Friday, June 26, 2009
Independence Day
CityBus will not operate on Friday, July 3 or Saturday, July 4 in observation of Independence Day. All offices will be closed for both days.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Taste of Tippecanoe Detours
"Taste of Tippecanoe" will cause significant detours in the downtown area on Saturday, June 20th and Sunday, June 21st. The corner of Third and Ferry streets will be closed to all traffic, including buses. The customer service office in Riehle Plaza will be closed on Saturday after 4PM.
TRANSFER CENTER:
Buses will hold on Third St. between North and Cincinnati. 1B, 3B, 4B, and 4A will hold between North & Brown, 1A, 2A, 2B, 3A, 6A, 6B, 7 will hold between Cincinnati & North.
TROLLEY:
Right on 4th, right on Ferry, right on 5th, right on Columbia, resume route at 2nd. (Note: While Farmer's market is in effect, until about noon, trolley will need to use 6th instead of 5th). In West Lafayette, trolley will use State St. going east and west bound instead of Tapawingo and Brown. Brown St. will be bypassed.
1A MARKET SQUARE:
Bus will depart to North St. as regular route. Evening outbound bus will turn right on 5th, left on Ferry. Inbound bus will turn right on 4th at Brown, left on Cincinnati, left on 3rd.
1B SALISBURY:
The outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's Market in effect), right on Columbia, resume route at 2nd. Inbound bus will turn left on River Rd. from State St., right on the ramp to the Harrison Bridge, cross river, exit right on Third St.
2A SCHUYLER:
Bus will depart North St. to right on 5th, left on Ferry St., resume route. Inbound bus will turn left on Cincinnati from 4th.
2B UNION:
Bus will depart North St. to left on 6th.
3A LAFAYETTE SQUARE:
Outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's Market open), left on South. Inbound bus will turn left on Cincinnati from 4th.
3B NORTHWESTERN:
Outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's market open), right on Columbia, and will resume route at 2nd St. Inbound bus will turn left on River Rd. from State St., right on the ramp to the Harrison Bridge, cross river, exit right on Third St.
4A TIPPECANOE MALL:
Outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's Market open), left on South. Inbound bus will turn left on Cincinnati from 4th.
4B PURDUE WEST:
The outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's Market operating), right on Columbia, resume route at 2nd.
6A FOURTH ST.:
Outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's Market open), right on Columbia, left on 2nd. Inbound bus will turn left on Cincinnati from 4th.
6B S. 18TH ST:
Outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's Market open), left on South. Inbound bus will turn left on Cincinnati from 4th.
7 STATE ROAD:
Outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th, left on Ferry. Inbound bus will turn left on Cincinnati from 4th.
TRANSFER CENTER:
Buses will hold on Third St. between North and Cincinnati. 1B, 3B, 4B, and 4A will hold between North & Brown, 1A, 2A, 2B, 3A, 6A, 6B, 7 will hold between Cincinnati & North.
TROLLEY:
Right on 4th, right on Ferry, right on 5th, right on Columbia, resume route at 2nd. (Note: While Farmer's market is in effect, until about noon, trolley will need to use 6th instead of 5th). In West Lafayette, trolley will use State St. going east and west bound instead of Tapawingo and Brown. Brown St. will be bypassed.
1A MARKET SQUARE:
Bus will depart to North St. as regular route. Evening outbound bus will turn right on 5th, left on Ferry. Inbound bus will turn right on 4th at Brown, left on Cincinnati, left on 3rd.
1B SALISBURY:
The outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's Market in effect), right on Columbia, resume route at 2nd. Inbound bus will turn left on River Rd. from State St., right on the ramp to the Harrison Bridge, cross river, exit right on Third St.
2A SCHUYLER:
Bus will depart North St. to right on 5th, left on Ferry St., resume route. Inbound bus will turn left on Cincinnati from 4th.
2B UNION:
Bus will depart North St. to left on 6th.
3A LAFAYETTE SQUARE:
Outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's Market open), left on South. Inbound bus will turn left on Cincinnati from 4th.
3B NORTHWESTERN:
Outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's market open), right on Columbia, and will resume route at 2nd St. Inbound bus will turn left on River Rd. from State St., right on the ramp to the Harrison Bridge, cross river, exit right on Third St.
4A TIPPECANOE MALL:
Outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's Market open), left on South. Inbound bus will turn left on Cincinnati from 4th.
4B PURDUE WEST:
The outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's Market operating), right on Columbia, resume route at 2nd.
6A FOURTH ST.:
Outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's Market open), right on Columbia, left on 2nd. Inbound bus will turn left on Cincinnati from 4th.
6B S. 18TH ST:
Outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th (6th while Farmer's Market open), left on South. Inbound bus will turn left on Cincinnati from 4th.
7 STATE ROAD:
Outbound bus will turn left on North, right on 5th, left on Ferry. Inbound bus will turn left on Cincinnati from 4th.
CityBus offers free rides, Thursday, June 18
All rides on CityBus will be free all day on all routes on Thursday, June 18, as residents are encouraged to “Dump the Pump” and use public transportation instead, Marty Sennett, CityBus general manager, announced at a new conference at CityBus.
Residents who regularly ride CityBus can save on transportation costs, ease traffic congestion and contribute to the community’s air quality, Sennett and other speakers said. Their messages were reinforced by children from McAllister Center’s Summer Day Camp, who rode in on a hybrid CityBus for the news conference. They carried signs reading “Save Money” and “Live Better” and shouted “Dump the Pump” as they tossed miniature gas pumps into a recycling bin.
“Dump the Pump is an opportunity for our community to experience how riding CityBus helps people save money and live better,” Sennett said. “The average annual cost in the U.S. to own and operate a car is $8,600. During challenging economic times like these, a two-car family can save $8,600 a year by becoming a one-car family and using CityBus for daily trips to and from work. And as we’ve seen, gas prices can go wildly high, making it imperative to consider permanent, less expensive, and environmentally wise ways to commute.”
West Lafayette Mayor John Dennis said, “This is a great time to consider the ways that CityBus helps people not only to save money, but to live better—by easing parking and traffic congestion. Last year, there were 5 million rides on CityBus. Imagine what the traffic and congestion would be like if those rides were taken in cars instead.”
Lafayette City Councilman Rick Cornstuble agreed. “Here’s one more, he said: CityBus riders also help keep our air clean by saving 4,800 pounds of carbon emissions per person each year. Better air quality is essential to better quality of life.” He also heralded CityBus for its vital function in ensuring that students, youth, elderly, low-income, and residents with disabilities have access to jobs, education and healthcare.
Dump the Pump is a nationwide campaign coordinated by the American Public Transportation Association. Many cities across the U.S. are participating this year.
CityBus route information is available at www.gocitybus.com or 742-RIDE.
CityBus operates a fleet of 67, including four hybrid buses, with seven more hybrids arriving this summer. Five of the new hybrids will be 40-feet long; two will be 60-foot articulated buses, which have two rider sections and are used on high-capacity routes.
The mission of CityBus is to be a proactive community partner, striving to improve the community’s quality of life by operating safe, reliable and environmentally friendly transit services, by partnering in local economic development and sustainable development activities, and by providing excellent customer service and efficient, convenient access to destinations throughout Lafayette and West Lafayette.
Save Money, Live Better
CityBus riders stand to save $8,600 a year if a family owns one less car.
Other facts from the American Public Transportation Association:
Residents who regularly ride CityBus can save on transportation costs, ease traffic congestion and contribute to the community’s air quality, Sennett and other speakers said. Their messages were reinforced by children from McAllister Center’s Summer Day Camp, who rode in on a hybrid CityBus for the news conference. They carried signs reading “Save Money” and “Live Better” and shouted “Dump the Pump” as they tossed miniature gas pumps into a recycling bin.
“Dump the Pump is an opportunity for our community to experience how riding CityBus helps people save money and live better,” Sennett said. “The average annual cost in the U.S. to own and operate a car is $8,600. During challenging economic times like these, a two-car family can save $8,600 a year by becoming a one-car family and using CityBus for daily trips to and from work. And as we’ve seen, gas prices can go wildly high, making it imperative to consider permanent, less expensive, and environmentally wise ways to commute.”
West Lafayette Mayor John Dennis said, “This is a great time to consider the ways that CityBus helps people not only to save money, but to live better—by easing parking and traffic congestion. Last year, there were 5 million rides on CityBus. Imagine what the traffic and congestion would be like if those rides were taken in cars instead.”
Lafayette City Councilman Rick Cornstuble agreed. “Here’s one more, he said: CityBus riders also help keep our air clean by saving 4,800 pounds of carbon emissions per person each year. Better air quality is essential to better quality of life.” He also heralded CityBus for its vital function in ensuring that students, youth, elderly, low-income, and residents with disabilities have access to jobs, education and healthcare.
Dump the Pump is a nationwide campaign coordinated by the American Public Transportation Association. Many cities across the U.S. are participating this year.
CityBus route information is available at www.gocitybus.com or 742-RIDE.
CityBus operates a fleet of 67, including four hybrid buses, with seven more hybrids arriving this summer. Five of the new hybrids will be 40-feet long; two will be 60-foot articulated buses, which have two rider sections and are used on high-capacity routes.
The mission of CityBus is to be a proactive community partner, striving to improve the community’s quality of life by operating safe, reliable and environmentally friendly transit services, by partnering in local economic development and sustainable development activities, and by providing excellent customer service and efficient, convenient access to destinations throughout Lafayette and West Lafayette.
Save Money, Live Better
CityBus riders stand to save $8,600 a year if a family owns one less car.
Other facts from the American Public Transportation Association:
- Public transportation saves 900,000 automobile fill-ups every day in the U.S.
- Those fill-ups would total 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline a year
- Since January 2003, gas prices have increased by 100 percent
- Car ownership and operation is an individual’s second-highest expense; only housing costs are greater
- Switching to CityBus reduces carbon emissions by 4,800 pounds a year for each rider.
- People with access to transit drive an average of 4,400 fewer miles annually.
Dump the Pump
Ride free Thursday, June 18, 2009, on all CityBus routes. For route information, visit http://www.gocitybus.com/ or call 742-RIDE.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Public Hearings Scheduled
Public Hearings are scheduled for Tuesday, May 26th, at 11:00AM and 5:30PM, to be held at CityBus, 1250 Canal Rd., Lafayette. The public is invited to comment on proposed changes on routes 3B, 5, and 7.
On the agenda are the following route changes:
3B Northwestern
1) Route will be streamlined to improve efficiency. Weekday service to and from the downtown transfer center will be discontinued. Service along S. River Rd., Williams, and Grant will be discontinued. (Discontinued service areas will continue to be served by other routes.)
2) Route will be interlined with route 5 to operate more efficiently (same campus service provided with one less bus.)
3) The schedule is better aligned with the Purdue class beginning and ending times. 3) The Saturday 3B route will continue to serve the downtown transfer center.
Proposed 3B Northwestern Schedule (Excel Format)
5 Happy Hollow
1) Route will be streamlined to improve efficiency. Service along Northwestern Ave. will be discontinued. Inbound bus (from Kalberer) will follow State St., University, and Stadium (and then change to route 3B). Outbound bus (to Kalberer) will arrive on campus at Stadium and Northwestern from route 3B and will then follow Stadium, Russell, State, Sheetz, Wood, and Grant streets.
2) Route will be interlined with route 3B to operate more efficiently (same service provided with one less bus.)
Proposed 5 Happy Hollow Schedule (Excel Format)
7 St. Rd. 26 E.
1) Route is extended to serve Clarian-Arnett Hospital.
2) Route is streamlined to maintain current ride times. Service at the front door of Wal-Mart is discontinued, with bus stopping instead at the shelter at Commerce and Marketplace.
3) Underperforming service on Farabee and Kossuth (from Earl to Farabee) is discontinued.
4) Evening expansion with new trips departing downtown at 7:45, 8:45, 9:45, 10:45, and 11:45PM. (Weekdays only.)
5) Sunday route is streamlined to improve timeliness of transfers downtown. Service is discontinued on 26th, Kossuth, Earl (south of Ferry).
Proposed 7 St. Rd. 26 E. (WEEKDAY) Schedule (Excel Format)
Proposed 7 St. Rd. 26 E. (SATURDAY) Schedule (Excel Format)
Proposed 7 St. Rd. 26 E. (SUNDAY) Schedule (Excel Format)
Minor changes are planned to other routes, not on the Public Hearing Agenda. See Details.
CityBus welcomes your comments about the proposals. Submit your comments by using our comment form, or mail to: Development Manager, CityBus, P.O. Box 588, Lafayette, IN 47902. You can also submit comments or questions by calling the Development Manager at (765) 423-2666.
On the agenda are the following route changes:
3B Northwestern
1) Route will be streamlined to improve efficiency. Weekday service to and from the downtown transfer center will be discontinued. Service along S. River Rd., Williams, and Grant will be discontinued. (Discontinued service areas will continue to be served by other routes.)
2) Route will be interlined with route 5 to operate more efficiently (same campus service provided with one less bus.)
3) The schedule is better aligned with the Purdue class beginning and ending times. 3) The Saturday 3B route will continue to serve the downtown transfer center.
Proposed 3B Northwestern Schedule (Excel Format)
5 Happy Hollow
1) Route will be streamlined to improve efficiency. Service along Northwestern Ave. will be discontinued. Inbound bus (from Kalberer) will follow State St., University, and Stadium (and then change to route 3B). Outbound bus (to Kalberer) will arrive on campus at Stadium and Northwestern from route 3B and will then follow Stadium, Russell, State, Sheetz, Wood, and Grant streets.
2) Route will be interlined with route 3B to operate more efficiently (same service provided with one less bus.)
Proposed 5 Happy Hollow Schedule (Excel Format)
7 St. Rd. 26 E.
1) Route is extended to serve Clarian-Arnett Hospital.
2) Route is streamlined to maintain current ride times. Service at the front door of Wal-Mart is discontinued, with bus stopping instead at the shelter at Commerce and Marketplace.
3) Underperforming service on Farabee and Kossuth (from Earl to Farabee) is discontinued.
4) Evening expansion with new trips departing downtown at 7:45, 8:45, 9:45, 10:45, and 11:45PM. (Weekdays only.)
5) Sunday route is streamlined to improve timeliness of transfers downtown. Service is discontinued on 26th, Kossuth, Earl (south of Ferry).
Proposed 7 St. Rd. 26 E. (WEEKDAY) Schedule (Excel Format)
Proposed 7 St. Rd. 26 E. (SATURDAY) Schedule (Excel Format)
Proposed 7 St. Rd. 26 E. (SUNDAY) Schedule (Excel Format)
Minor changes are planned to other routes, not on the Public Hearing Agenda. See Details.
CityBus welcomes your comments about the proposals. Submit your comments by using our comment form, or mail to: Development Manager, CityBus, P.O. Box 588, Lafayette, IN 47902. You can also submit comments or questions by calling the Development Manager at (765) 423-2666.
No Service on Memorial Day
CityBus will not operate and all offices will be closed on Monday, May 25th for Memorial Day.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Two CityBus operators retiring after many years of service
On Friday, two veteran CityBus drivers will end long runs of service to transit riders in Lafayette-West Lafayette. Judy Sadler and Barb Rupel will retire after a combined service record of nearly 45 years.
Sadler began driving in August of 1982, and completed 26 years of service. Rupel joined CityBus in July, 1990 and drove the bus for almost 19 years.
CityBus general manager Martin Sennett extended his thanks to Sadler and Rupel for their dedication and loyalty. “They will be missed by our employees and riders,” said Sennett.
Sadler began driving in August of 1982, and completed 26 years of service. Rupel joined CityBus in July, 1990 and drove the bus for almost 19 years.
CityBus general manager Martin Sennett extended his thanks to Sadler and Rupel for their dedication and loyalty. “They will be missed by our employees and riders,” said Sennett.
Mosey Down Main St., Saturday
Several detours will be in effect downtown on Saturday May 9th, after 4PM, for "Mosey Down Main St."
- 1A Market Square: the evening inbound route will use Ferry St. instead of Main.
- 3A Lafayette Square: inbound buses will use Columbia instead of Main.
- Wabash Trolley will follow 11th to left on Ferry, left on 6th, resume route at Main.
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