Click to learn more about this service alert: 18 Detour Delaware  Unknown Effect Detour Inbound= From Collingwood to Machen (L), Fulton (L), Delaware (R) back to regular route. Outbound= From Franklin to Winthrop (L) to Ashland (R) to Collingwood (R) back to regular route

Click to learn more about this service alert: 18 Detour Delaware  Construction Detour Due to a forming sink hole at Delaware Ave. and Parkwood Ave, it has become necessary to create a detour.. Inbound= Central Ave. to Collingwood Blvd (R), Delaware (L) back on route./ Outbound= Collingwood Blvd (R) Central Ave. (L) back on route.

Click to learn more about this service alert: 22 Detour Huron/Madison*Outbound ONLY  Construction Detour Due to roadwork on Madison at Huron, a detour is necessary from Jackson to Michigan (L), Madison (R), back to regular route.

Click to learn more about this service alert: 26 Detour Huron/Madison*Outbound ONLY  Construction Detour Outbound only from Jackson to Michigan (L), Jefferson (R) back to route

Click to learn more about this service alert: 34 Detour Huron/Madison revision  Construction Detour Due to construction, a Detour is needed for the: 34 line Detour OB: Jackson (L) to Summit (R) to Monroe (R) to Huron (L) to regular route. IB: From Huron (L) to Jefferson (R) to Erie (R) to Cherry to regular route.

Click to learn more about this service alert: 5 Detour Huron/Madison REVISION *Outbound ONLY  Construction Detour Due to construction, a Detour is needed for the: 5 line Detour OB: From Huron (R) to Cherry (R) to Summit (R) to Monroe to regular route. IB: Regular route.

Click to learn more about this service alert: 33 Detour Junction  Construction Detour Due to work being done on the church at Nebraska and Junction it is necessary for a detour for 33 IB from Detroit to Indiana R to back on route OB Indiana to Detroit L to back on route

Click to learn more about this service alert: 15 Detour Chase Pontiac revision   Construction Detour Due to a water line project on Summit between New York and Galena a detour will be necessary. (Update due to Erie closing): Routes Affected 15 Detour Inbound= Via Summit to Pontiac (R), Chase (L), Galena (L), Erie (R), back to route. Outbound= From Erie to Galena (L), Chase (R), Pontiac (R), Summit (L) back to route.

Click to learn more about this service alert: Stops in Constructions Zones  Construction Accessibility Issue TARTA does not pick up or drop off in construction zones, or in bus stops with traffic cones in the road.

Click to learn more about this service alert: 33 Detour Arlington  Construction Detour 33 Inbound= Via Detroit, South(R), Spencer (L), back on route. / 33 Outbound= Via Spencer, South (R), Detroit (L), back on route.

Click to learn more about this service alert: Bus stops on detour  Stop Moved Bus stops closed because of detours will be flag down service on the detour route.

Team TARTA Captures Two AdWheel Awards

TARTA's Communications, External Relations and Customer Experience team was honored with two First Place awards in the AdWheel Competition, conducted by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), which draws more than 300 entries each year. 

APTA’s AdWheel awards are designed to recognize outstanding advertising and education initiatives conducted by public transit agencies nationwide. TARTA’s team was recognized for its work on:

  • Rosa Parks Day (Best Educational Initiative, Comprehensive Campaign category)
  • Experience TARTA: Drive The Bus event (Best Workforce Development Initiative, Special Event category

In early 2025, Toledo area artist Mercé Culp created a mural paying tribute to Rosa Parks for TARTA’s Transit Hub as part of a collaboration between TARTA and The Arts Commission. The design from that mural was converted into a bus wrap which continues to roll on TARTA fixed routes.

TARTA’s educational initiative that year also included teaming with the Toledo NAACP and the Toledo Lucas County Public Library to share the life and legacy of Rosa Parks at a family story time session.

The Experience TARTA: Drive The Bus event involved a creative ad and social media campaign in advance of a hiring event. TARTA’s Human Resources team welcomed job candidates to Central Avenue, where they could fill out an application, speak to a member of the Human Resources team, and test-drive a bus on TARTA’s lot. Initiatives such as this paved the way for six operator graduations over the course of 2025, and TARTA plans to repeat the event this year.

TARTA’s Communications, External Relations and Customer Service team includes: 

  • Chief Communications and Customer Experience Officer Sam Melden
  • Customer Experience Manager Jessica Rood
  • Mobility Manager Brandon Waites
  • Transit Outreach and Education Coordinator Richard Russell
  • Community Affairs Manager Kwinlyn Tyler
  • Communication and Marketing Manager Andy Cole
  • Marketing and Communications Coordinator Amaia Ham

APTA’s AdWheel Awards were conferred Feb. 24 during APTA’s Marketing, Communications and Customer Experience Workshop in Savannah, Georgia. Both of TARTA’s first place entries are now eligible for the Grand Award, which will be recognized during APTA’s TRANSform Conference and Expo in Chicago this October.

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