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The Dayton Daily News Payroll Project found six drivers earned more than $100,000 last year. Overtime and other types of special pay can boost a driver's pay higher. RTA has been advertising heavily for operators, a job that start at $33,592 a year, and after seven years progresses to $57,366. It also had 75 drivers for small buses and was searching for 10 more, according to the transit authority. Last month, RTA had 230 big bus drivers and was looking to hire 30 to 40 more. Serving 10 housing facilities including Lyons Place II at the Dayton Veterans Administration campus, Route 64, a Friday only route, goes to Westown Shopping Center and south to the Kroger and Meijer at Ohio 741 and West Alex Bell Road. Route 65 runs Tuesdays and Thursdays serving 15 living facilities across a broad swath of the northwest part of the metropolitan area. Route 66 runs Mondays and Wednesdays stopping at 11 residential facilities and runs south to the Meijer store on Stroop Road in Kettering, also making a stop at Kroger at Dorothy Lane and Wilmington Pike as well as other shopping centers and pharmacies. The three Senior EZ Ride routes serve the senior living facilities with stops at Kroger, Meijer and other stores, as well as pharmacies and the Senior Resource Connection in downtown Dayton, according to RTA route maps. 'You're all supposed to provide a service.' 'I am sick and tired of this mess, taking and taking from seniors,' Smothers told the board. Smothers, who lives in the Asbury Apartments on McDaniel Street in Dayton, voiced her frustration to RTA trustees earlier this month. I can't see myself going across the street when it's busy.' 'I'm in pain when I walk long distances, and from my house to the bus stop across the street on Main Street is far from me. 'I'm very limited on what I can do, according to my doctor,' Woods said. Candace Woods, 60, a disabled veteran, said the Senior EZ Ride bus comes almost to the door of her Sienna Springs apartment on North Main Street in Harrison Twp.

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