CHT Modifies Service for Halloween Evening

Chapel Hill Transit (CHT) will operate a modified service schedule the evening of Sunday, October 31, 2010, to accommodate the Halloween celebration on Franklin Street.     The following modifications will be in effect:

NU Route: Route will end at 9:02 p.m. at the PR Lot.

EZ Rider:  Service will end at 9:00 p.m.

Safe Ride Routes: Safe Ride buses will operate from 11 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., along detoured routes.  Safe Ride is a service funded by the UNC-Chapel Hill Student Government for the safety of students.  Safe Rides will not serve the Downtown/Franklin Street area.  Please be advised that due to road closures and traffic pattern changes, CHT may be unable to operate published schedules for these routes.

  • Safe T – pick up and drop off from Chapel Hill Town Hall
  • Safe J – pick up and drop off from Passport Motors (Franklin Street at Graham Street)
  • Safe G – pick up and drop off from Columbia Street at Sitterson Hall across from Carolina Inn

No Bus Shuttles: There will be no bus shuttles operating from park and ride lots to the Halloween Celebration.

  • Point 2 Point Express – When heading north on Columbia, it will detour right on Cameron Avenue instead of Franklin Street. then resume it’s normal route.

 

Please visit www.chtransit.org for a map of the detoured routes.  For additional information, please contact a CHT customer service representative at 919.969.4900 or email chtransit@townofchapelhill.org .

 

Survey Shows Residents and Riders Give Public Transportation in Chapel Hill/Carrboro High Ratings

Transit passengers and residents of Chapel Hill and Carrboro rate transit service in Chapel Hill/Carrboro much higher than the national average.  Eighty-eight percent of riders rated the overall quality of CHT service as excellent or good, while 86 percent of residents surveyed consider the adequacy of public transportation in Chapel Hill/Carrboro to be excellent or good.
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