by - January 15, 2020 10:32 am
Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) will launch a new service in Rogers that’s been described as the Uber for public transit. ORT announced Wednesday (Jan. 14) that On-Demand…
by - January 24, 2019 4:37 pm
Without a timely end to the government shutdown, Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit might be out of money by Independence Day. Executive Director Joel Gardner said Thursday (Jan. 24)…
by - December 13, 2018 2:13 pm
Board members for Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit approved a $3.35 million budget for 2019 on Thursday (Dec. 13) and received an update on items they discussed in a…
by - September 25, 2018 4:47 pm
Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) will receive a $2.9 million federal grant and use it to build a 10,000-square-foot office building, replacing the existing administrative office on U.S….
by - August 1, 2018 1:16 pm
Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit has plans to improve efficiency by cutting some service and increasing the frequency of buses along routes in Fayetteville. At the same time, Fayetteville-based…
by - April 5, 2018 8:21 pm
Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) will receive a $3.6 million federal grant to replace the majority, if not all, of the remaining buses that have yet to be replaced after a…
by - November 30, 2017 8:01 pm
Board members for Ozark Regional Transit discussed a plan to establish a light-bus rapid transit system along U.S. Highway 71B, from Fayetteville to Bentonville, after reviewing a report completed by…
by - October 19, 2017 11:09 am
KFH Group has completed the feasibility study for a light-bus rapid transit system along U.S. Highway 71B in Northwest Arkansas, staff of Ozark Regional Transit have reviewed it and will…
by - January 10, 2017 9:04 am
An early morning fire Tuesday (Jan. 10) in the bus canopy of Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) in Springdale has depleted the bus fleet and will affect ORT’s ability to maintain…
by - April 8, 2014 5:13 pm
Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) announces plans to expand services by June 1. The public transportation company said recent budget increases by many of the municipalities it serves in Northwest Arkansas…
by - February 25, 2013 1:18 pm
When the sales tax increase requested by Ozark Regional Transit failed in May 2012, many who voted “no” said it was because they didn’t think that the organization was operating…
by - September 28, 2012 12:26 am
SPRINGDALE — Ozark Regional Transit introduced a new executive director Thursday (Sept. 27). Joel Gardner is excited about his new job, which will give his family the chance to live…
by - May 23, 2012 12:25 am
WASHINGTON COUNTY—A quarter-cent sales tax increase that would have generated $7.5 million annually to drastically expand public transportation failed in Tuesday’s election. Washington County voters said “no” to the tax…
by - May 18, 2012 9:28 pm
A lawsuit asking for an injunction against a Washington County sales tax election benefiting public transit was dismissed Friday afternoon. The ballots for the May 22 will continue to have…
by - May 13, 2012 2:31 pm
The people who want to increase the Washington County sales tax for an excessive expansion of public transit view the Northwest Arkansas Transit Development Plan (TDP) as their justification. I…
by - May 10, 2012 11:13 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Members of the Washington County Quorum Court were surprised Thursday night (May 10) when they arrived at their regular monthly meeting to learn they were being sued over…
by - May 10, 2012 12:12 pm
Public transit advocates and those who are against more taxes have been battling out the idea of raising Washington County’s sales tax by a quarter of a percent (0.25%) to…
by - May 6, 2012 4:48 pm
Be thankful. It’s a thought that was on my mind as I rode public transportation all the way from Fayetteville to Bentonville and back one recent afternoon. I was aboard…
