Transportation needs raised at forum


YOUNGSTOWN — Public transportation in the Mahoning Valley is full of gaps in service, and the abolition of the Western Reserve Transit Authority’s evening bus runs has imposed a major hardship on riders, say those who need the rides.

“If the stores are busy, you can’t make that 6 o’clock bus sometimes, and you’re stuck. You’ve actually got to call for a ride or a cab, and cabs are expensive,” Althea Tobias of Youngstown said Wednesday afternoon at a public forum on regional transit.

Frances Gray, a Youngstown State University student, complained that she has been missing evening classes at the university because of the loss of evening bus service. Gray is vice chairwoman of the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority board of commissioners and a resident of the housing authority’s Victory Estates.

For more, see Thursday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com

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