued to own the mall until 2004, when it ...
, all mall route buses no longer serve mall property.
Other buses have been moved to a street location outside mall property. The former Bakers Square Restaurant on Independence Avenue has been turned into a hub shelter for the routes 7, 10, 12, 19, & 34 serving the mall at "Independence Turnaround", which has no indoor facilities for passengers (indoor facilities are for Akron METRO drivers and staff only). As of 2021, the hub has turned into a transit center now known as Independence Transit Center (similar to Rolling Acres Transit Center). The other buses also stop on a street (Bucholzer Blvd) on the edge of the mall parking lot.
Connecting services
METRO RTA service offers a number of connection opportunities to other area transit agencies.
GCRTA
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (officially the GCRTA, but historically and locally referred to as the RTA) is the public transit agency for Cleveland, Ohio, United States and the surrounding suburbs of Cuyahoga County. RTA is t ...
, a neighboring transit agency, provides connecting services between Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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(Greater Cleveland
The Cleveland metropolitan area, or Greater Cleveland as it is more commonly known, is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Cleveland in Northeast Ohio, United States. According to the 2020 United States Census results, the five-county ...
) and Akron METRO RTA. The two systems connect with one line in Brecksville
Brecksville is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and a suburb in the Greater Cleveland area. The city's population was 13,635 at the United States 2020 Census.
History
Brecksville was founded in 1811, four years after several me ...
on Katherine Boulevard (101), near the former VA Medical Center. GCRTA does not serve METRO RTA's Robert K. Pfaff Transit Center.
METRO RTA's "North Coast Express" routes (60, 61) connect with GCRTA routes in downtown Cleveland.
PARTA, a neighboring transit agency, offers services between Portage County, Ohio
Portage County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,791. Located in Northeast Ohio, Portage County is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Cleveland–Akr ...
(Kent
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/Ravenna
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) and Akron
Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 Census, the city prop ...
, including service to METRO RTA's Robert K. Pfaff Transit Center (90), along with connections in Stow
Stow may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Stow, Lincolnshire or Stow-in-Lindsey, a village
* Stow of Wedale or Stow, Scottish Borders, a village
* Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, a small town
* Stow, Shropshire or Stowe, a village
* Stow ...
(30).
SARTA
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, a neighboring transit agency, operates one hourly weekday and Saturday route between Canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
and Akron starting at 6:00am, 6:45am and every :45 until 8:45pm. This route, 81 Canton Akron Express, connects with METRO RTA. SARTA route 81 also serves Downtown Canton, Akron-Canton Regional Airport, Belden Village Transit Center in North Canton, Ohio, & Staples on Arlington Road in Akron from both Akron and Canton. SARTA's route services METRO RTA's Robert K. Pfaff Transit Center. Effective in 2018, SARTA also operates a direct express route in the fall and spring directly from Akron Metro Transit Center to Stark State College in North Canton Ohio. This route is named the 88 Stark State Express and runs five times a day and services Akron Metro's RKP Downtown Transit Center Stark State College and Belden Village Transit Center respectively.
References
External links
*{{official website, http://www.akronmetro.org/
Bus transportation in Ohio
Transportation in Summit County, Ohio
Transportation in Akron, Ohio
Transit agencies in Ohio
1969 establishments in Ohio