Lycoming County Ride Guide
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Lycoming County Ride Guide VOLUME 10, ISSUE 1 8/1/2019 www.rideRVT.com See Page 33 for 50th Anniversary Celebration Table of Contents Page Message from the General Manager ..............................................................................................................................3-4 Summary of Route Changes .......................................................................................................................................................4 Phone Numbers & General Information ...........................................................................................................................5 Riding the Bus ......................................................................................................................................................................................6 Bus Fare Information ...................................................................................................................................................................7-8 EZ Fare Pass System .........................................................................................................................................................................8 Route Information for the Trade & Transit Centre ....................................................................................................9 Reading Your River Valley Transit Ride Guide .............................................................................................................10 Snow Alert Routes & Schedules ...........................................................................................................................................11 Four Easy Steps to Use the Bike Rack ..............................................................................................................................12 My Ride smart phone app ........................................................................................................................................................13 Schedules and Maps ...............................................................................................................................................................14-39 Newberry via Fourth Street .................................................................................................................................14-15 Montoursville ...................................................................................................................................................................16-17 Park Avenue - Garden View .................................................................................................................................18-19 Loyalsock ............................................................................................................................................................................20-21 South Side/Duboistown, South Side/Route 15 ........................................................................................22-23 East End/ManorCare, East End/Eldred Street ...........................................................................................24-25 West Third Street/Industrial Park ......................................................................................................................26-27 Tri-Town Connector - Muncy/Montgomery .....................................................................................................28 Tri-Town Connector - Muncy/Hughesville ..........................................................................................................29 Valley View Connector .............................................................................................................................................30-31 Lycoming Mall/Lycoming Crossing ............................................................................................................................32 Super Nightline East ...........................................................................................................................................................34 Super Nightline West ........................................................................................................................................................35 Vallamont ...................................................................................................................................................................................36 Lysock View Complex ......................................................................................................................................................37 Downtown Connector – Wegmans ......................................................................................................................38 Jersey Shore Connector ..................................................................................................................................................39 River Valley Transit Plus - Paratransit Service/ADA Fixed Route Service .................................................40 Lycoming County Employment Transportation Program ...................................................................................41 Title VI Compliance ........................................................................................................................................................................41 Community Sponsors ..................................................................................................................................................................42 Special Event Services ...................................................................................................................................................................43 Williamsport Trolleys ....................................................................................................................................................................44 Special Programs & Promotions ............................................................................................................................................45 Hiawatha Paddlewheel Riverboat Information ....................................................................................................46-48 Peter Herdic Transportation Museum Information .................................................................................................49 UPMC Susquehanna Pass Program .....................................................................................................................................50 Coupons ................................................................................................................................................................................................51 2 Message from the General Manager Welcome aboard the River Valley Transit Bus System! River Valley Transit is celebrating 50 years of public transportation in the City of Williamsport and surrounding communities. On August 8, 1969, the City officially began operation of the buses under the newly created Williamsport Bureau of Transportation (WBT), having purchased the privately operated Williamsport Bus Company with the help of grants from the federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. For you History buffs, the first decade of this transition from private to public transit saw construction of a new maintenance facility and office space for the Bureau of Transportation and the purchase of twelve new Twin-Coach buses in its initial attempt to update its antiquated fleet. While the City of Williamsport was the owner and operator of the new transit system, a partnership including surrounding communities – including Old Lycoming and Loyalsock Townships along with the boroughs of Montoursville, South Williamsport, and Duboistown – was formed to provide local funds necessary to provide local matches state and federal operating grants. In 1977 WBT implemented a comprehensive new system of routes and schedules that greatly improved service levels and ridership, which reached the one million mark for the first time in 1979! In 1980, although still the Williamsport Bureau of Transportation for administrative purposes, the operating system changed its name to City Bus, with the motto “We Take Pride in Every Ride.” In that same year City Bus began to upgrade its fleet with the acquisition of eight new GMC fully-accessible buses with wheelchair ramps and lifts, and then in 1983 it purchased seven new Neoplan buses, making the City Bus fleet the most modern in Pennsylvania. Also, in its first move toward regionalization, City Bus extended bus service to the Lycoming Mall and the Borough of Muncy in 1988. In 1990 City Bus purchased the first of its three trolleys. As a result of a study of downtown Williamsport infrastructure needs, a development plan was conducted by the City, Lycoming County, and the Chamber of Commerce. In 1998 construction began on a transit facility on the corner of Third and Pine streets. This Trade & Transit Center I, which opened in 1999 on the former site of L.L. Stearns Department Store, operates as a central hub for transit system operations which facilitates easy transfers and provides numerous amenities for passengers. A decade and a half later the Trade & Transit Centre II was built to expand RVT’s downtown hub. In 2003 service was initiated on the new Tri-Town connector which linked the Boroughs of Montgomery and