The RTA board is scheduled to vote Feb. 19 to pay the $2.5 million to install cameras on the 100 buses that do not have them now. If passed, that will finish equipping its entire fleet of buses and trains with security cameras. At Tuesday’s Safety and Security Committee meeting, members agreed to vote Feb. 19 for 100 more […]
Cleveland City Council will introduce a bill that deals with penalties for misconduct on RTA buses, as RTA requests $2 million from the board of trustees for cameras to be installed on all buses. The move was prompted by the viral bus attack involving a woman and Cleveland bus driver Artis Hughes. On Monday, Cleveland […]
The Cleveland RTA union voted in favor of arbitration for the bus driver who was fired after being caught on video punching a rider. Video surfaced in October of 59-year-old RTA driver Artis Hughes uppercutting a 25-year-old woman who refused to pay, the police report said. The incident happened on Sept. 18 when he picked […]
There are some delays and cancelations for Thursday at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Akron-Canton Airport and on the RTA. If you have a flight out of Cleveland Thursday morning there are already some delays. Southwest Airlines at Cleveland-Hopkins canceled their first four flights on Thursday.There are other cancelations for departing flights and some arrivals are […]
An RTA bus driver was hit by two men on his bus in Shaker Heights Thursday night. Shaker Heights police and RTA said it started around 5 p.m when two men who didn’t have fares tried to get on the full #40 bus. They said the suspects left the front entrance of the […]
In recent weeks, RTA has been faced with security issues that were brought front and center after video was posted online of a driver punching a passenger. Now, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is looking at options for safety. Back in September, RTA bus driver Artis Hughes was caught on camera punching a female passenger, […]
Another incident on an RTA bus resulted in punches being thrown, but this time, a driver was injured. RTA spokesperson Mary Shaffer said this incident happened Thursday when a man got on to an RTA bus at East 114th Street and Union Avenue and did not pay. Shaffer said when the driver asked for fare, […]
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority has fired driver Artis Hughes following an altercation with a female passenger. Hughes was charged with assault and placed unpaid leave following the September 18 incident on board an RTA bus in Beachwood. In making its decision, the RTA said in a written release, “There are certain actions by our […]
It was the uppercut that went viral on the Internet. An RTA driver hauled off and punched a woman in the face. Fellow drivers support him, saying he did what he had to do. Charges have been filed against the woman involved in the fight and now, she’s speaking out. “It hurts in my […]
An exclusive 5 On Your Side investigation reveals a history of Cleveland Regional Transit Authority drivers allegedly assaulted with cans, bottles and even gunshots. A court will decide who was at fault in a case of involving an RTA driver who was recently caught on video tape punching passenger. But a review of transit authority police records show 47 […]
The RTA bus driver who punched an unruly passenger and found that video of it had gone viral on the internet turned himself in to police Monday to face criminal charges. Artis Hughes faces one count of assault — the charge was brought by the passenger who didn’t pay her fare and then spit on […]
A Cleveland RTA bus driver is no longer behind the wheel after getting in a physical altercation with a female passenger. According to video posted on WorldHipHop.com the driver brutally attacked the woman Thursday, after she got into his face. The video shows the girl egging the driver on — calling him and his family […]
