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Cascades East Transit expands hours, rolls out fare plan and seeks funding changes as board weighs growth
Summary
Cascades East Transit Director Bob Townsend told the Bend City Council on June 4 that CET has expanded weekday service hours, will introduce a mobile transit pass and an airport pilot route this summer, and is preparing a systemwide fare policy while monitoring state payroll-tax and funding changes that could reshape service capacity.
Cascades East Transit Director Bob Townsend updated the Bend City Council on June 4 about service expansions, an upcoming fare plan and ongoing state and federal funding negotiations that could change CET’s growth trajectory.
Townsend said CET restored weekday weekday hours to roughly 6 a.m.–7:30 p.m. to better serve commuters after COVID-era cutbacks concentrated ridership in midday. He described the change as gradual and said early rider counts on Monday showed preliminary uptake but that CET expects ridership to grow as riders learn the new schedule.
Townsend detailed other changes planned this summer and fall: a July 14 launch of a new Route 8 in northeast Bend; a pilot direct morning “airport” route serving Hawthorne Station to the Redmond Airport (initially 4 a.m.–noon trips); new benches, shelters and sign…
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