April 19 2012 - Coalition formed to save bus route
 A coalition has been formed by Lockport human service agencies to try saving NFTA Bus Route 201, which is slated to be discontinued as of May 13. The coalition, joined by the Niagara Organizing Alliance for Hope (NOAH), intends to appeal to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority to reverse its decision to cut Route 201. The route is a city-town circulator route, offering weekday service ... |
April 19 2012 - Route 201 survives — for now
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority will reconsider the fate of Lockport bus Route 201, a spokesman confirmed Monday. The city-town “circulator” bus service will not be discontinued May 13 as was previously announced, C. Douglas Hartmayer, NFTA director of public affairs, said. Instead, the transportation authority will analyze the route again and explore whether the Route 44 bus ... |
April 18 2012 - Family of woman killed in bus crash file suit
LOCKPORT—The husband and teenage daughter of a woman killed in an upstate New York tour bus crash last summer have filed a $40 million lawsuit claiming the bus was speeding and had a defective tire. |
April 17 2012 - Metro Bus Route 201 will continue past May 13
LOCKPORT — Metro Bus Route 201 in Lockport will not be discontinued May 13, a spokesman confirmed Monday, after State Sen. George D. Maziarz announced at a public meeting that the matter is being reviewed. |
April 03 2012 - NFTA increases bus fares
 The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to raise Metro fares for bus and rail service and eliminate some routes, including the 201, which carries people from Lockport’s Transit Road business district to Main Street and back. The decision follows two public hearings held March 21 and 22, where board members said they heard from affected ... |
March 06 2012 - Group led by NOAH opposes NFTA route cuts
For Mark Meloon, it’s not just business, it’s personal. The Niagara Falls resident uses the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority’s Metro Bus system to travel to and from classes at Niagara County Community College and, on the weekend’s, his brother’s house in Lockport. |
March 02 2012 - NFTA cuts may be cut back
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority board of directors released a broad proposal for the future of its organization that would raise Metro bus and train fares and consolidate routes in Erie and Niagara counties in an effort to scale back a projected deficit topping $23 million by 2016. Inner-city Lockport will likely be affected with Route 201 eliminated. The weekday circulator service ... |
March 01 2012 - Reform agenda touted
Empire State Development Corporation executive Sam Hoyt visited Lockport on Wednesday to tout Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s state budget and government reform plans. Changing the way the state does business will bring fiscal relief to counties, cities and towns, eventually, Hoyt suggested. It’s too bad the reforms won’t kick in before municipalities like the City of Lockport begin confronting fiscal ... |
February 28 2012 - Group led by NOAH travels from Falls to voice opposition to route cuts
For Mark Meloon, it’s not just business, it’s personal. The Niagara Falls resident uses the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority’s Metro Bus system to travel to and from classes at Niagara County Community College and, on the weekend’s, his brother’s house in Lockport. |
February 11 2012 - NFTA cuts will make transportation difficult
NFTA cuts will make it difficult, if not impossible for Buffalo-area commuters to get to work in Lockport and Lockport residents to get to Buffalo. Millie Spencer, who lives near the Walden Galleria, takes four buses and an NFTA train to get to Lockport for her job as a graphic artist four days a week. “This will threaten my job,” said Spencer who is married and has four children. “We’re down ... |
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