[1] The agency is responsible for improving public transit options in Northwestern Indiana by consolidating and modifying existing services and introducing new ones to fill the gaps.
Under the current consolidation plan, RBA will eventually assume responsibility for running all existing bus services in Lake and Porter counties.
RBA is funded by Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority until December 2011.
If it does not come up with an alternative funding source, the agency and the services it operates will be shut down.
The only visible indicator of the new ownership were the "EasyGo" stickers applied over all "Hammond Transit System" labels on the buses (the bus stop signage still retains the old name).