CityGo

CityGo
Slogan "Go green!"[1]
Founded 2008[2]
Headquarters 1710 W. Schilling Road
Locale Salina, Kansas
Service area Saline County, Kansas
Service type Bus, Fixed Route
Routes 4
Stops > 145
Fleet 8 buses
Operator OCCK
Chief executive Patrick Wallerius[1]
Website www.salinacitygo.com

CityGo is a local subsidized bus service in Salina, Kansas operated by OCCK through partnership with the City of Salina and the Kansas Department of Transportation.[1] The service was opened to the public in November 2008.[2]

Routes and operations

CityGo operates four fixed routes, all of which cover a significant and different area of the city, and terminate in downtown Salina where each route forms a loop.[3] The routes are identified by color: the blue route serves the north and eastern parts of the city, the red route serves greater downtown and the south, the yellow route serves the east side of town and down the main street, and the purple route serves the entire south and west areas of the city, near the airport. Each route operates on a regular one bus per hour schedule during non-peak hours, and two buses per hour during peak hours.[4]

Route Locations served and transfer points (T)
Blue 7th/Walnut (T), Faith(T), Central High School, Dillons at Sunset Plaza (T)
Red 7th/Walnut (T), Salina Regional Health Center, South High School, Central Mall, Wal-Mart (T), Faith (T), City/County Building
Yellow 7th/Walnut (T), Social Security Office, Wal-Mart (T), Central Mall, Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina Regional Health Center
Purple 7th/Walnut (T), Dillons at Sunset Plaza (T), Wal-Mart (T), K-State Salina,

Paratransit

OCCK offers door-to-door paratransit service to those with disabilities, the elderly, and others who meet eligibility requirements.[1] The service is available from 6 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday, and 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday.

Inter-City (NCK Express)

OCCK also operates intercity bus service to areas around Salina, branded as NCK (North-Central Kansas) Express.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 OCCK. "Go Green with CityGo, Salina's fixed route transit service". Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  2. 1 2 Clouston, David (November 12, 2008). "CityGo buses ready to get city's public transportation system started". The Salina Journal. p. A5. The city's new bus service, CityGo, is primed and ready to go, with a "soft launch" of the new service scheduled to debut Monday.
  3. ↑ City of Salina. "Official City of Salina, Kansas Website – OCCK Bus Routes". Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  4. ↑ OCCK. "Route timetables" (GIF). Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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