Valley Bus Changes: New, Improved And Eliminated

Sat., Oct. 4, 1997

New or improved

Line 9: (Sprague) - Upgraded. It will arrive every 15 minutes. Its service east of Sullivan replaced by new routes 53 and 54.

Line 9L: (Sprague Limited) - Replaces 12, but peak hours only.

Line 10: (Mission) - Upgraded. 30-minute route lengthened to Sullivan, but some service eliminated in Orchard Avenue neighborhood.

Line 31: (Upriver) - New hourly service from downtown, goes to Upriver Drive and Minnehaha area. During peak times, it continues to Pasadena Park, Millwood and Spokane Industrial Park.

Line 41: (Argonne) - Hourly route replaces existing route 19, extended to Sullivan Transfer Station. Service eliminated west of Argonne.

Line 42: (Pines) - New half-hour line serving Pines Road.

Line 43: (South Valley) - A new hourly route, replaces portions of lines 21 and 22.

Line 44: (East Eighth/Broadway) - New hourly service, replaces part of Line 14.

Line 48: (Pines/Sullivan/Spokane Industrial Park/Liberty Lake Express) - New, replaces route 28. Midday service eliminated.

Line 49: (Liberty Lake Super Express) - New. Offers round trips to downtown Spokane during mornings and evenings.

Line 53 and 54: (Greenacres, Liberty Lake, Otis Orchards) - New. Two buses will run hourly loops all day, heading opposite directions. The buses can go anywhere in these areas if riders call ahead.

Eliminated

Line 12: (U-City Limited) - Replaced by 9 Limited, but only during mornings and evenings.

Line 15: (Crosstown) - Replaced by 5, but it won’t enter the Valley.

Line 18: (Broadway Feeder) - Replaced by 53, service along Broadway eliminated, but Broadway and Pines intersection is served by 42.

Line 19: (Millwood Feeder) - replaced by routes 10 and 41.

Line 20: (Trentwood Feeder) - Replaced by 10 and 41.

Line 21: (24th Avenue Feeder) - Replaced by 42 and 43.

Line 22: (32nd Avenue Feeder) - Replaced by 42 and 43.

Line 25: (Upriver) - Replaced by 31.

Line 28: (Freeway Express) - Replaced by 18 and 49.

Line 37: (Kaiser/SIP) - Replaced by 48.

, DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: NEED A MAP? Maps of the proposed bus routes are available at the Valley Transit Center, Fourth and University, and at the STA Plaza downtown. A map detailing the proposed route changes also appeared on Sept. 13 in The Spokesman-Review.

This sidebar appeared with the story: NEED A MAP? Maps of the proposed bus routes are available at the Valley Transit Center, Fourth and University, and at the STA Plaza downtown. A map detailing the proposed route changes also appeared on Sept. 13 in The Spokesman-Review.

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