Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority

Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority was a regional public transit agency operating in Northwest Indiana's Lake and Porter counties. Established in 2000, it was known as Regional Transportation Authority until 2005.[1] The agency is responsible for improving public transit options in Northwestern Indiana by consolidating and modifying existing services and introducing new ones to fill the gaps. Under the current consolidation plan, RBA will eventually assume responsibility for running all existing bus services in Lake and Porter counties. The details of the plan are still under development as of January 2010.

RBA is funded by Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority until December 2011. If it does not come up with an alternative funding source, the agency and the services it operates will be shut down.[2]

All fixed-route services operated by the RBA were shut down on June 30, 2012.[3] Paratransit service was discontinued at the end of July 2012.[4][5]

  1. ^ "About". Archived from the original on 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  2. ^ "Funding source key goal for regional transit :: Lake County :: Post-Tribune". www.post-trib.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-04.
  3. ^ "Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority: Welcome". Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
  4. ^ "Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority: Paratransit". www.rba-nwi.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.
  5. ^ http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/lake/13496957-418/paratransit-bus-service-available-through-july.html [dead link‍]