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Cascades East Transit outlines hubs, service‑hour growth and new buses for Central Oregon
Summary
Cascades East Transit Director Bob Townsend briefed council on 2025 priorities: acquiring a Bend North Corridor property for a central hub, bus stop and parking improvements, grant awards and plans to expand service hours and fare/card systems across Bend and Redmond.
Redmond — Cascades East Transit (CET) director Bob Townsend updated the Redmond City Council on planned service changes, property acquisition for a Bend hub, vehicle purchases and outreach plans for 2025.
Townsend said CET is in the process of acquiring a triangular 3.5‑acre property in the Bend North Corridor near Lowe’s — "It's about 3 and a half acres, and CT is in the process of acquiring that to make it a central hub," he said — and that the agency is moving ahead with architecture and engineering work for the site.
The agency won several recent grants Townsend described as central to fleet and stop improvements: roughly $2.5 million in…
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