{"id":291637,"date":"2026-09-22T16:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291637\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:34:31","slug":"riders-in-berks-asked-to-weigh-in-on-bus-route-updates-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291637\/","title":{"rendered":"Riders in Berks asked to weigh in on bus route updates | Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>READING, Pa. &#8211; Officials are giving the public the chance to comment on proposed route and schedule changes for the Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority (BARTA).<\/p>\n<p>A 30-day comment period is being held for the public to provide any comments about the proposed changes, the South Central Transit Authority (SCTA) said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>SCTA said comments can be submitted at any time during the 30-day comment period by email, by mail or by phone.<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/traffic\/riders-in-berks-asked-to-weigh-in-on-bus-route-updates\/mailto:barta@bartabus.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">barta@bartabus.com<\/a> Mail: BARTA Route &amp; Schedule Changes 1700 N. 11th Street Reading, PA 19601<\/p>\n<p>An in-person public hearing will be held Monday, Oct. 19, from 4 to 6 p.m. at BARTA\u2019s administrative offices, 1700 North 11th Street, Reading, Pa., to hear comments on the proposed route and schedule changes, SCTA said.<\/p>\n<p>A virtual option will be available. People can visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bartabus.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.bartabus.com<\/a> for the login details.<\/p>\n<p>SCTA provided a route-by-route description of the proposed changes:<\/p>\n<p>Route 1 &#8211; Temple via 5th Street:<\/p>\n<p>Propose to extend the route to the new Deka location, 8697 Allentown Pike, Blandon on the last outbound trip at 11 PM on weekdays.<\/p>\n<p>Route 2 \u2013 Fairgrounds Square Market:<\/p>\n<p>Propose to eliminate route due to low ridership.<\/p>\n<p>Route 3\/Temple via Kutztown Road:<\/p>\n<p>Propose to extend the route to the new Deka location, 8697 Allentown Pike, Blandon on two trips during weekdays.<\/p>\n<p>Route 4 &#8211; Temple via Kutztown Road:<\/p>\n<p>Propose to add 10 minutes on each trip on Sundays to help with on-time performance.<\/p>\n<p>Route 9\/Grill\/Kenhorst:<\/p>\n<p>Propose to add service to Brentwood Industries, 621 Brentwood Drive, Reading. Propose to add time to schedule to serve the location<\/p>\n<p>Route 11\/Mohnton via Shillington:<\/p>\n<p>Propose to serve Ollie&#8217;s on the outbound direction only. Propose to modify route in the inbound direction to serve area along Lancaster Avenue in Shillington.<\/p>\n<p>Route 17 \u2013 Glenside\/Airport\/Berks Heim:<\/p>\n<p>Propose to add service to Berks Industrial Park (near Reading Airport) on the 6:45 AM and 3:45 PM trips.<\/p>\n<p>Route 18 \u2013 Schuylkill Avenue:<\/p>\n<p>Propose to add time to weekday trips to improve on-time performance.<\/p>\n<p>Route 22 \u2013 Lyon Station\/East Penn &#8211; Deka:<\/p>\n<p>Propose to add three trips at 6:30 AM, 9 AM and 3:30 PM leaving the BARTA Transportation Center (BTC).<\/p>\n<p>Reading School District Service<\/p>\n<p>Propose to add service to current school trips leaving the BARTA Transportation Center (BTC) and serve Reading High Innovation Academy (9th &amp; Douglass Streets). Route 8\/Reiffton will designate three bus stops @<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 19th Street &amp; Perkiomen Ave.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 17th Street &amp; Perkiomen Ave.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 15th Street &amp; Perkiomen Ave.<\/p>\n<p>to serve students in the Mount Penn area.<\/p>\n<p>SCTA said the proposed changes are based on customer comments collected via phone, email, social media comments, and outreach events.<\/p>\n<p>SCTA said the proposed changes were developed during meetings of the 2026 Route and Schedule Team, which included operations, maintenance and administrative staff representation, the SCTA said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. &#8211; Officials are giving the public the chance to comment on proposed route and schedule changes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3105,39322,41169,128,130,129,1189,3107,120927],"class_list":["post-291637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-barta","tag-berks-area-regional-transportation-authority","tag-bus-routes","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-reading-pa","tag-schedule-changes","tag-scta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}