![]() ![]() To make a reservation, riders can call (325) 676-6BUS (6287) anywhere from two hours to seven days in advance. "It takes them exactly where they need to go." "It's much more convenient," said Sharpe. A new Saturday trip will be added, departing UM Medical Center at 6:58am for. If riders live within the on-call route's coverage area, the shuttle could even drop them off at their doorstep. service operating every 15 minutes until 5:30pm. The on-call route does not just serve marked stops. Some of the areas covered in the route's expansion include Cisco College's Abilene campus, TSTC's Abilene campus, the Mall of Abilene and the Expo Center of Taylor County. It wasn't very flexible, so we replaced that route and service with this new on-call service." "Ridership was very minimal there," Sharpe said. Sharpe said that the idea for the on-call bus ride service came from an old service that CityLink Abilene used to have at Cisco College's Abilene campus, which only made three stops a day. "One of the reasons that we're covering the southeastern part of town is because historically, that's the area of town that has been underserved by our transit system," said CityLink Abilene General Manager Bobby Sharpe. The on-call bus ride service, which started over nine months ago, allows riders to call and make a reservation for a ride. ABILENE, Texas - CityLink Abilene is expanding their on-call bus ride service's route on July 15, which would double their current coverage area. ![]()
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