By Staff
Dial-A-Ride Update is making some changes in route/bus stops beginning Monday, April 28.
The fixed routes run Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. They will stop at any location along either route to pick-up or drop-off passengers. Please notify the driver or call their office at 684-5150 for a pick-up or drop-off along either route that is not a scheduled stop.
Route changes to Route 1:
Add bus stop at Wonderland Movie Theater on Ferry Street.
Turn around in Knights of Columbus parking lot. This will eliminate the Tanglewood and Briarcrest stops.
Addition to Route 1: head south on Lincoln Way/Old Chicago Road, turn right on Clay (bus stop added on Clay, just west of Old Chicago Road), turn left on Woodruff (bus stop added on Woodruff at Family Video), turn left on Old Chicago Road, take Brookfield to St. Joseph (bus stop added at Brookfield and St. Joseph), take St. Joseph to the Hospital. This will eliminate the bus stop on State Street Medical Offices and add the previously mentioned bus stops to Route 1.
Leaving Hardings – travel south on Third Street to Michigan and back on normal route. Add in bus stop at old Senior Center just south of Third and Broadway.
Skip Berrien Woods every odd hour.
Route Changes to Route 2:
Save-A-Lot removed as a scheduled bus stop.
When heading outbound, stay on Fifth Street and go into Harding's (new bus stop for this route), after leaving Harding's take Broadway to Four Flags Plaza, after exiting Four Flags Plaza onto Broadway turn right on Ninth Street, go south to Maple Street (new bus stop added at Ninth and Maple), take Maple Street to S. 11th Street and resume route headed south.
Skip State Line, Salvation Army and Rural King bus stops every odd hour.
Remove Walgreens as a scheduled bus stop.
Add three bus stops along S. Third Street (east side of street) on the inbound portion of the trip each hour. These three new bus stops are at Third and Huron, Third and Hickory and Third and Broadway.
Bus stop added at Harding's when the bus is inbound to base.
After leaving Four Flags Plaza inbound turn on Cedar (bus stops added at Library and City Hall), resume route to base.