Intercity Transit boosts service

Transit improvements

• Published February 12, 2008

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Intercity Transit has been rebuilding the system since taxpayers approved an increase in South Sound sales taxes collected inside the area in which it operates. Service enhancements this month restore transit service to the same levels as eight years ago, when the agency made cuts when car tab Initiative 695 took effect.

Record ridership

Dennis Bloom, planning manager for IT, said records are being set each month because of a combination of high fuel prices, increased concern regarding global warming and improved transit service. Ridership has increased 42 percent in five years.

More service

Frequency has increased to Tumwater (Route 13), west Olympia (Routes 41, 42, 44 and 45), Lacey (Routes 60, 62A, 62B and 64) and Yelm (Route 94). Highlights include:

• Fifteen-minute frequency between downtown Olympia and south Tumwater weekdays (Route 13).

• Additional weekday and Saturday service to and from The Evergreen State College (Route 41).

• Six added trips between Family Court and South Puget Sound Community College (Route 42).

• Fifteen-minute frequency between east Lacey and Olympia weekdays (Routes 62A and 62B).

• Increased weekday and Saturday service between Yelm, Lacey and Olympia (Route 94).

For more information

Pick up a Transit Guide at Olympia Transit Center, area Safeways and Timberland Regional libraries in Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater and Yelm. Go to www.intercitytransit.com or call 360-786-1881.