Board members overseeing the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority moved on Tuesday toward placing a sales tax levy on the 2018 Hamilton County ballot, and the agency’s CEO said riders could face fare increases in the next year as it grapples with steep budget deficits and a transit system that does not connect enough people to jobs.
While a SORTA committee passed a resolution that says it intends to place a bus-only levy to deal with its troubled balance sheet and to expand service throughout…