Greenville Transportation Service...
GTS cuts out-of-county transportation  
September 8, 2011

Effective October 1, 2011, GTS will no longer provide transportation to Dayton or Miami County locations in order for that driver to stay in town and provide more transportation here in Greenville. 

Those requiring transportation to Dayton or Miami County have transportation available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day thru other agencies. 

Some other options would be: 

1.      Medicare clients thru local ambulette services such as Spirit or Integrity.

2.      Area on Aging 60+ program administered by Community Action Partnership provides rides to medical appointments for those 60+ for donations only as well as some group trips.

3.      Medicaid clients thru Jobs & Family Services

4.      Low income clients going to Jobs or Job training thru the JARC grant administered by Jobs & Family Services

5.      Disabled clients thru the New Freedom grant administered by Jobs & Family Services

6.      Veterans thru the VA van at no charge

7.      Those not qualifying for any program can pay the full fare thru either Spirit or Community Transportation. 

With current budget restraints, GTS has to look at ways to meet the demand of ridership here in Greenville.  GTS overall ridership is up 8.7% this year compared to the same time 2010.  Ridership in 2010 was up 23.1% over 2009. 

At the same time, Dayton/Miami County trips are down 15.3%. 

GTS has been working in conjunction with other agencies as part of the Human Services Coordination Plan headed by Jobs & Family Services.  Currently, several other transportation services go to Dayton/Miami County. 

Eliminating our Dayton/Miami County route will stop duplicate service saving taxpayers money and at the same time, increase the amount of drivers in town to help meet the needs of Greenville citizens.