FALL 2011 SERVICE CHANGES

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Fall 2011 RIDE GUIDES available now

The 80 page book includes all of this fall's service changes and is your complete printed source of CATA schedule information. You can download a pdf version now using the link below. It is now available on all of our buses and at both of our offices and will also be included in the Friday August 19 edition of the Centre Daily Times.

Fall 2011 RIDE GUIDE (7.3 mb)

 

printable summary of changes


CATABUS Campus Service (LOOP & LINK ) changes starting Saturday August 20, 2011:

RED LINK:
• The routing has been extended into the Mount Nittany Medical Center serving the same two stops as the former P Route.
• The timetable has been adjusted accordingly resulting in slightly longer service frequency throughout the day

new Campus Service schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011:

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CATABUS Community Service changes starting Saturday August 20, 2011:

CATABUS Fare Increases Effective Sunday, August 1

A Park Forest Village:
• The first AM trip will start six minutes later and the second will start five minutes earlier.

New A Park Forest Village schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

AP Airport:
• The Route has been eliminated effective Saturday August 20, 2011 (As a result, CATARIDE service to/from the Airport has also been discontinued effective that same date).

B Boalsburg:
• Additional time has been added into the entire timetable to help with schedule adherence; this change affects the specific timing of most every trip.
• The 6:04 p.m. Inbound, 6:40 p.m. Outbound and 7:17 p.m. Inbound weekday trips have been converted into six new Express trips that operate during ski season only - 5:45, 6:45 & 10:00 p.m. Outbound and 6:15, 7:15, 9:30 & 10:30 Inbound Express trips.

New B Boalsburg schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

C Houserville:
• Additional time has been added into the entire timetable to help with schedule adherence; this change affects the specific timing of most every trip.
•The routing will now also exit the Mall off of East College Ave. via the J. C. Penny entrance instead of using Shiloh Road to avoid the traffic congestion problems in that area.
• The two separate stops at W. R. Hickey’s and Dunkin’ Donuts on East College Avenue have been merged into a single new improved stop in front of the new Country Inn & Suites.

New C Houserville schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

F Pine Grove:
• Additional time has been added into the entire timetable to help with schedule adherence; this change results in the both the morning and afternoon trips each starting a few minutes earlier and the midday trip operating five minutes later.
• The 3:54 p.m. Inbound weekday trip (from Whitehall Road to campus/downtown) has been eliminated.
• The W College Av at University Club bus stop will no longer be served by the F Route.

New F Pine Grove schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

G Gray’s Woods (now the G Stormstown):
• The Z (Stormstown) Route has been merged back into the G (Grays Woods) Route and renamed the G Stormstown; the Marysville/Gray’s Woods extension of the former G Route has been eliminated.
• The entire timetable has been adjusted accordingly.

New G Stormstown schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

H Toftrees & P Medical Center/Scenery Park (now the HP Toftrees/Scenery Park):
• The H (Toftrees) and P (Scenery Park/Medical Center) Routes have been merged into a single route.
• Service to Mount Nittany Medical Center has been moved from the P Route to the RED LINK.
• Service to Geisinger Gray’s Woods has been moved from the W Route to the new HP.
• Former P Route area weekday service frequency has been improved from every 70 minutes to approximately every 60 minutes but will end one hour earlier.
• The former H Route area shaded weekday trips will now operate Inbound only.
• The entire timetable has been adjusted accordingly.
• Saturday service frequency in both former areas has been reduced from every 60/70 minutes to approximately every 120 minutes.
• This new HP Route is now the only “Fare-Free” on campus Community route.

New HP Toftrees/Scenery Park schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

K Cato Park:
• Two additional Inbound only trips have been added during the evening rush hour increasing the Inbound frequency from every 60 to every 30 minutes during that period.
• The entire timetable has been adjusted.
• The W College Av at University Club bus stop will no longer be served by the K Route.

New K Cato Park schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

M Nittany Mall:
• The routing will now enter and exit the Nittany Mall off of East College Ave. via the J. C. Penny entrance instead off of Shiloh Road to avoid the traffic congestion problems in that area.
• Full service Saturday frequency has been reduced from every 30 minutes to every 60 minutes (shaded trips eliminated); the first Saturday Outbound trip will now also start five minutes late.
• The two separate stops at W. R. Hickey’s and Dunkin’ Donuts on East College Avenue have been merged into a single new improved stop in front of the new Country Inn & Suites.

New M Nittany Mall schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

N Martin St./Aaron Dr & V Vairo Blvd:
• Additional time has been added into the entire timetable to help improve schedule adherence; this change effects the specific timing of most every trips and changes frequency slightly.
• The Outbound N Route has been rerouted through Greentree Commons.
• All gray shaded trips (Full Service only) on these routes have been converted to VE and (new) NE Route express trips.

New N Martin St/Aaron Dr and V Vairo Blvd schedule effective starting
Saturday August 20, 2011

NV Martin St/Vairo Blvd:
• All former NV service from Curtin Rd. has been converted to VE and (new) NE Route trips.
• Early evening service from College & Allen has been restored and the NV service frequency from College & Allen has been increased to approximately every ten minute.
• The Inbound routing has been changed to operate back into downtown via US322 & College Avenue; the net result is a continuous loop operating between College Avenue, Martin St. and Vairo Blvd. from 2:00 – 10:00: p.m.

New NV Martin St/Vairo Blvd schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

P Scenery Park:
• Route merged with H Route (see HP Toftrees/Scenery Park)

New HP Toftrees/Scenery Park schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

R Waupelani Drive:
(No Changes)

R Waupelani Drive schedule

S Science Park:
The W College Av at University Club bus stop will no longer be served by the S Route.

New S Science Park schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

UT University Terrace:
The 11:25 a.m. trip has been eliminated and a 7:05 a.m. trip has been added.

New UT University Terrace schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

V Vairo Blvd (see N Martin St./Aaron Dr & V Vairo Blvd above):

New V Vairo Blvd schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

VE Vairo Blvd. Express & (new) NE Martin St. Express:
• New NE service will operate just ahead of and in between all Inbound and Outbound N trips between Park Forest Avenue and Curtin Road 7:00 a.m. – 7:00  p.m.
• The VE routing has been changed to operate in both directions along Vairo Blvd; the service has also been extended until 10:00 p.m. (replacing former NV service from Curtin Road during that time period.)

New VE Vairo Blvd Express and NE Martin St/Aaron Dr Express schedules effective starting
Saturday August 20, 2011

W Valley Vista:
• The routing has been extended into Patton Forest Park (Centre Volunteers in Medicine) instead of Geisinger Gray’s Woods.(service to GGW moved to the new HP Route).
• The 10:21 p.m. weekday outbound only trip has been eliminated.
• The two weekday Outbound only late afternoon trips have been converted to “short” trips ending at Oak Hill (just like the late night trips.)
• The entire timetable has been adjusted accordingly.

New W Valley Vista schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

X Bellefonte/Pleasant Gap:
• The 3:20 p.m. weekday and Saturday trip has been eliminated.
• The 10:20 a.m. 12:20 p.m. & 2:20 p.m. weekday trips have also been eliminated and replace by a 1:20 p.m. trip.
• The routing will now enter and exit the Mall off of East College Ave. via the J. C. Penny entrance instead off of Shiloh Road to avoid the traffic congestion problems in that area.

New X Bellefonte/Pleasant Gap schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011

Z Stormstown:
• Route merged with G Route (see G Gray’s Woods -now the G Stormstown)

New G Stormstown schedule effective starting Saturday August 20, 2011