Every segment of Ohio – businesses, communities, individuals, and families – benefits from public transportation, an essential service that enhances economic development and ensures sustainable lifestyles and a higher quality of life.
Buckeye Hills Regional Council is proud to be a member of the Ohio Public Transit Association, whose members provide millions of trips each year, helping to create and maintain jobs that are essential in keeping our communities strong. We connect friends and neighbors to jobs, schools, medical appointments, and much more. Whether delivering groceries or providing a ride to get a vaccine, we are a lifeline for our community.
We are a vital link for people with disabilities, providing rides to work, job training programs, medical appointments, and adult daycare facilities.
We continue to meet the daily mobility needs of Ohio’s growing senior population and keep up with the capital need to move workers, students, and those without access to their own vehicles.
Our agency works to ensure all citizens have access to the transportation services they need to remain an active part of the community.
Transit drives our economy, with statistics showing that every $1 invested in public transit generates $4 in economic return. Whether getting to area shopping centers, local airports, libraries, parks, bike trails, or countless other destinations—transit will get you there.
Ohio loves transit, and Ohio needs transit now more than ever. These are just a few reasons why Ohio’s lawmakers are committed to supporting public transit.
From February 5 through 11, transit agencies and providers across Ohio will celebrate our elected officials, stakeholders, communities, and riders during Ohio Loves Transit Week.
During the week, Buckeye Hills Regional Council encourages riders to share why they support public transit and why our state and federal leaders should too.
Ohio Loves Transit Week is proudly hosted by the Ohio Public Transit Association (OPTA). OPTA is the primary advocate for public transportation in Ohio. Now over 500 members strong from 67 transit agencies across the state, the association provides leadership, resources, training, support, technical assistance, media outreach, public engagement, and governmental relations services to public and private transit agencies.
Buckeye Hills Regional Council is the Regional Transportation Planning Organization for Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, and Washington Counties. In addition, Buckeye Hills Regional Council provides Mobility Management for Washington, Monroe, and Noble counties and collaborates with Mobility Management and transit agencies across our eight-county region and the state.