Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Bus use continues to grow
Up by 7,300 rides in March
BY TANYA ALBERT
The Cincinnati Enquirer
There should be some empty parking spaces in crowded downtown Cincinnati garages. Metro's new and expanded suburban park-and-ride lots ringing Interstate 275 are taking 850 to 900 cars off the road every weekday.
“I equate it to more than a full parking garage,” Metro spokeswoman Sallie Hilvers said.
In March, park-and-ride lots in West Chester, Fair field, Eastgate and Harrison, along with expanded service on I-71 from Paramount's Kings Island, provided 38,000 weekday trips, according to Metro's monthly statistics released today.
That number also shows that ridership on the new routes continues to grow — it's 7,300 more rides than Metro provided on the routes in February.
“We're very pleased with it,” Mrs. Hilvers said. “Of course we can always take a few more.”
The express buses take people to several downtown drop-off points. The routes added, which cost $1.50 each way and run to downtown Cincinnati, were made possible by a $3.1 million Ohio Department of Transportation grant during the Fort Washington Way reconstruction.
For information about the express routes or other Metro routes, call MetroCenter between 6:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays at 621-4455, or visit Metro's Web site at www.sorta.com.
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