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driver time sheets. The audit report was released on May 24, 2011. On June 1, 2011, Director Pam Ward and Tom Jones, the man union officials say altered driver timesheets, were both placed on indefinite leave. Both were later terminated. On June 7, 2011, the city of
Ottumwa decided to take away the Transit Boards autonomy, which had the city officially take over management of the transit system. An investigation followed by the
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area. The fixed-route system includes Five routes and a shopping shuttle. It also operates a para-transit service known as
Ottumwa Transit Authority Lift and Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC), a dial-a-ride service geared towards employees. The five routes that operate Monday through Friday are: #1
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Department of Transportation. The state auditor's office determined that OTA overstated ridership “by an estimated 50 percent,” and that the inflated numbers were increased by office staff on the instructions of Director Pam Ward. At the same time, allegations arose that OTA altered
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Federal Transit Authority officers. In January 2013, Ward was indicted on four counts of making false statements to the Department of Transportation regarding ridership numbers. OTA now operates within federal and state guidelines and continues to receive federal and state funding.
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Residential, #4 South Commercial, and #7 Airport. There are also two routes that operate on Saturday only; no routes operate on Sunday. It is governed by the Ottumwa Transit Advisory Board, which makes recommendations to the Ottumwa City Council.
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521:"3 South Residential.pdf - Google Docs"
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715:List of intercity bus stops in Iowa
320:List of intercity bus stops in Iowa
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286:Site, and the Downtown bus depot.
803:Des Moines Area Regional Transit
500:"2 East-West.pdf - Google Docs"
340:"Iowa Office of Public Transit"
813:Marshalltown Municipal Transit
297:Federal Transit Administration
280:Indian Hills Community College
267:Operates on the North side of
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119:Indian Hills Community College
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542:"7 Airport.pdf - Google Docs"
418:"Job Access Reverse Commute"
70:https://www.1015transit.com/
609:. KTVO news. 8 January 2013
479:"1 North.pdf - Google Docs"
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808:Dodger Area Rapid Transit
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19:Ottumwa Transit Authority
829:Burlington Urban Service
278:Makes regular stops at:
907:Transportation in Iowa
755:Cedar Rapids/Iowa City
741:Quad Cities MetroLINK
565:. The Ottumwa Courier
174:#3A South Residential
772:Cedar Rapids Transit
700:Burlington Trailways
150:#3 South Residential
38:Wapello County, Iowa
875:Omaha Metro Transit
459:on 19 November 2012
241:#6 South Saturday--
195:#4 South Commercial
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880:Sioux City Transit
777:Coralville Transit
746:River Bend Transit
731:Bettendorf Transit
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839:MET Transit
762:380 Express
724:Quad Cities
463:26 February
447:"Timetable"
428:26 February
402:26 February
376:26 February
366:"Schedules"
350:26 February
291:Controversy
262:#7 Airport.
52:paratransit
48:bus service
613:27 January
392:"OTA Lift"
326:References
667:Statewide
920:Category
859:The Jule
844:MuscaBus
309:See also
284:Job Corp
97:#1 North
791:Central
591:17 July
569:17 July
547:17 July
526:17 July
505:17 July
484:17 July
269:Ottumwa
248:Ottumwa
227:Ottumwa
202:Ottumwa
181:Ottumwa
157:Ottumwa
136:Ottumwa
104:Ottumwa
83:Ottumwa
66:Website
798:CyRide
767:Cambus
674:Amtrak
90:Routes
58:Routes
24:Locale
889:North
457:(PDF)
450:(PDF)
213:HyVee
123:Hyvee
868:West
822:East
660:Iowa
615:2012
593:2012
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