Latest bus route changes start Sunday
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Port Authority will revise 26 bus routes Sunday in the second wave of service changes that ultimately will affect nearly every rider.
The authority also will add service on the West Busway, where the first round of route revisions on April 4 led to overcrowded buses and rider complaints.
Sunday also will bring slight adjustments to 22 bus and rail routes, part of the regular quarterly tweaking of transit service by the agency.
Then on Monday, an additional 24 bus routes will return to their regular Downtown corridors after being detoured by construction.
The authority is overhauling service throughout this year and next, eliminating little-used routes, adding service to popular destinations, trimming the number of variations on routes and renaming them.
Sunday's changes "are the latest moves that ultimately will help make Port Authority's route system more effective and productive," spokesman Jim Ritchie said.
Routes that will change Sunday are 6B Spring Hill (becomes 6 Spring Hill), 11E Fineview (becomes 11 Fineview), 13G Thompson Run Express (O5 Thompson Run Flyer), 13U North Hills-Oakland Express (O4 McKnight-Oakland Flyer), 16F City View (15 Charles), 28K Moon Express (G3 Moon Flyer), 41B Bower Hill (41 Bower Hill), 44U Mt. Lebanon-Oakland (42 Mt. Lebanon-Oakland), 46F Baldwin Highlands (Y49 Prospect Park Flyer), 46G Elizabeth (Y46 Elizabeth Flyer), 51A Arlington Heights (48 Arlington) and 51C Carrick (51 Carrick).
Also, 53F Homestead-Lincoln Place (53 Homestead Park and 53L Homestead Park Limited), 55M Century III Mall (55 Jefferson), 56B Hazelwood (57 Hazelwood), 56C McKeesport-Lincoln Place (56 Lincoln Place), 67A Monroeville (67 Monroeville), 67F Trafford (69 Trafford), 67H Squirrel Hill (65 Squirrel Hill), 68D Braddock Hills Express (P68 Braddock Hills Flyer and 68 Braddock Hills), 79D Mount Carmel (79 East Hills), 86A East Hills (86 Liberty), 86B Frankstown (88 Penn), E Elizabeth Flyer (Y1 Large Flyer), HP Holiday Park Flyer (P12 Holiday Park Flyer) and LP Lincoln Park Flyer (P17 Lincoln Park Flyer).
Schedules are available in racks at the Downtown subway stations and Port Authority's service center on Smithfield Street. Schedules can be viewed online at www.portauthority.org.
On the West Busway, the 28X Airport Flyer will serve all stops on its current route, eliminating restrictions on where passengers could board and exit along the busway. Stop restrictions also will be lifted for the G2 West Busway-Oakland route on the busway and in Oakland.
First Published June 11, 2010 12:00 am
