Capital Area Transportation Authority’s Michigan State University campus bus service has resumed its Spartan Service, bus service which operates only during the spring and fall semesters. The Night Owl service, which provides weekend service upon request, from 2a.m. until 9a.m. is also in operation.
Spartan Service resumed in its entirety Aug. 31 with the return of Routes 30-33 and introduction of Route 39 on MSU’s campus. Routes 1, 25 and 26 will also provide Spartan Service with more frequent and later evening service. Customers will return to boarding Route 20 – 25 buses at the Shaw and Farm Boarding Area. These routes will not travel into the MSU-CATA Transportation Center during the semester.
CATA routes with fall service changes:
• Route 1- Downtown Lansing/Meridian Mall- Will have weekday morning time adjustments, evening time adjustments and added morning Capitol Loop trips.
• New route: Route 1, Limited- Provides weekday morning and evening service between Meridian Mall and downtown Lansing. Three trips each morning and evening serve a limited number of bus stops for a faster commute.
• Route 2- S. Washington/Pleasant Grove- Weekday morning time adjustments.
• Route 3- Willow/Lansing Mall- Downtown route adjustments en route to CTC, Capitol Loop trips added in the morning and weekend time adjustments.
• Route 5- South Cedar/Edgewood- Added weekday afternoon trips.
• Route 6- Cedar/Jolly Connection- Added weekday afternoon trips.
• Route 8- Pennsylvania/Holt- Weekday morning time adjustments and added afternoon trips.
• Route 9- S. MLK Jr. Blvd/Miller- Added weekday afternoon trips and weekday buses travel to Hill Vocational Center on every trip.
• Route 11- Waverly/Colonial Village- Downtown route adjustment for buses en route to the CTC.
• Route 12- West Michigan/Waverly- Downtown route adjustment for buses en route to the CTC.
• Route 14- N. Grand River/Airport- Time changes and added weekday morning and afternoon trips.
• Route 26-Abbott/Chandler- Route change between Shaw and Burcham.
• Route 46- Mason, Limited- Morning service begins at S. Penn. Meijer and travels to Mason before heading to Lansing. Evening service- after arriving in Mason, bus takes expressway to S. Penn Meijer- ending service at CTC- no stops along the way.
• Route 48- Williamston/Webberville, Limited- Morning service begins at S. Penn Meijer and travels to Webberville before heading to Lansing. Evening service- after arriving in Webberville, bus takes expressway to CTC.
MSU campus route changes:
• Route 30- Wilson- Akers- Operates until 2a.m.
• Route 31- Brody – Hubbard- Operates until 2a.m.; routing change on north campus; buses no longer serve University Village.
• Route 32B-Commuter Lot Limited- Will travel between the Commuter Lot and the MSU-CATA Transportation Center via Hagadorn until Farm Lane construction ends this fall. Route 32- Commuter Lot- resumes service on Farm Lane when the road reopens.
• Routes 34, 35 and 36 will no longer operate weeknights. These three routes will run Saturdays and Sundays from 9a.m. until 2:30a.m.
• New route: Route 39-University Village/Spartan Village- This new route provides service between University Village, Spartan Village and central campus; weekdays, 7a.m. until 2a.m.
For more information, please call CATA’s Customer Service Representatives at (517) 394-1000 weekdays from 7a.m. to 7 p.m. and weekends from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. New bus schedules are available in schedule racks, on CATA buses, and on CATA’s Web site, www.cata.org.
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