Log 2016022201

I just issued an OTHR map update pertaining to it's Medina Section - BT coverage.  Apparently the transit company changed all of the routes in the City of Medina and because they don't have a system map available and they use local commercial establishments as the location of their time points, it's impossible to tell how it's routed from here.  I'm also having a look at their routes in the City of Wadsworth.  I'm certain that they could get the transit hiker very close to Summit County.  But I've also had a recent look at the system map for the Akron Metropolitan Regional Transit Authority (in Summit County) and it's their routes that won't meet Medina County's close enough to be worth mentioning as a possible means of transfer from an agency that has multiple regional amenities.

For the transit agencies, the Buckeye Trail is a 1,440 mile, on and off-road circle.  Since it no longer begins and ends anywhere, the vast majority of hikers go out for a day and then go home immediately after. So, they start and begin anywhere.  So in this case, it may be more advantageous to have access in Medina County to regional transit in Akron.  With the Brunswick Transit Alternative's figure 8 circulators, they bring us close enough to the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority's Fixed Route 51.  The difference between them is 1.3mi walking and the Laurel Hill Shopping Center in Brunswick is the best place to transfer to the Medina County Public Transit's dial-a-ride type transit.  It would be nice if Brunswick's north loop would be routed to Howe and Drake Roads just inside Cuyahoga County to establish an inter-agency transfer point with their Route 51.