Hammond paratransit service gets 1-month reprieve

HAMMOND | A last-minute deal brokered by the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission will allow Triple A Express to continue serving the Regional Bus Authority’s complementary paratransit riders, at least through the month of July.

Roy Dominguez joins board for Everybody Counts group

MERRILLVILLE | Former Lake County Sheriff Roy Dominguez has joined the volunteer board of directors for Everybody Counts, a local nonprofit agency which advocates for the rights of people with disabilities.

Project develops action plan for regional transit

Surviving area transit agencies and other groups are striving to fill the gap in bus services for people with disabilities that will occur when easygo Lake Transit buses stop running at the end of this month.

Bus riders appeal to Lake council to fund RBA, keep services alive

The services the Regional Bus Authority provides mean more than preserving her independence, Lena Daron said.

Disability rights group to live webcast RBA meeting

The disability rights group Everybody Counts will be doing a live webcast of the next meeting of the Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority.

Grant to help Gary, E.C. transit agencies improve services for disabled riders

Two local bus agencies are the only transportation agencies in Indiana to win a prestigious grant from Easter Seals to conduct two days of training on how to improve services for people with disabilities.

Accessible transit training gains steam

The Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority will sponsor a three-day orientation and training session in May that will be the first step in forming a Council on Accessible Transportation to improve paratransit and other services provided by the RBA.

New RBA director will serve, but protection order remains

Disability rights advocate Raymond Fletcher will become a Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority director, but an order of protection against him sought by the agency's office manager remains in place.

Public invited to comment on Porter County transit services

VALPARAISO | The public will get a chance to comment on the caliber of the public transit being provided in Porter County from 10:30 a.m. to noon Dec. 6 at the Porter County United Way office, 951 Eastport Centre Drive.

GUEST COMMENTARY: RBA shutdown wouldn't be a catastrophe

Unfortunately, the Times' recent editorial regarding the potential shutdown of the Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Service blurred the facts substantially.

Local bus agencies will increase access for handicapped, elderly

Gary Public Transportation Corp. and East Chicago Transit will move forward next week with forming local citizens councils to increase access for the handicapped and elderly.

RBA ending one easygo route, cutting back some service

MERRILLVILLE | The Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority voted Monday to cut back on its expansion of the former Hammond Transit, eliminating its route to Crown Point and eliminating extra rush-hour service on two routes Sept. 30.

Everybody Counts and RBA may avoid court fight

A lawyer for the advocacy group Everybody Counts on Monday laid out a one-month road map for the Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority if it wants to avoid returning to court over a 2006 federal court order to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

RBA and Everybody Counts continue to fight

The disability-rights group Everybody Counts and the Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority soon may be facing off in court again, unless a last-ditch July 7 meeting can set things right.

RBA, Everybody Counts may return to court

The Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority is on a collision course with the disability-rights group Everybody Counts, which four years ago won a landmark consent decree against Northwest Indiana bus providers in federal court.