For Immediate Release:
June 02, 2008

Media Contact:
Manny Palmeiro
[email protected]
305-218-3682



Miami-Dade Transit adjusting bus routes

Changes take effect June 15


(Miami-Dade County, FL) -- 
Effective Sunday, June 15, Miami-Dade Transit will discontinue nine underperforming bus routes and adjust service to 58 other routes.

The following nine routes will be discontinued due to low ridership: 68 Gratigny Connection, 82, V, 147, 216 Goulds Connection, 241 North Dade Connection, 242 Doral Connection, 245 Okeechobee Connection, and 278 Flagami Connection.

Midday service on the 95 Express to downtown Miami and the Civic Center will be discontinued.  The last morning trip to downtown Miami will leave the Golden Glades Park & Ride lot at 9:30 a.m. and the first afternoon trip from downtown Miami will leave the downtown courthouse at 3:10 p.m. The first afternoon trip from the Civic Center will leave at 3:30 p.m. Alternate midday service is available on Route 77 to/from downtown Miami.

Bus Routes 10, K, and the 51 Flagler Max will end their route at the Omni Metromover Station/Bus Terminal.

Several other routes will undergo schedule and route alignment changes. Passengers should plan on getting to their bus stop a few minutes earlier than usual the week of June 15 to ensure they arrive on time.

Miami-Dade Transit adjusts its bus routes at least twice a year in response to changes in ridership and customer demand and in order to improve systemwide efficiency.

For detailed information on all the route adjustments, visit www.miamidade.gov/transit or pick up the Metrobus Service Adjustment brochure available at transit service centers, Metrorail stations, Team Metro offices, regional libraries and the Miami International Airport information center.  Customers also can call 305-770-3131(or 305-891-3131 if calling from south of Southwest 216th Street). Customers who are deaf or have hearing impairments and use TTY equipment should call 305-499-8971.


 

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MIAMI-DADE TRANSIT
Overtown Transit Village
701 NW 1st Court, 17th Floor Miami, FL 33136
786-469-5420
Residents South of SW 216 St: 305-891-3131