{"id":201480,"date":"2026-01-12T22:56:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T03:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=201480"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T03:56:52","slug":"learn-to-ride-event-set-for-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/01\/12\/learn-to-ride-event-set-for-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to ride event set for Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen County Regional Transit Authority has released details about another free opportunity for the public to learn how to ride that will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Thursday, January 15, in Van Wert County, with a majority of the rides happening in downtown Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is following a similar \u201clearn to ride\u201d day last week, which has been designed to help educate the community about the transportation services that will begin in Van Wert County on Monday, January 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor Thursday, we\u2019ll run a similar schedule as last week with one van, but we\u2019re now going to add a second van that will meet up with our Delphos bus that goes to Lima,\u201d ACRTA Executive Director of Operations Brian Wildermuth said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Learn to ride ACRTA in Van Wert this Thursday. Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Demand-Response practice rides:<\/strong> The demand-response van will have a continuous loop of practice stops on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., which will be the same locations as the first week: 415 Main St. curbside across from the YWCA; 1103 S. Shannon St. curbside in front of Chief Supermarket; 160 Fox Rd. curbside in front of the Council on Aging, and 216 Towne Center Blvd curbside in front of Van Wert Health North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microtransit practice rides:<\/strong> On Thursday at 9:05 a.m. and 1:05 p.m., the microtransit van will leave the YWCA in Van Wert and stop at several places in Delphos. Those additional stops include 1000 Park Ave. in front of the Delphos Pool, 735 5th<\/sup> St. curbside at the corner of 5th<\/sup> and Fort Jennings, and also at Novus at 1600 Gressel Dr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Novus stop, riders are welcome to get off and transfer to an Allen County fixed-route bus that will and take them to Lima while it runs its regular fixed route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The returning trips to Van Wert will leave the ACRTA transfer center on High Street at 1:20 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. and will meet back up with the van in Delphos to bring people back to the YWCA in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A free day pass will be given to anyone that is doing the trip from Van Wert to Lima and back, which can also be used to ride any of the other fixed route buses in Allen County that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe hope to see another great turnout from the community this Thursday so people can learn how to use these services,\u201d Wildermuth said. \u201cWe\u2019re here to answer any questions and help people feel comfortable with public transportation. It\u2019s an exciting time for Van Wert County and we\u2019re glad to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once regular transportation services begin in Van Wert County on Monday, all demand-response and microtransit rides will be door-to-door service and must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance by calling 419.222.2782 (2RTA) or using the ACRTA rider app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One-way ride prices will start at $3 for microtransit and operate within two zones. Demand-response rides will start at $6 and will provide service anywhere in the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more route details and pricing, visit www.acrta.com<\/a> under the \u201cSchedule & Routes\u201d tab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent staff\/submitted information Allen County Regional Transit Authority has released details about another free opportunity for the public to learn how to ride that will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Thursday, January 15, in Van Wert County, with a majority of the rides happening in downtown Van Wert. This is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 21:15:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201481,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201480\/revisions\/201481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}