16-year TARTA driver wins local bus contest

6/19/2005

A 16-year driver for the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority has taken the top honor again in its annual Bus Roadeo.

Cindy Betz yesterday came in first place in the competition's driving contest, a designation she received in June, 2003.

She also won this year in the wheelchair tie-down competition, for getting a wheelchair loaded quickly, an honor she's had numerous times in the past.

Ms. Betz competed with seven of her fellow TARTA drivers for the top spot. She will represent TARTA in September at the International Bus Roadeo in Dallas at the annual meeting of the American Public Transportation Association.