RTA announces new service route

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The Greater Dayton RTA will add a new service route for customers in the western part of Montgomery County.

The transportation agency announced that the West Community Connector will launch as a new route taken by bus drivers beginning on Sunday, Sept. 8. The route will connect with 12 other routes, 3 Connect On-Demand zones and three transit centers in an effort to bolster access to grocery stores, as well as medical and employment offices.

The Connector will run north and south adjacent to downtown Dayton, starting at the Northwest Transit Center in Trotwood, to the Westown Transit Center in Dayton, ending at the South Transit Center in Miami Township. Routes 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22 and the North Community Connector will all be connected with the new route.

Ultimately, the route will link Trotwood, Harrison Township, Dayton, Moraine, West Carrollton, Miamisburg and Miami Township.

For more information on the West Community Connector, and locations that it will pass through, click here .

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