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A42 n Toledo Free Press
April 10, 2011
Shuttles offer ‘convenient, affordable’ ride option St. Joseph’s Church will no longer serve as a Shuttle stop By Sarah Ottney TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com
More than a dozen Park-N-Ride locations in Toledo and the surrounding area offer area residents the option to catch a bus ride to or from games at Fifth Third Field on one of TARTA’s Muddy Shuttles. It’s an option worth checking out, said Steve Atkinson, director of marketing for Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority ATKINSON (TARTA). “It’s very easy to use, very user-friendly,” Atkinson said. “You go to the nearest Park-NRide location and park for free and it’s a direct trip from where you park your car to just outside the gate. So it’s kind of a worry-free way to get to the ballpark — not to mention saving money on gasoline, saving money on parking. It’s a safe, convenient, affordable and worry-free way to travel.” There are 13 Park-N-Ride locations in Toledo, Maumee, Ottawa Hills, Perrysburg, Rossford, Sylvania and Waterville where Muddy Shuttles stop.
One change this season is St. Joseph’s Church in Sylvania will no longer be a stop as it is no longer a Park-N-Ride location, Atkinson said. The route from Sylvania’s Centennial Terrace will continue to run. Muddy Shuttles are regular TARTA buses with “GO HENS” displayed on the digital marquee, Atkinson said. After the game, each marquee will display the name of its Park-N-Ride destination. The buses leave from each location one hour before home game start times and go directly to Fifth Third Field. Return trips leave from the firstbase side of the field on Washington Street 20 minutes after the end of the game. For games that feature postgame fireworks, buses leave 20 minutes after the display. “We have supervisors out there to make sure everybody gets on the right bus and to assist with questions,” Atkinson said. Cost is $1 per trip ($2 for a round trip), the same as regular bus fare. In 2010, there were 21,692 passenger boardings on Muddy Shuttles, counting trips both to and from games, Atkinson said. Waterville Plaza had the highest ridership in 2010, with 3,686 passenger boardings, Atkinson said. Next most popular was the Lucas
County Recreation Center in Maumee with 2,622, followed by Perrysburg’s River Place Shopping Center with 2,390. St. Joseph’s in Sylvania had the fourth-highest number of boardings, with 1,876. No. 5 was Toledo’s Miracle Mile with 1,680, No. 6 was Toledo’s Southland Shopping Center with 1,666, No. 7 was Perrysburg’s Country Charm Shoppes with 1,466, No. 8 was Toledo’s Alexis Road Meijer with 1,196, No. 9 was Sylvania’s Centennial Terrace with 1,184, No. 10 was Ottawa Hills’ Westgate Sears with 1,182, No. 11 was Rossford’s All Saints Catholic Church with 1,100 and No. 12 was St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee with 986. Westfield Franklin Park had the lowest ridership in 2010 with 658. Muddy Shuttle ridership statistics are not kept for the Adams Street stops because, unlike the others, it’s part of a regular TARTA route, not a special route for game days, Atkinson said. Muddy Shuttle ridership numbers have remained fairly consistent since the service started in 2002 when Fifth Third Field opened, Atkinson said. O
2011 Muddy Shuttle stops
O Maumee: Lucas County Recreation Center (2901 Key St., north lot ) O Maumee: St. Luke’s Hospital (5901 Monclova Rd.) O Ottawa Hills: Westgate Sears (3473 W. Central Ave., west of Sears) O Perrysburg: Country Charm Shoppes (106 W. S. Boundary, near shelter ) O Perrysburg: River Place Shopping Center (26597 Dixie Hwy., at stop sign near Walt Churchill’s Market/Charlie’s) O Rossford: All Saints Catholic Church (628 Lime City Rd., near Schreier Rd.) O Sylvania: Centennial Terrace (5773 Centennial Rd., main parking lot) O Toledo: Alexis Road Meijer (1500 E. Alexis Rd., main parking lot) O Toledo: Miracle Mile Shopping Center (1727 W. Laskey Rd., near shelter) O Toledo: Southland Shopping Center (3320 Glendale Ave.) O Toledo: Westfield Mall (4121 Royer Rd., shelter across from Kohl’s) O Toledo: Uptown on Adams (1815 Adams St., three stops between 14th and 20th streets) O Waterville: Waterville Plaza (1320 Michigan Ave., near shelter at Kroger)
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