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NEW SERVICE

ROUTE #
Route 29

PROPOSED SERVICE
8am-8pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
No Existing Service.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 29 would receive 12 hours of new service.

POSITIVE
Provides new Saturday service to Southbridge and Charlton. Provides additional Saturday access to Auburn Mall and areas of Southbridge Street with Routes 25 and 42.

NEGATIVE

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ROUTE ADJUSTMENTS

ROUTE #
Route 27

PROPOSED SERVICE
Eliminate service to the Auburn Mall, and all points in Auburn. Route would be short turned at James/S. Ludlow Streets.

EXISTING SERVICE
Route currently extends into Auburn through S. Ludlow Street in Worcester to Pinehurst Ave in Auburn. Route continues to Oxford Street North and Auburn Street and terminates with direct access to the Auburn Mall.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Service would be eliminated from James/S. Ludlow Streets directly to the Auburn Mall.

POSITIVE
Controls bus bunching along Main Street. Allows for clock face headways from the Hub with Routes 19 and 33. Improves amount of service for the Route 27-5 interline.

NEGATIVE
Does not allow direct access to the Auburn Mall for anyone from Main South/Webster Sq/Stafford Street, which is highly productive. Eliminates productive leg of Auburn Street.

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INTERLINE ADJUSTMENTS / TIMING AND/OR SERVICE SPAN ADJUSTMENTS

ROUTE #
Route 1 and 16

PROPOSED SERVICE
9am-7pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
Routes 1 is interlined with Route 2 on Saturday and operates between 7am and 5:55pm. Route 16 is interlined with routes 14, 15, 16 and operates between 9:55am and 6:45pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
With new combo, Route 1 gains 3 hours of additional service; Route 16 gains 1 hour additional service.

POSITIVE
Longer service spans (4 hours total).

NEGATIVE

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ROUTE #
Route 7 and 23

PROPOSED SERVICE
6am-10pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
Route 23 interlined on Saturdays with routes 19, 3 and 23 with route 23 operating between 6:35am and 9:42pm. Route 7 operates idependently on Saturday between 6:15am and 9:45pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 7 gains an additional 30 mins of service; Route 23 gains 53 minutes of service.

POSITIVE
Additional service hours. More efficient new 7 & 23 interline than existing Routes 3, 19 and 23 interline.

NEGATIVE
Disbands existing “cross-town” connection between Routes 19 and 23.

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ROUTE #
Route 19 and 30

PROPOSED SERVICE
6am-10pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
Route 19 is interlined on Saturdays with routes 19, 3 and 23 with route 19 operating between 6:50am and 9:25 pm. Route 30 is interlined with route 6 on Saturdays and operates between 5:50am and 9:57pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 19 gains 85 minutes of new service; Route 30 loses 7 minutes.

POSITIVE
Route 19 gains 85 minutes additional service. Establishes new interline on high volume routes.

NEGATIVE
Route 30 loses 7 minutes of service. Disbands existing “cross-town” connection between Routes 19 and 23.

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TIMING AND/OR SERVICE SPAN ADJUSTMENTS

ROUTE #
Route 2

PROPOSED SERVICE
10am-6pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
Routes 1 and 2 interlined on Saturday with route 2 operating between 7:30am and 5:45pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 2 gains 1.75 hours of additional service.

POSITIVE
Disables underutilized interline. Adds 1 hour and 45 minutes of additional service.

NEGATIVE

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ROUTE #
Route 3

PROPOSED SERVICE
10am-6pm ELECTRIC.

EXISTING SERVICE
Route 3 is interlined on Saturdays with routes 19, 3 and 23 with route 3 operating between 10:25am and 6:25pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
No change in service span; earlier start time.

POSITIVE
Earlier start time. Disbands complicated interline with Routes 19 and 23.

NEGATIVE
Earlier end time.

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ROUTE #
Route 5 and 27

PROPOSED SERVICE
6am-10pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
Routes 5 and 27 are interlined on Saturday with route 5 operating between 10:30am-7:20pm and route 27 operating between 5:45am and 9:20pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 5 gains almost 7.25 hours of additional service; Route 27 gains 25 minutes of additional service and a later start time.

POSITIVE
Greatly enhances Route 5 with an additional 7.5 hours of service.

NEGATIVE

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ROUTE #
Route 6

PROPOSED SERVICE
6am-10pm ELECTRIC.

EXISTING SERVICE
Routes 6 and 30 are interlined on Saturday with route 6 operating between 7am and 9pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 6 gains 2 hours of service.

POSITIVE
2 hours additional service.

NEGATIVE
Breaks 6 and 30 interline. However, proposed 19/30 interline would be well utilized.

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ROUTE #
Route 11 and 24

PROPOSED SERVICE
6am-10pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
Routes 11 and 24 interlined on Saturday with route 11 operating between 6:05am and 9:35pm and route 24 operating between 6:40am and 9:20pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 11 gains an additional 30 mins of service; Route 24 gains 80 minutes of additional service.

POSITIVE
Additional service hours.

NEGATIVE

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ROUTE #
Route 14

PROPOSED SERVICE
10am-6pm ELECTRIC.

EXISTING SERVICE
Route 14 is interlined with routes 14, 15, 16 and with route 14 operating between 11:15am and 7:35pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 14 loses 20 minutes of service.

POSITIVE
Breaks up inefficient interline.

NEGATIVE
Route 14 loses 20 minutes of service.

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ROUTE #
Route 15

PROPOSED SERVICE
10am-6pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
Route 15 is interlined with routes 14, 15, 16 with route 15 operating between 12:05pm and 6:00pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 15 gains 2hrs and 5 mins of additional service.

POSITIVE
Breaks up inefficient interline. Route 15 gains 125 minutes of service.

NEGATIVE

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ROUTE #
Route 22

PROPOSED SERVICE
9:30am-5:30pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
Independent route on Saturday operating between 9:30am and 5:35pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 22 loses 5 minutes of service.

POSITIVE

NEGATIVE
Route 22 loses 5 minutes of service.

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ROUTE #
Route 23

PROPOSED SERVICE
6am-10pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
Route 23 is interlined on Saturdays with routes 19, 3 and 23 with route 23 operating between 6:35am and 9:42pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 23 gains 53 minutes of service.

POSITIVE
Aims for clock headway. Route 23 gains 53 minutes of service. Disbands complicated interline with Routes 19 and 23.

NEGATIVE
Disbands existing “cross-town” connection between Routes 19 and 23

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ROUTE #
Route 25

PROPOSED SERVICE
10am-6pm ELECTRIC.

EXISTING SERVICE
Current service operates 9:50am-5:05pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 25 would gain 1 hour of new service.

POSITIVE
Provides clock headway. Provides an additional 45min-1 hr of new service.

NEGATIVE

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ROUTE #
Route 26

PROPOSED SERVICE
6am-10pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
Current service operates 6:45am-9:55pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 26 would gain 50 minutes of service.

POSITIVE
Aims for clock headway. Provides almost 1 hr of additional Saturday service.

NEGATIVE

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ROUTE #
Route 31

PROPOSED SERVICE
10am-6pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
Current service operates 10:55am-6:40pm.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 31 would gain 15 minutes of service.

POSITIVE
Aims for clock headway. Provides an earlier start time for service.

NEGATIVE
Earlier end time of service.

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ROUTE #
Route 42

PROPOSED SERVICE
7am-7pm.

EXISTING SERVICE
Current service operates 7:50am-11:35am and 2:50pm-6:35pm with a midday service gap.

CHANGE IN SERVICE
Route 42 would gain 4 hours and 30 mins of new service with 2 additional trips added in the midday.

POSITIVE
Provides consistent all day service on Route 42 on Saturdays. Aims for clock headway. Fills a service gap that has been requested by customers for over one year.

NEGATIVE

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The enclosed information is a WRTA service change PROPOSAL only. These service changes will not take effect unless approved by a vote of the WRTA Advisory Board. These proposed changes are being presented to the public for review and comment. The WRTA encourages feedback and comment on these proposed changes and invites the public to attend any of the public meetings scheduled in early October at various locations within the region.

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