RTA launches West Community Connector

(DAYTON, OHIO)… Greater Dayton RTA will be improving service in the western part of Montgomery County with the launch of its newest route, the West Community Connector, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. This new route will connect with 12 other routes, three Connect On-Demand zones and three transit centers to create better access to grocery stores, medical facilities and employment opportunities across Montgomery County.

The West Community Connector will run north and south adjacent to the greater downtown area. It will link seven communities along the way including Trotwood, Harrison Township, Dayton, Moraine, West Carrollton, Miamisburg and Miami Township.

This route travels from the Northwest Transit Center in Trotwood to the Westown Transit Center in Dayton and ends at the South Transit Center in Miami Township. In the process, it makes connections with Routes 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, and the North Community Connector.

It will travel directly by the Kroger on Siebenthaler Avenue, Nabali's IGA Supermarket and H&L Market on North Gettysburg Avenue, D-Max warehouse on South Gettysburg Avenue, the Dayton Mall, YMCA in West Carrollton and numerous apartment complexes. It will also serve the Homefull Grocery and Market Place currently under construction on South Gettysburg Avenue in west Dayton.

The West Community Connector is the second community connector route to launch as part of the RTA's transit redesign plan called "What Connects You." The first community connector route to launch was the North Community Connecter in January 2023. These connector routes directly link communities without traveling through downtown Dayton. Additional connectors are planned to be rolled out in the future.

For more information regarding RTA's September 8 service change, visit www.iriderta.org/septemberservicechange.

MEDIA CONTACT: Kristi Newton (937) 425-8379, Communications and Community Relations Manager