WRTA offers ‘seamless’ Mahoning County transportation

BOARDMAN — With expanded routes and a countywide door-to-door service, the Western Reserve Transit Authority has fulfilled the last piece of its promise to Mahoning County voters, the system’s executive director said.

“What we promise, we live up to,” James Ferraro said at an event Tuesday kicking off expanded services.

The event was conducted at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center. Ferraro said the routes provide transportation to healthcare services and to employment for residents who may not have an alternative.

Voters last November approved a 0.25-percent sales tax for the transit service. WRTA had said that night and Saturday service would be restored, routes would be expanded and the door-to-door service implemented if the tax passed.

Weekend and night service was restored earlier this year. The expanded routes and door-to-door service started this week.

“Mahoning County is now seamless,” Ferraro said. “You can travel from one end to the other” on public transportation.

Read more in Wednesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com