About Us

TBTA Board of Directors

Adam Poll – City of Alpena Representative
William Thompson – Alcona County Representative
Travis Konarzewski – Alpena County Representative
Lloyd Peltier – Montmorency County Representative
Marisue Moreau – Michigan Works
Angela Soltysiak – My Mid Michigan
Lisa Bolen – NEMCSA Director

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Meeting Schedule 2023

January 26, 2023
February 23, 2023
March 23, 2023
April 27, 2023
May 25, 2023
June 22, 2023
July 27, 2023
August 24, 2023
September 28, 2023
October 26, 2023
December 7, 2023

Regular Board of Director meetings will be held on the 4th Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m. in the board room of our facility located at 3859 US 23 North, Alpena, Michigan 49707. Person’s requiring assistance to attend meetings should call the DART office at 989-356-4596. This schedule is subject to change with proper notice.
**DUE TO COVID-19, MEETINGS MAY BE CHANGED.

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Thunder Bay Transportation Authority, hereafter referred to as TBTA, has their registered office at: 3859 US 23 North, Alpena, MI 49707. The service areas for TBTA are the County of Montmorency, the County of Alpena, the County of Alcona, and the City of Alpena.

Currently, TBTA holds service agreements for transportation service with Dial-A-Ride with the City of Alpena; and Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health Authority (CMH). TBTA maintains public (open door) transportation to all of the individuals and the community at large within the service areas as noted.

Thunder Bay Transportation Corporation was formed in 1982 to provide rural transportation to human resources consumers, working closely with human service agencies like AMAESD and NEMCMH to serve the 3-county area. Thunder Bay Transportation Corporation also had funding for Regional Ride to help with medical transportation until the funding was discontinued by MDOT.

In 2006, Thunder Bay Transportation Authority was organized and began operation as a public body under act 196 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan to deliver the services formerly provided by the Thunder Bay Transportation Corporation and the City of Alpena’s Dial-A-Ride systems. TBTA merged the two systems into a single system to provide more efficient service to both the city and local rural areas.

“Dial-A-Ride”
(Service of Thunder Bay Transportation Authority)

The Alpena Dial-A-Ride Transportation (DART) service began operations in 1974 and was the eighth smallest bus system to be started in Michigan. Since that time the system has logged nearly 7.7 million miles and carried over 4 million passengers. Today the DART system consists of 7 wheelchair lift equipped buses operating 7 days a week on a demand-response basis. DART is proud to provide transportation service to all segments of the population within the greater Alpena area, but most notably to the elderly, handicapped, and youth, many of whom have no other means of moving about in our community.

Funding for the system is derived primarily from three sources:
1. State and Federal reimbursements
2. Fares
3. A 1 mill City property tax levy

A one-half mill tax levy was first instituted in 1976 by a vote of the City electorate and has been renewed every 4 years by an average 3 to 1 vote margin. In 2005 the electorate approved an increase in the millage rate to 0.65. As of June 2020, the rate is at 1 mill.

With over 35 years of continuous service, Dial-A-Ride looks forward to many more years of providing safe and affordable transportation for the citizens of Alpena.