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Transit operator outlines June 4 service changes and a system redesign to boost on-time performance
Summary
Transit staff said a service change effective June 4 will adjust routes and interlining to improve on-time performance (currently ~70%) toward an 80% target, add weekend service on route 25 to College Station, and coordinate stop relocations with campus partners as part of a broader system redesign.
Transit staff told the Athens in Motion Commission that a summer service change effective June 4 will adjust route time points, increase route interlining and connections, and add weekend service on route 25 to College Station in hopes of improving on-time performance.
"Around this time last year we were in the neighborhood of 50%. As of today currently we are in the neighborhood of 70% ... Hopefully with the service change in June we will hit our goal of 80%," Jeremy said, describing steady year-over-year improvement and the target for reliability.
Staff said most changes are minor schedule and time-point adjustments across the system’s 18 routes, including coordinating stops near campus (Memorial Hall and Physics) so stops align across the street for better accessibility and transfers. Interlining — assigning vehicles to continue on a different route for operational efficiency — will be used on several corridors so routes 22 and 26 can interline and provide more seamless transfers to routes 25 and 27.
The staff presentation noted a partnership with campus transit that informed the changes, including a shared goal of aligning service changes with the university's schedule. Staff said a weekend service will be introduced on route 25 to serve the College Station parking area, and a small stop relocation (about 100 feet) was proposed to accommodate a campus partner's routing to a nursing school on Barnes Road.
Staff also briefed the commission on a larger ongoing major system redesign with consultants (RS&H and Jarrett Walker) to re-evaluate the bus network and identify a potential longer-term restructuring; commissioners were invited to stakeholder workshops and a fuller presentation planned for May. Staff framed the redesign as an effort to modernize a system many commissioners said reflects a mid-20th-century network.
The presentation closed by asking commissioners to note the public-notice period (two weeks before the service-change date) and the availability of maps and slides for questions and feedback.
