RTA in Cleveland Ohio has park and ride stations. Mostly for buses, but a few of them are at metro rail stations as well.
They used to be popular in the 2000's, I'd see tons of cars parked at the one near where I lived. They used larger coach buses with roomier seating as opposed to their standard buses.
Unfortunately RTA's funding gets smaller every year because the State of Ohio hates the idea of public transportation, so local transit authorities must rely on county taxes as their primary funding source. In a county that's shrinking in population, their tax revenue shrinks as well. The park and ride services were one of the big things that got cut back. They're still there, but they're not the same as they were 10 to 20 years ago.
That’s a shame that they’re cutting them back. I know the right thing to do long-term is to have wider reach of buses and trains so that even driving to the outskirts of a city isn’t needed, but in the interim, it seems like a great way of building nicer city centers and accommodating those outside of them.
RTA in Cleveland Ohio has park and ride stations. Mostly for buses, but a few of them are at metro rail stations as well.
They used to be popular in the 2000's, I'd see tons of cars parked at the one near where I lived. They used larger coach buses with roomier seating as opposed to their standard buses.
Unfortunately RTA's funding gets smaller every year because the State of Ohio hates the idea of public transportation, so local transit authorities must rely on county taxes as their primary funding source. In a county that's shrinking in population, their tax revenue shrinks as well. The park and ride services were one of the big things that got cut back. They're still there, but they're not the same as they were 10 to 20 years ago.
That’s a shame that they’re cutting them back. I know the right thing to do long-term is to have wider reach of buses and trains so that even driving to the outskirts of a city isn’t needed, but in the interim, it seems like a great way of building nicer city centers and accommodating those outside of them.