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Phase 1 Implementation Schedule

January Service Improvements

All routes will run

  • until 11:15 PM on weeknights (and until 12:15 AM on the 7 busiest routes)
  • until 10 PM on Saturdays (except Route 17 –Woodland/Airport)
  • at least every 30 minutes on weekdays from 5 AM to 7:15 PM (and until 12:15 AM on the 7 busiest routes)

GVSU’s Route 50 will be extended to the Rapid Central Station during evening hours—6:45 PM to 12:30 AM

January 9, 2012 Details

Weekdays:

  • All Routes: Service extended to at least 11:15 PM (and to 12:15 AM on the 7 busiest routes)
  • Route 1-Division: Service extended to 12:15 AM
  • Route 2-Kalamazoo: Service extended to 12:15 AM & frequency increased to every 30 minutes in the evening*
  • Route 3-Madison: Service extended to 11:15 PM every 60 minutes in the evening. Frequency increased to every 30 minutes from 5 AM to 7:15 PM
  • Route 4-Eastern: Service extended to 12:15 AM & frequency increased to every 30 minutes in the evening*
  • Route 6-Eastown/Woodland: Service extended to 12:15 AM & frequency increased to every 30 minutes in the evening*
  • Route 9-Alpine: Service extended to 12:15 AM & frequency increased to every 30 minutes in the evening*
  • Route 11-Plainfield: Service extended to 12:15 AM & frequency increased to every 30 minutes in the evening*
  • Route 14-East Fulton: Frequency increased to every 30 minutes from 5 AM to 7:15 PM
  • Route 18-Westside: Frequency increased to every 30 minutes from 5 AM to 7:15 PM
  • Route 28-28th Street: Service extended to 12:15 AM & frequency increased to every 30 minutes in the evening*
  • Route 50-GVSU: Service extended to Rapid Central Station in the evening**

Saturdays

  • All Routes: Service extended to 10 PM***
  • Route 3-Madison: 60-minute service extended to 10 PM
  • Route 5-Wealthy/Woodland: 60-minute service extended to 10 PM
  • Route 10-Clyde Park: 60-minute service extended to 10 PM
  • Route 13-Michigan/Fuller: 60-minute service extended to 10 PM
  • Route 14-East Fulton: 60-minute service extended to 10 PM
  • Route 24-Burton: 60-minute service extended to 10 PM
  • Route 44-44th Street: 60-minute service extended to 10 PM

* 6:45 PM to 12:15 AM

**6:45 PM to 12:30 AM

*except Route 17-44th Street/Airport

August Service Improvements

Six routes will see frequency increased to every 15 minute on all or peak segments of their route, including:

  • Route 5-Wealthy/Woodland
  • Route 7-West Leonard
  • Route 8-Grandville/Rivertown Crossing
  • Route 15-East Leonard
  • Route 28-28th Street

A new Fuller Street route (Route 19) will extend service on Fuller between Michigan and Hall Streets with 30-minute frequency, bridging 5 existing routes and increasing transfer opportunities.

We’ll extend the Route 50-GVSU service to Rapid Central Station during daytime hours (evening hours begin in January—to run from 6:45 AM to 12:30 AM.

August, 2012 Details

Weekdays:

  • Route 5-Wealthy/Woodland: Frequency increased to every 15 minutes from Central Station to Breton Village Mall
  • Route 7-West Leonard: Frequency increased to every 15 minutes
  • Route 8-Grandville/Rivertown Crossing: Frequency increased to every 15 minutes from Central Station to 28th Street
  • Route 17-Woodland/Airport: Frequency increased to every 30 minutes from 5 AM to 7:15 PM
  • Route 19-(name?):new route that follows Route 13 from Central Station to Michigan and Fuller—then heads south on Fuller to Hall Street with 30-minute peak frequency****
  • Route 15-East Leonard: Frequency increased to every 15 minutes
  • Route 28-28th Street: Frequency increased to every 15 minutes between Woodland Mall and Burlingame
  • Route 44-44th Street: Frequency increased to every 30 minutes from 5 AM to 7:15 PM
  • Route 50-GVSU: Service extended to Rapid Central Station during daytime hours—from 6:45 AM to 12:30 AM**

*6:45 PM to 12:15 AM

**6:45 PM to 12:30 AM

***except Route 17-44th Street/Airport

**** Route 13 will continue to operate north of Michigan at 30-minute frequency

What’s next for the Silverline?

 

Part of our Phase I plan also includes the completion of the Silverline Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service along Division serving downtown Grand Rapids, the Medical Mile, Grand Rapids Community College, and a host of businesses along the Division corridor.

Stations along the corridor will provide maps and scheduling information, electronic signs displaying vehicle arrivals and departures, security cameras, and a way to pay fares. BRT hybrid diesel-electric vehicles reduce fuel costs and emissions by about 30%.

Thanks to the passage of the May 2011 Public Transportation Millage, the SilverLine Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project continues to move forward. The successful millage guarantees that local funds will be availabe to operate the system, so The Rapid continues to work through the funding and approval process with the Federal Transportation Administration.

In November of 2011, the U.S. Congress passed the Fiscal Year 2012 Trasnportation Appropriations bill with $12,887,943 appropriated for the SilverLine project. This funding will be awarded if the FTA approves The Rapid's Project Construction Grant Agreement (PCGA), which is expected this spring. Once the PCGA is approved, construction can begin.

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