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Annapolis Transit Operating on Regular Schedule

May 23, 2012

Memorial Day Update: This Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2012, the Annapolis Department of Transportation will be running our bus routes on the normal Sunday schedule due to the holiday. We will be adding one extra bus to the purple route so as to run every 1/2 hour. To view the schedule click here: Memorial Day Schedule 2012

May 18, 2012

The Circulator is a great tool we are using as part of the city's Avoid a Parking Ticket Campaign in partnership with, downtown businesses and their associations (ABA, MAP and AEDC). This is a cooperative effort to get people comfortable using the City’s parking garages rather than parking in residential neighborhoods or overstaying the allotted time on parking meters, resulting in getting a ticket.

May 18, 2012

On August 24, 2011 

Mayor Joshua J. Cohen  requested public input on proposed service enhancements and expansion of the City’s transit system. An informational meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, August 24 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 160 Duke of Gloucester Street. 

The service enhancements have focused on increasing the frequency of the Brown, Green, Gold and Purple routes, while improving Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) service.

Also, the proposed expansion includes the Annapolis Circulator, which launched July 1. The Circulator was to be a 6-month pilot program that utilizes existing resources to shuttle riders from the City’s parking garages throughout the Central Business District. It is now over a year into existence and working hard for our Central Business District. 

Annapolis Transit officials are working hard to implement the  discussed shuttle service to Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI-Marshall) Airport and to Arundel Mills.  The proposed service connecting at the Westfield Annapolis mall.

We are now nearing the end of phase two of the plan and moving into stage three.

Phase 1 - FY 2012: 
•   Annapolis Circulator (new service) 
•   Increase frequency of the Gold Route 
•   Improved ADA Service  

Phase 2 - FY 2013:     
•   Increase frequency on the Brown, Green and Purple routes
 
Phase 3 - FY 2014:
•   Provide service to Airport and Arundel Mills 

For more information, please contact the Annapolis Department of Transportation at 410-263-7964 or go to www.annapolis.gov/transit 

New Transit Fares

March 30, 2012

New transit fares will go into effective on April 30, 2012.  The basic one-way cash fare will increase from $1.50 to $2.00.  Different types of transit pass (day, weekly, monthly, annual passes) with unlimited rides will still be available to purchase.  Again, there will be no transfers.  Instead, transit users are encouraged to buy a day pass for $4.00 for unlimited rides.

For more information, please contact the Annapolis Department of Transportation at 410-263-7964 or go to www.annapolis.gov/transit 

Gold and Brown routes Service Enhancements
March 15, 2012

Effective Saturday, March 31, 2012, Annapolis Transit will increase service frequency on the GOLD and BROWN routes.  One (1) bus will be added to the GOLD Route. With this addition, the wait time on the Gold Route will be reduced from two (2) hours to one (1) hour.

Two buses will be added to the BROWN route between 7:30AM to 10:30AM and 3:00PM to 6:00PM.  The wait time during these time periods will be reduced from 45 minutes to about 22 minutes.

The bus route schedules on the affected routes will be revised to reflect these changes.

Information on the enhancement is available:
-   on the buses;
-   at the City’s website at www.annapolis.gov/transportation; and
-   at the Annapolis Department of Transportation located at 308 Chinquapin Round Road
 
For more information, please contact the Annapolis Department of Transportation at 410-263-7964 or go to www.annapolis.com/transit.

Transit System Upgrade: Bus Stops and Shelters

The Department of Transportation is no longer in contract with Clear Channel who was responsible for our bus shelters.

We are now under a new contract with Outdoor Creative Design who will be responsible for our bus shelters. The new bus shelters should be up in about 6 weeks. The BUS STOPS have NOT moved and the shelters will go back in the same places they were before. Until the shelters are back up, drivers have been instructed to make sure they are stopping for people who may be waiting on a bus but not standing directly where the shelter was or people who are waving their hands by a stop. This way we won't accidentally drive past anyone waiting on one of our buses.

For more information, please contact the Annapolis Department of Transportation at 410-263-7964 or go to www.annapolis.com/transit.

Thank you for patience as we continue to improve and upgrade our transit system.