MTA To Start Enhanced Bus Routes To Job Centers, End Express Bus Surcharge

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland Transit Administration volition motorboat autobus way improvements it said volition enactment occupation centers astatine Tradepoint Atlantic and Cockeysville, make a caller Express BusLink betwixt westbound Baltimore and Tradepoint Atlantic and extremity a surcharge for explicit autobus riders, according to an bureau connection Friday. The changes spell into effect Aug. 29.

The MTA said the changes bespeak its committedness to providing equitable work portion improving reliability and ended the explicit autobus 60-cent fare surcharge arsenic portion of that commitment. The explicit autobus fares volition align with section autobus fares, and explicit autobus work besides volition resume afloat scheduled work Aug. 29.

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The MTA besides has projected launching caller three- and 10-day walk options to bespeak expected caller post-pandemic commute patterns arsenic a effect of flexible onsite enactment schedules and volition connection discounts connected time passes for CharmPass mobile app users. The bureau said it expects to merchandise details connected the caller options shortly.

The MTA provided a summary of the section autobus way changes:

Service Enhancements:

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• LocalLink 63 & Express BusLink 163:
  The LocalLink 63 volition supply improved entree to Tradepoint Atlantic, Northeast Baltimore and Johns Hopkins Bayview. The selected routing volition utilize Lombard Street, Highland Avenue, Edison Highway, Sinclair Lane and Moravia Road to link with the Gardenville Park and Ride connected Belair Road.
  The NEW Express BusLink 163 way volition supply fast, nonstop work from West Baltimore MARC to Tradepoint Atlantic. The way volition usage US-40 via downtown on Eutaw Street, with connections to Metro Subway Link and Light Rail Link, Pratt/Lombard Streets, past question connected I-395/I-95 to Holabird Avenue, Broening Highway and on Dundalk Avenue connected the existing LocalLink 63 routing to Tradepoint Atlantic.
• LocalLink 93: The modified LocalLink 93 way volition realign work successful Cockeysville from a conception of Warren Road to York Road to amended entree to indispensable jobs and retail businesses, including the Super Walmart and Home Depot on Industry Lane.
• Express BusLink Service:
  Service volition resume connected each Express BusLink routes, but Express BusLink 164.

Discontinued Routes:

• Pilot work to Relay connected the CityLink Yellow volition beryllium discontinued owed to debased ridership.
• Express BusLink 164 volition beryllium discontinued owed to debased ridership. Alternate work is provided connected LocalLink 67.

In summation to the modifications for section autobus service, MDOT MTA antecedently announced it volition resume afloat work for MARC Train and Commuter Bus, effectual Aug. 30. Both MARC and Commuter Bus person operated connected reduced schedules since November 2020 successful effect to COVID-19 ridership impacts.

More details connected the Fall 2021 Service Change tin beryllium viewed connected its website. Riders besides whitethorn telephone the Transit Information Contact Center astatine 410-539-5000. MDOT MTA reminds riders that look coverings, per the national Transportation Security Administration enforcement order, are inactive required portion connected buses and trains.

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CBS Baltimore Staff