Centro Park-N-Ride Service
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Townsend Street Detour
Friday 9/3 - 9/17
Effective Friday 9/3/10 and will last until at least Friday 9/17/10. The following are the routes that will be effected:
52 Court - Park - Shop City
80 - Grant Boulevard
180 Grant Boulevard - Taft - Dunlap
Leaving Downtown:
From Townsend St.
Right on Hickory Street
Left on McBride Street
Left on Union Place
Left on Prospect Ave.
Left on Hickory Street
Left on McBride Street
Left on Laurel Street
Right on Townsend St. to Reg. Route
Coming to Downtown:
From Townsend Street
Left on Laurel Street
Right on McBride Street
Right on Union Place
Left on Prospect Avenue
To Regular Route
Attention OCC Customers
Onondaga Community College has announced they will no longer subsidize student bus fare aboard Centro buses in full. Instead, each student will be allowed a $0.25 discount on their bus fare. OCC students will now pay $1.00 within Zone 1 and $1.25 within Zone 2. The $0.25 discount will also apply for students traveling from further distances such as Oswego, Auburn, Central Square and Tully.
This change will be effective August 23, 2010 through January 17, 2011. OCC students must present a valid student picture identification card with a yellow sticker with the words: OCC Bus Pass Fall '10
This discount is available to Student Residents living on campus & Students living off campus only. OCC employees must continue to pay the regular fare. Students presenting ID cards that do not bear the proper sticker will be required to pay the full fare.
For more information: http://students.sunyocc.edu/life.aspx?id=24895
Final Piece of Funding in Place for New Centro Transfer Hub
Centro Executive Director Frank Kobliski discusses the impact of an $8.5 million federal grant for Centro’s new transfer hub as Congressman Daniel Maffei and Senator Charles Schumer look on.
Syracuse, NY – The final piece of funding is now in place ensuring that construction will soon begin on Centro’s new bus transfer hub in downtown Syracuse.
The U. S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority (Centro) $8.5 Million as part of its Bus Facilities Livability grant program. The grant ensures that all the money is now in place for the project.
The new transfer hub will be located at a site bounded by South Salina St., East Adams St., and South Warren Sts. It will feature an enclosed waiting area for customers, weather protected bus bays for passenger loading and bus pass vending machines. The new hub will replace Centro’s current Common Center transfer point at the corners of Fayette and Salina Streets.
Construction on the new transfer hub will begin later this fall after remediation and demolition of the existing building is completed. The new hub is scheduled to open in late 2011.
Federal Transportation Administration Administrator Peter Rogoff, U.S Rep. Dan Maffei and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced the grant at a news conference in Syracuse.
Centro’s grant is the fourth largest in the Livability program nationwide; only New York, Chicago and Stamford, CT had transportation projects that received more money.
New Centro Bus Schedules
for Summer 2010
Syracuse, NY –Centro’s summer bus schedules will go into effect on June 28, 2010. Due to New York State’s continued reduction in funding for the State’s public transportation operators the new schedules include a reduction in frequency of trips on several Centro bus routes.
This marks the third consecutive year in which New York State has reduced its funding for public transportation authorities. The money provided by the state typically accounted for nearly 50% of the cost of operating Centro bus services.
“While we have had to reduce the frequency of some services, we continue to provide access for the overwhelming majority of individuals who would use public transportation,” said Centro Executive Director Frank Kobliski. “However, we are concerned that continued funding reductions from New York State will further erode our bus services and affect more and more Central New Yorkers.”
The new schedules are green in color and are now available online and at Centro distribution sites.
Here is the list of changes:
All affect weekday service.
Attention OCC Customers
DETOUR
Effective Monday, June 7, 2010
Until Further Notice
Buses will follow the regular route to
the first shelter at OCC, at the Health and Phys Ed Building. The bus will then loop through the parking lot, and exit at the same entrance where it entered the lot.
The bus will then turn left, and then right and reverse its route back to the Main Entrance off Onondaga Road.
Centro will not be serving the other bus shelters on campus.
Attention Syracuse Customers
Festival season is upon Syracuse! Along with the great entertainment, food, and fun also comes traffic and road closures.
Centro would like to make riders aware that during the summer festivals in Clinton Square and along Salina and Franklin Streets, several routes may be impacted. Although rare, even some events end up displacing the Common Center transfer point at the intersection of Fayette and Salina Streets.
If you are planning to travel using Centro Friday-Sunday throughout the summer, you may want to check in with us ahead of time to verify where your bus will be picking up or dropping off.
cnyrta@centro.org –or- 315-442-3400
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