here . for the georgia public telecommunications commission see georgia public broadcasting . gary public transportation corporation slogan moving people is our business parent gary railways inc. 1912 1974 founded 1974 headquarters gary indiana locale gary area and selected inter city corridors 1 service type commuter routes 13 stops 50 scheduled hubs 1 stations 1 lounge gary metro center third floor fleet 30 5 1 annual ridership 910 170 17.06 % 1 fuel type gasoline and diesel 1 operator gary transit inc. & gary intercity lines inc. chief executive daryl e. lampkins general manager 1 website official site the gary public transportation corporation gptc is a commuter bus system in gary indiana that offers service to numerous stops throughout the city and neighboring suburbs . gptc is a public corporation owned but not directly controlled by the city . contents 1 history 2 current system operations 3 gptc bus routes 3.1 local routes 3.2 regional routes 3.3 shuttle service 4 references 5 external links history edit gptc bus with bike rack passing through the indiana dunes national lakeshore in miller beach . the system started out gary & interurban railway company a subsidiary of the chicago new york electric air line railroad . founded in 1908 it operated streetcars and interurban trains throughout gary and its neighboring suburbs and cities . in 1923 the company was acquired by samuel insull s midland utilities . by that point insull held a virtual monopoly over electrically powered public transit throughout northern illinois north indiana and southwest wisconsin . however when insull s fortunes fell in the wake of the great depression gary railways company was sold off to chicago & calumet district transit company which made it a subsidiary . during the 1940s the streetcar service was gradually replaced with buses . in 1956 the city and interurban buses were split into gary transit inc. and gary intercity lines inc respectively . while gary intercity lines ended its services in 1971 gary transit lasted until 1975 when it was reorganized into gary public transit corporation . 2 at that point gary public transportation company became the operator of the newly created hammond transit system . it was forced to cede the service to hammond yellow coach lines after a judge determined that the company could not operate a system outside gary city limits . 3 gptc limited its operations to gary until 1990 when it inaugurated new express bus routes that originated in downtown gary and reached into hammond east chicago merrillville and crown point . 4 in 2010 northwest indiana public development authority announced that it would not provide gtpc any of the funding it provided over the past few years unless the agency signs a memorandum of understanding that signified its willingness to consolidate its operations under northwest indiana regional bus authority . gtpc officials voted against the move on july 2010 . the agency was unable to fill the funding gap forcing it to cut routes and decrease service frequencies . the agency is currently contemplating increasing fares and eliminating saturday service to make up for the budget shortfall . 5 current system operations edit gptc bus southbound on broadway . gptc primarily serves gary with most routes radiating from the gary metro center . gptc also has express service to locations in hammond east chicago and merrillville and its service area includes crown point and hobart as well . gary metro center serves as the system s primary hub it also doubles as a south shore line station connecting riders to destinations in chicago and northern indiana . route 13 provides service to miller south shore line station . route 12 connects to pace bus routes at dan rabin transit center . it also connects to several east chicago transit routes at indianapolis boulevard . curb to curb pickup is available for disabled citizens . gptc bus routes edit all routes marked with strikethroughs are suspended indefinitely local routes edit gptc defines local routes as those bus lines completely within the corporate boundaries of the city of gary . many of these services follow routes that were formerly served by streetcar lines when transit was first established in the gary area . route 1 tiberon trails colonial gardens . this route serves broadway gary s main north south corridor . it terminates in the glen park west neighborhood on the southern end of the city . route 2 45th & johnson route 6 marshalltown tarrytown crosstown . this east west route serves far eastern and far western residential neighborhoods connecting them to other routes via several transfer points . route 7 9th & colfax . this route chiefly serves the tolleston and west side neighborhoods including west side high school . it currently forms loop service in combination with route 11 . route 11 5th & colfax . this route chiefly serves the horace mann and west side neighborhoods . it currently forms loop service in combination with route 7 . route 13 oak and county line . this route serves the emerson aetna and miller beach neighborhoods on the east side of gary . included on this route are the miller stop for the south shore commuter line downtown miller beach and several public beach areas . route 15 king drive . this route is interlined with route 19 serving as a central loop connecting downtown to the neighborhoods of horace mann tolleston northern glen park and pulaski . route 16 colonial gardens . this route serves broadway gary s main north south corridor . it terminates in the glen park east neighborhood on the southern end of the city . route 19 west 6th hospital king drive . this route is interlined with route 15 serving as a central loop connecting downtown to the neighborhoods of horace mann tolleston northern glen park and pulaski . regional routes edit when the gary public transportation corporation was created service outside of the gary city limits was suspended . in 1995 gptc returned regional service to northwest indiana with the creation of the tri city connection . by 2005 gptc served five other communities with three regional routes providing transit to crown point east chicago hammond hobart and merrillville . in 2008 gptc formed a partnership with northwest indiana regional bus authority to increase service on these regional routes reducing headways on the routes in question . when the partnership ended in the summer of 2010 gptc to cut down non rush hour service back to previous levels . gptc is currently in the process of applying for another grant to restore the service . 6 in february 2010 gptc created a fourth regional route university park . routes 12 and 17 only stop at specifically designated stops and have higher than standard fares . route 12 tri city connection . this route serves the central business districts of gary hammond and east chicago . route 17 broadway express . this route serves the broadway corridor including the downtown midtown and glen park neighborhoods of gary as well as merrillville and crown point . route 20 u.s. 30 shuttle . this route serves as a feeder for the broadway express providing service to retail and office centers on the u.s. 30 corridor in merrillville and hobart . route 21 university park . this route serves the northern glen park neighborhood of gary as well as the suburban communities of merrillville and hobart . shuttle service edit route 14 woodlake village shuttle gptc s shuttle service to the woodlake village apartment community was suspended in 2009 . this residential area in the miller beach section of gary is now served by gptc s route 13 on on demand basis riders who with to travel to and from woodlake village need to contact gptc at least two hours ahead of time . references edit a b c d e 2010 indiana public transit annual report pg 62 63 http web.me.com willvdv chirailfan histigry.html http web.me.com willvdv chirailfan histihmd.html http web.me.com willvdv chirailfan 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