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EFFECTIVE JUNE 15, 2020 BUS MAP & GUIDE Chittenden County COVID-19 RELATED UPDATES INSIDE Download Transit App Plan your trip and receive upcoming depature times for nearby GMT lines. Download Token Transit Select a single ride or monthly pass. When you are ready to ride, tap your pass to activate. As you board the bus, show the driver your digital ticket. CONTACT GMT: Green Mountain Transit | 802.540.2468 [email protected] | www.RideGMT.com COVID-19 SCHEDULE UPDATES COVID-19 RIDER INFORMATION Due to the fluctuating changes related to COVID-19, GMT has delayed the printing of a new Bus Map and Masks Required Guide. There are several schedule changes, effective All passengers riding on GMT vehicles will be June 15, 2020, outlined in this digital guide. required to wear a cloth face covering, this includes children 2 and older. For everyone’s Please continue to monitor our website page RideGMT. safety, there are no exemptions to this com/covid-19-update/ for the MOST CURRENT policy. This requirement, as mandated by information. the Governor’s Executive order, will be in effect until further notice. Thank you. Effective until further notice, GMT will operate bus service fare free. We will continue to monitor COVID-19 updates and adjust this time-frame accordingly. Limiting the interaction on-board our buses will help us prevent SOCIAL DISTANCING the spread of COVID-19 to other passengers and to our For the safety of our passengers and bus operators, Transit Operators. Whenever possible, Transit Operators GMT is limiting the number of passengers on-board to may ask passengers to board and alight through the rear allow for social distancing. Please see RideGMT.com/ door of the bus. covid-19-update/ for up-to-date boading guidelines. SCHEDULE CHANGES: The following routes are operating a modifed schedule For Everyone’s Safety DO NOT BOARD THE BUS if: related to COVID-19: • You have any symptoms of COVID-19; cough, fever, difficulty Red Line (North Avenue / Williston) ................... 8-13 breathing. Blue Line (Shelburne / Essex) ....................... 14-19 • You have traveled outside of the State of Vermont since 3/30 Purple Line (College St. Shuttle / UMall-Airport) ....... 26-31 and have not self quarantined for at least 14 days. Orange Line (Williston / Essex) .........................32 • You have been in contact with any person who is infected Silver Loop (Essex Center) ............................33 with COVID-19 in the past 14 days. 36 Facility Closures: Jeffersonville Commuter ....................... 36-37 • The Downtown Transit Center lobby in Burlington and the 46 116 Commuter ............................... 38-39 Montpelier Transit Center will be closed until further notice. 76 Buses will continue to serve the platform. Middlebury LINK Express ....................... 42-44 • GMT’s main administrative buildings in Burlington, Berlin, and St. Albans are closed until further notice. 96 St. Albans LINK Express ...........................45 86 Montpelier LINK Express ....................... 46-47 Customer service staff is still available by phone from 7:00A-4:00P, Monday-Friday. Please call 540-2468 with questions or email us at 286 Burlington-Waterbury LINK Express .............. 46-47 [email protected]. If you are looking for a lost and found item, please contact GMT to schedule a pick-up time to collect your 97 Barre LINK Express ................ Service Suspended item(s). Stay Informed: Our website will be regularly updated with service information. COMING SOON! TRANSIT TV You can also get up-to-date notices from: Transit App is bringing Transit TV to GMT, which means that our • Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/RideGMT passengers will be able to view • Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/RideGMT real-time arrival and departure • Sign-up for our Service Alert Email: bit.ly/2TXU4uR times on the electronic screens • Review the COVID-19 page on our website: RideGMT.com/ located on the platform of the covid-19-update/ DTC. In the meantime, be sure • Download the Transit App and receive alerts via the app: to download the app to your transitapp.com Smartphone at: • Phone our new hotline: 802-540-6881 www.transitapp.com 2 3 Fare Information|Buying Passes Table of Contents|Transfers |Title VI Adult cash fare $1.50 Bus Routes Adult 10-ride pass $15.00 Tilley Drive Shuttle .............................. 7 Adult 31-day pass $40.00 Red Line (North Avenue / Williston) .............8-13 Blue Line (Shelburne / Essex) ..................14-19 Discounted cash fare $.75 Green Line (Pine Street / Riverside-Winooski) ....20-24 Discounted 10-ride pass $7.50 Lakeside Commuter ..........................24 Discounted 31-day pass $20.00 Shopping Specials ............................25 Discounted fare available to those age 6 to 17, seniors age 60 and Purple Line (College St. Shuttle / UMall-Airport) ..26-31 over, persons with disabilities and those with Medicare cards. A driver’s Orange Line (Williston / Essex) ..................32 license or non-driver’s identification card issued by the Vermont DMV Silver Loop (Essex Center) ......................33 may be required to prove eligibility of age. Gold Loop (City Loop) .......................34-35 One child, age five and under, rides free when accompanied by a fare paying adult passenger. Additional children receive discount fare rate. Does not include LINK Express or Local Commuter routes. Exact fare 36 required; drivers cannot make change. Regular and discounted fares Jeffersonville Commuter ..................36-37 apply for Sunday Special service. 46 116 Commuter ..........................38-39 Adult local commuter | Intra-County cash fare $2.00 56 Milton Commuter ........................40-41 Adult local commuter | Intra-County 10-ride pass $20.00 76 Middlebury LINK Express ..................42-44 Adult local commuter | Intra-County 31-day pass $75.00 96 Local Commuter fare is available on the Milton Commuter, Jeffersonville St. Albans LINK Express ......................45 Commuter, and 116 Commuter as well as travel on LINK Express routes 86 within the same county. Montpelier LINK Express ...................46-47 286 Burlington-Waterbury LINK Express ..........46-47 Adult LINK Express cash fare $4.00 Adult LINK Express 10-ride pass $40.00 Adult LINK Express 31-day pass $150.00 Children are responsible for paying the full fare on all LINK Express and Local Commuter routes. Only children under the age of two who will be Transfers sitting on an adult’s lap are not required to pay. The following locations are designated as transfer locations: DTC, Amtrak, Champlain Mill, and Walmart. GMT cannot coordinate transfers at other Non-Peak Commuter Service Discount Fare locations; these are at a rider’s own risk. (Eligible discount fare passengers only, see below) Discounted fare available to those age 2 to 17, seniors age 60 and over Buses can be held no later than five minutes past their scheduled or persons with disabilities and those with Medicare cards. A driver’s departure and will depart once connecting passengers are on-board. license or non-driver’s identification card issued by the Vermont DMV Note: GMT cannot hold buses for transfers that operate on 20-minute may be required to prove eligibility of age. service. Transfers are valid for one hour after issuance (ask for transfers when Milton Commuter Midday (CASH FARE ONLY) $1.00 boarding a bus). Monthly pass holders passengers do not need a transfer, Montpelier LINK Express Midday (CASH FARE ONLY) $2.00 just swipe your monthly pass on the next bus. Buying Passes Title VI of the Civil Rights Act Online: Visit RideGMT.com to purchases passes (online orders limited to 5 passes) GMT operates its programs and services without regard to race, color, and national origin in accordance with the Civil Rights Act. Any person who By Phone: Call 802-540-2468 | TDD 711, Monday-Friday 7:30A - 4:00P believes she or he has been aggrieved by any unlawful discriminatory GMT does not offer refunds on pass purchases practice under Title VI may file a complaint with GMT. For more information on GMT’s civil rights program and the procedures to file a complaint, contact GMT at 802-864-2282 (VT Relay 800-253-0191), Holidays [email protected], or at our administrative office at 15 Industrial Park- way, Burlington, VT 05401. For more information visit www.RideGMT.com There is no bus service and the GMT office and Downtown Transit Center are closed on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Easter, A complainant may file a complaint directly with the Federal Transit Ad- Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. GMT ministration by filing a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights, Attention: operates a shortened schedule on Christmas Eve. Please contact us at Title VI Program Coordinator, East Building, 5th Floor-TCR, 1200 New Jersey 802-540-2468 for more information. Ave., SE, Washington DC, 20590. 4 5 Traveler Information|Special Services Tilley Drive Shuttle ADA and Special Services The Special Services Transportation Agency (SSTA) operates this Boarding and Medical Equipment Passengers with disabilities are afforded the time they need to board and service and it is a FREE connection between the University Mall disembark the bus. Many buses can also be lowered to make it easier and Tilley Drive. The Tilley Drive Shuttle offers service to Vermont to enter and exit. Passengers with respirators, concentrators or portable Eye Laser and the Sphinx Building, including the UVM Medical oxygen may bring these items on the bus. Center Dental Clinic on Route 116 in South Burlington. Wheelchair Access The Tilley Drive Shuttle is free, but regular fares apply on the All GMT buses are equipped with wheelchair lifts/ramps and two or more Red Line and Purple Line (please note that the Purple Line does spaces to accommodate wheelchairs up to the weight capacity of the lift/ramp. Driver will operate the lift/ramp and secure you and your wheel- not pull-in to the University Mall) in order to travel to and from chair in the tie-down area.