The head of one of northeast Ohio鈥檚 large public transit systems is now also leading the .
As Stark Area Regional Transit Authority CEO Kirt Conrad became president of the state-wide public transit association this week, he was in Columbus for the group鈥檚 first-effort 鈥渓obbying day," and, on-hand for the rollout of new fuel-cell technology for busses.
He was also in conversations with neighboring and county transportation officials about working together more.
鈥淐oming up here in the next week there鈥檚 going to be a series of meetings. One of the things we鈥檙e really looking at as we start to move together as a region is the transportation need between counties. Just because you have a county line, why shouldn鈥檛 transit systems go over that? So we are looking at how we can structure our services to be more seamless to the public.鈥�
Conrad is also inviting public comment on the , or the sites of the Portage and Summit County transit systems.
