This page is a summary of the changes that would be made under the draft 70% Plan for the 2021 Transit Service Plan, organized by service change theme.
For more details, learn how each plan would affect your route and the routes in your city.
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Light Rail
- All light rail lines would operate every 20 minutes on weekdays and every 30 minutes on weekends (instead of every 15 minutes on weekday, every 20 minutes on weekends).
- Light rail service would also end at 10:00 p.m. (instead of 1:30am).
Bus
All bus routes would generally end service at 10:00 p.m. or earlier, and most bus routes would experience reduced service frequencies than their pre-COVID service.
Frequent Bus Route Frequency
- Frequent routes would generally operate every 20 minutes on weekdays (instead of every 15 minutes).
- Some frequent routes are exceptions and would operate more or less frequently than 20 minutes on weekdays
|
Route |
Pre-COVID Service |
70% Plan Weekday Frequency Change |
|---|---|---|
|
Rapid 500 |
Every 15 minutes |
Every 15 minutes (10-20 min. range) |
|
Rapid 523 |
Every 15 minutes |
Every 30 minutes |
Midday Bus Service Cuts
Some routes would have reduced midday frequency on weekdays compared to pre-COVID service
|
Route |
Pre-COVID Service |
70% Plan Midday Service Cut |
|---|---|---|
|
20 |
Every 30 minutes |
every 30 minutes peak, every 60 minutes midday |
|
21 |
Every 30 minutes |
every 30 minutes peak, every 60 minutes midday |
|
27 |
Every 30 minutes |
every 30 minutes peak, every 60 minutes midday |
|
53 |
Every 30 minutes |
every 30 minutes peak, every 60 minutes midday |
|
57 |
Every 15 minutes |
every 20 minutes peak, every 30 minutes midday |
|
59 |
Every 30 minutes |
every 30 minutes peak, every 40 minutes midday |
|
60 |
Every 15 minutes |
every 20 minutes peak, every 30 minutes midday |
|
72 |
Every 15 minutes |
every 20 minutes peak, every 30 minutes midday |
|
77 |
Every 15 minutes |
every 20 minutes peak, every 30 minutes midday |
|
89 |
Every 30 minutes |
every 20 minutes AM peak, every 40 minutes midday, every 30 minutes PM peak |
Weekend Bus Service Cuts
All bus routes would face major weekend service cuts and would have reduced frequency on weekends and end at or before 10:00 p.m., or will no longer provide weekend service compared to pre-COVID service.
Discontinued Routes
- Route 52 – this weekday-only route would be discontinued under the 70% plan
- Route 83 – this weekday-only route would be discontinued under the 70% plan
Express Bus Routes
The following Express bus routes are presumed to continue operating with partial sponsorship from corporate partners under the Express Bus Partnership Program:
- Express Route 101 – 2 AM peak trips, 2 PM peak trips
- Express Route 102 – 5 AM peak trips, 5 PM peak trips
- Express Route 103 – 3 AM peak trips, 3 PM peak trips
- Express Route 104 – 2 AM peak trips, 2 PM peak trips
- Express Route 121 – 3 AM peak trips, 3 PM peak trips