If the Going Gets Tough, Just Get on the Bus!
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IF THE GOING GETS Just follow these tips to make your 4. Dress for the weather. Remem- winter travels with RRTA easy. ber to wear your scarf, hat, boots, and TOUGH, JUST GET ON either gloves or mittens to keep you THE BUS! 1. Check one of these local radio warm while waiting for your bus. or TV stations to make sure RRTA It's snowing and you've got to get to buses and shared ride services 5. Allow extra time to get to your work, or school, or just out of the house! are operating. bus stop. Sidewalks and curbs can You dread shoveling your parking space be slippery. and scraping your car. Is it worth it to Television Stations: slip and slide through heavy traffic only WGAL-TV8 to arrive at your destination frazzled? WHTM-TV27 6. Look for a safe place to board Snow and ice may block Why not catch the bus and let RRTA WLYH-TV 15 your bus. take you where you need to go? RRTA the marked bus stop. Our operators buses operate through some of Lan- will stop where the snow and ice are Radio Stations: best cleared to insure safe boarding. caster's nastiest weather and our drivers WLPA 1490 AM/WROZ 101.3 are trained professionals who know how WLAN/FM97 7. Stand back from the curb. It to handle the best and worst weather WIOV 105 FM conditions with ease. Riding the bus is is important to be visible, but please WSBA 910 AM/WARM 103 FM the safe, affordable, convenient way to stand at least 18 inches from the curb win your war against winter weather. WDAC 94.5 FM and wait for your bus to come to a WRVV 97.3 FM complete stop before boarding. If you need to get the driver's attention wave 2. Visit the RRTA website - your arms. www.redrosetransit.com RRTA places announcements on our website about winter weather ser- vice changes. Stay up-to-date with RRTA's BusFinder GPS track- ing system. 3. Call RRTA at 397-4246 for up to the minute information on detours and delays. Standard detours are listed in this brochure but road conditions may cause changes to these detours. RRTA 12/17 STANDARD & ALTERNATE (Continued) ROUTE DEVIATIONS Route 16/Millersville - Standard: No deviation to Lancaster Greens Apts. on late night trips. In the event of a snowstorm, RRTA RIDER may be forced to change some bus routes. Route 17/Columbia - Standard: No service to Standard deviations are typically followed Marietta. Alternate: In Columbia, bus travels when snowfall is under 12 inches. Alternate Rt. 462 to 5th Street to Chestnut St. to 3rd St. deviations are generally followed when snowfall to Locust St. to Rt. 462. is over 12 inches. Please check our website to ALERT find out if your route is operating on a standard Route 18/Elizabethtown - Standard: Regular or an alternate deviation. The deviation being route outbound to Amtrak. No extension to 2017 - 2018 followed for your route can also be obtained by Nordstrom. Regular route inbound. calling RRTA at 397-4246. Route 19/Manheim - Standard: Bus travels Winter Weather Route 1/Southeast - Standard: Bus travels Rt. 72 to Square to Rt. 72 and does not operate King St. to Broad St., then regular route. on Hazel Street. Transit Tips Alternate: Bus travels King St. to Broad St. to Chesapeake St. to Duke St. to Farnum St. Route 21/Gap - Standard: Regular route out- and to Queen Street. bound to Urban Outfitters. No extension to Gap Shopping Center. Route Deviations Route 2/6th Ward - Standard: No deviation. Alternate: Bus travels New Holland Ave. to Routes 5, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, the Historic Ross St. to Park Ave. to New St., then regular Downtown Trolley Shuttle & the Millersville route. University Shuttles generally will follow Route 3/8th Ward - Standard: Bus travels regular routes. Prince St. to Hazel St. to Wabank Rd. to regu- lar route. Alternate: Bus travels Prince St. to Hazel St. to Wabank Rd. to regular route. No service to Sterling Place or Kensington Court. Route 10/Lititz - Standard: Bus travels Broad Sign-up for alerts in RRTA's BusFinder St. to Newport Rd. to regular route. system. Visit www.redrosetransit.com and click on the BusFinder button to Route 11/Ephrata - Standard: Bus travels create an account. State St. to Main St. to regular route to WalMart. No extension to EARS. Regular route inbound. Route 13/White Horse - Standard: No service Call (717) 397-4246 beyond White Horse. Alternate: No service beyond Intercourse - bus travels Rt. 340 to for more information. Queen Road to Rt. 772 to Rt. 340. www.redrosetransit.com.