Happy Memorial Day -- Metro celebrates with service "improvements"

It's been at least a couple of weeks since Metro last "improved" bus service, so it must be time for some more "improving"...starting today!

METRO Service Adjustments
Sunday, May 27, 2007

METRO is implementing the following route and schedule modifications to provide more efficient service. Following is a list of planned changes that may affect your daily travel.

1 Hospital
Weekdays – Add 11:19 a.m. and 1:07 p.m. northbound and 10:25 a.m. and 12:13 p.m. southbound trips between the VA Hospital and Downtown to match ridership demand.

2 Bellaire
Saturdays & Sundays – Extend the route to State Highway 6 to match weekday service.
7 days/week – Adjust trip times for more reliable service.

8 South Main
7 days/week – Separate the South Main portion of this route from the 8 Yale. Discontinue service between Wheeler Station and the Downtown Transit Center. This route will now end at Wheeler Station. Separating the Yale and South Main routes will lead to an improvement in reliability and on time performance.

8 Yale
7 days/week – This route will be renumbered the 66 Yale, and will be separated from the 8 South Main. Discontinue service between Downtown Transit Center and Wheeler Station. This route will now end at Gray and Smith. Separating the Yale and South Main routes will lead to an improvement in reliability and on time performance. Adjust trip times for more reliable service.

33 Post Oak
7 days/week – Adjust trip times for more reliable service.

46 Gessner
7 days/week – Adjust trip times for more reliable service.

50 Heights
Weekdays – To optimize ridership, adjust times of freeway trips. Eliminate the 6:29, 6:47, 6:59, and 7:17 a.m. eastbound trips, and the 4:50, 5:05, 5:35, and 5:50 p.m. westbound trips.

Create a 6:50 a.m. eastbound trip, originating from the Hollister branch, and a 7:05 a.m. eastbound trip, originating from the Rosslyn branch.

Create a 4:55 p.m. westbound trip to the Rosslyn branch, change the 5:05 p.m. westbound trip to serve the Hollister Branch, and add a 5:10 p.m. westbound trip to the Rosslyn Branch (local-not via freeway).

52 Hirsch/Scott
Weekdays – Adjust trip times for more reliable service.

65 Bissonnet
7 days/week – Adjust trip times for more reliable service.

82 Westheimer
Weekdays – Add 3:05, 4:39 and 7:45 p.m. westbound trips and 6:23 a.m. and 3:48 p.m. eastbound trips between Downtown and West Oaks Mall to match ridership demand.

88 Hobby
Weekdays – Add a 4:38 a.m. northbound trip to match ridership demand.

163 Fondren Express
7 days/week – Adjust trip times for more reliable service.

214 Northwest Station Park & Ride
Weekdays – Eliminate 7:55 and 8:05 a.m. inbound peak direction trips, and the 7:11 and 7:19 a.m. outbound reverse peak direction trips to reflect ridership shift to the Cypress Park & Ride route.

217 Cypress Park & Ride
Weekdays – Relocate lot from temporary HP facility to the new permanent facility located at US 290 & Skinner Road (summer 2007). Add a 5:42 a.m. inbound, and a 7:05 p.m. outbound trip to match ridership demand. Adjust trip times for more reliable service.

265 West Bellfort Park & Ride
Weekdays – To improve travel time and on time performance, the “A” and “B” outbound afternoon peak service will be modified. The “A” route will stop at outbound stops along Congress, and on Smith between Congress & Dallas. The “B” route will stop along Smith between McKinney & Holman.

More reliable AND improved! We've been tracking Metro's "improvements" for a couple of years now; do you think there'll ever come a time when Metro will get bus service reliable and improved?

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Posted by Anne Linehan @ 05/27/07 07:32 AM | Print |

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