Student Tribune
Free Bus Transportation for MCC Students, Employees between Brighton and Downtown Campuses
I am pleased to share with you that MCC and the Regional Transit Service
(RTS) have reached an agreement on free bus transportation between our two
campuses for students and employees beginning with the fall 2017 semester.
RTS will provide safe, reliable, convenient and free transportation
between MCC's Brighton Campus and Downtown Campus beginning on September 5,
2017, the first day of classes this fall. Students and employees can access the
service with their MCC identification card.
This new service agreement replaces our previous shuttle service.
The details of the new MCC service are as follows:
Route 5 MCC Downtown: This is a new route that will run
Monday through Friday between the RTS Transit Center and MCC's Downtown Campus
on State Street. Buses will run every 10 minutes between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00
p.m., and every hour between noon and 9:15 p.m. Route 5 MCC Downtown will only
operate when MCC classes are in session. Members of the MCC community will ride
for free on Route 5 by showing the bus operator their MCC ID. This route is
also available to the general public.
Route 55 MCC Brighton & Route 155 MCC Brighton ROC-IT:
The existing Route 50 MCC will be renamed the Route 55 MCC Brighton starting on
Monday, September 4, 2017. Route 155 MCC Brighton ROC-IT is a new route that
will follow the same route path as Route 55, but will make fewer stops along
the way. These two routes will operate Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 5:30
p.m., with buses arriving at the Center Road loop on MCC's Brighton Campus
every half hour. For example, if a Route 55 bus arrives at 7:00 a.m., a Route
155 bus will arrive at 7:30 a.m., and they will alternate arrivals throughout
the day. Members of the MCC community will ride for free on Routes 55 and 155
by showing the bus operator their MCC ID. These routes will also be available
to the general public.
Route 23 Jefferson: Members of the MCC community traveling
to and from the Brighton Campus Monday through Friday after 5:00 p.m. can ride
for free by showing the bus operator their MCC ID. Route 23 buses will pick up
and drop off students at the bus shelter on Campus Drive near entrance/exit B
on MCC's Brighton Campus.
Route maps and information will be available on the RTS website in August,
prior to the start of the fall semester. To plan your trip or find other
information about RTS please visit www.myRTS.com.
MCC
campus maps indicate all RTS bus stops covered by this agreement.
Simmons, Hezekiah
Administrative Services
06/16/2017