Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority

The Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority, commonly referred to as PARTA, is a transit agency serving Portage County, Ohio. It is headquartered in Franklin Township just outside the Kent city limits. PARTA was formed in 1975 from an agreement between the city of Kent and Franklin Township and has since expanded to include routes over much of Portage County. It operates several local routes including circulator and suburban routes in Kent, and an interurban route connecting Ravenna, Kent, and Stow. PARTA also offers express routes including services into downtown Cleveland and Akron, as well as weekday service to the rural Portage County communities of Windham, Garrettsville and Hiram. In addition, PARTA includes Kent State University's Campus Bus Service, which it acquired in 2004, and a dial-a-ride service.

Contents

• County Service
• Campus Service
• Connecting Services
• References

PARTA operates a fleet of Orion VII and Gillig Advantage low-floor buses and Gillig Phantom high-floor buses. Many of the Phantoms, though not all, were acquired second-hand from Canton, Ohio's SARTA and most have had their fare-boxes removed. Due to the lack of fare-boxes, many of the Phantoms are restricted to the Kent State Campus Bus Service, though the few retaining their boxes also make appearances on routes 21/22, the Gateway, and 61/62, the Black Squirrel. The Orions and Advantages are used for all other routes in addition to the Campus Bus Services.