Detour & Service Alerts 3

Route 15/Berkshire Mall Detour: No Service to Drexelwood (Monday, November 4, 2024- Tuesday, November 12, 2024)

There will be no service to Drexelwood on the Route 15/Berkshire Mall starting Monday, November 4, 2024 to Tuesday, November 12, 2024 due to major construction on Snyder Road. No habrá servicio a Drexelwood en…

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Regular BARTA Service on Veterans Day – Veterans Ride FREE! (Monday, November 11, 2024)

BARTA will operate regular service on Veterans Day, Monday, November 11, 2024. On Monday, November 11, 2024, Veterans can ride BARTA bus routes FREE all day when they show a Veterans or current Military ID…

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Route 11 / Mohnton via Shillington Detour (*Starting Tuesday, September 3, 2024*)

Starting Tuesday, September 3, 2024, the bridge on Route 11 / Mohnton via Shillington (located on South Wyomissing Avenue between Pennwyn Place and Mohnton Boulevard) will be CLOSED due to construction. Route 11 / Mohnton…

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Right to Know

BARTA Right to Know Policy

The Pennsylvania Right to Know Law (RTKL) provides citizens of the Commonwealth the right to request, inspect and obtain copies of public records. Below is information for citizens to request copies of records maintained by the Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority pursuant to the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. § 66.1 et seq., and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Governor’s Office Management Directive 205.36, which is incorporated by reference.

Requests for Documents

All requests under the Right to Know Law should be addressed to the Authority’s Open Records Officer as indicated below and delivered to:

Ms. Laura A. Hopko
Open Records Officer
Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority
1700 North 11th Street
Reading, PA 19604
Fax: 610-921-9420

Requests must be made by request form and received during normal business hours from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on any business day. In no event shall a request be considered officially submitted until received by the Open Records Officer.

Form of RTKL Request

All RTKL requests must be submitted in writing and must:

  1. State the name of the requester
  2. Set forth the address to which BARTA should address its response
  3. Identify or describe the records sought with sufficient specificity to enable the agency to ascertain which records are being requested
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Fees and Charges

The following fees shall be applicable to all RTKL requests:

Photocopies from paper documents:

1 single-sided copy or one side of a double-sided copy 8.5” x 11” page: $0.25

Charges for other services and materials will be determined on a case-by-case basis based on the applicable cost to BARTA:

The fee for certification of a record is $1.00.

Redaction Fee:

BARTA will charge $0.25 per page for the copies it must make of the redacted material in order for the requester to view the public record that contains non-public information.

Postage:

Actual cost of postage.

Prepayment:

BARTA may require prepayment if the anticipated cost to fulfill the request exceeds $100. Unless prepayment is made by certified check or money order, access will be denied until the check clears. The request for prepayment will specify a reasonable period of time in which the check must be received. If BARTA does not receive the check within the specified time, it may deny the RTKL request on that basis.

The check or money order shall be made payable to South Central Transit Authority.

BARTA requires full payment of all fees prior to releasing any documents.

Guidelines

The following are not permitted and will not be honored:

BARTA does not retain, or is unable to provide copies of, certain records, including the following:

Contact Information for Appeals

If a written request is denied or deemed denied, the requester may file an appeal in writing to the Office of Open Records, Commonwealth Keystone Building 400 North Street, Plaza Level Harrisburg, PA 17120-0225