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| Headquarters | 49 Coxe Avenue |
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| Locale | Asheville, North Carolina |
| Service area | Buncombe County, North Carolina |
| Service type | Bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 16 |
| Web site | [1] |
Asheville Transit System is the municipally-owned operator of public transportation in Asheville, North Carolina. The agency provides service from 6am to 11:30pm on Monday through Saturday. Park & Ride locations are located along Routes 1 & 9. Throughout downtown, buses operate fare free; the standard fare is $1 per ride.
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Route list
- 1 Haywood Rd/DMV - Serves the Haywood Road corridor through the heart of West Asheville, the Pisgah View Apartments, and the DMV office on Patton Avenue
- 2 Merrimon Ave/UNCA/Beaverdam - Serves Merrimon Avenue/US 25, the main business corridor in North Asheville. Includes the Beaverdam and Lakeshore neighborhoods, and the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
- 4 Kenilworth/Asheville Mall - Services Mission Hospital, Kenilworth neighborhood, and Tunnel Road/US74 between the Asheville Mall and Innsbruck Mall.
- 5 Charlotte St/Grove Park Inn - Half-hour route serving the quieter Charlotte Street corridor, Macon Avenue and the historic Grove Park Inn.
- 6 Hendersonville Rd/Airport - 90-minute route serving Asheville High School, Biltmore Village, and Hendersonville Road, the main corridor throughout South Asheville. Route continues through Skyland and Arden and terminates at the Asheville Regional Airport, where passengers can connect with Henderson County's Apple Country Transit.
- 8 Biltmore Ave/Shiloh - Serves Bitmore Avenue, Biltmore Village, and South Asheville's Shiloh neighborhood. Also serves Rock Hill Road and Sweeten Creek Road/US25A just immediately south of Interstate 40.
- 9 Brevard Rd/Biltmore Square Mall - Serves West Asheville and Pisgah View Apartments en route to the Western NC Farmer's Market and Biltmore Square Mall
- 11 Montford/Klondyke/Hillcrest - Half-hour route serves North Asheville's historic Montford neighborhood, as well as Klondyke and Hillcrest apartments.
- 12 Fairview Rd/Oakley/River Ridge - Serves Biltmore Village, and the Oakley neighborhood and River Ridge apartments & shopping center just southeast of downtown.
- 13 Tunnel Rd/Oteen/Haw Creek - Serves Tunnel Road, the main business corridor in East Asheville, the Haw Creek neighborhood and the Oteen area, including the VA Hospital.
- 15 Patton Ave/Deaverview - Serves busy Patton Avenue via the Smoky Park Bridge, and the Deaverview community north of Patton Avenue west of the French Broad River.
- 16 North Louisiana/Bingham Heights -Also transits the Smoky Park bridge, but serves areas north of Patton Avenue closer to downtown. This includes the North Louisiana, Emma, and Bingham Heights areas.
- 18 Erskine St/Flint St/UNCA - Circular route serving South French Broad Avenue, Asheville-Buncombe Technical College, South Charlotte Street, and UNC-Asheville.
- 26 Tunnel Rd - Serves Tunnel Road to the Asheville Mall, then South Tunnel Road to the Bleachery Boulevard shopping Center along the Swannanoa River.
- 170 Swannanoa/Black Mountain - Connects the immediate Asheville area with Swannanoa and Black Mountain, smaller towns in Eastern Buncombe County, via Tunnel Road and US70.
Evening routes roughly corresponding to day routes:
- 36 - similar to route 8
- 38 - similar to route 18
- 41 - incorporates routes 1 and 15
- 46 - similar to route 16
- 51 - similar to route 11
- 52 - similar to route 2
Transit Master Plan
In 2009, the City of Asheville commissioned a plan for an overhaul of the transit system. The consulting group conducted rider surveys an held several public input events. The final report recommended many changes, including adding Sunday service on the most popular routes, removing Saturday service on some routes, and ending the confusing practice of renumbering evening routes.[1]
Route changes will begin to occur in conjunction with the annual "Strive Not to Drive" week, in late May 2012.[2]
The plan also recommended purchasing a few new buses at a time so as to stagger the retirement dates of older buses.[3] In early 2011, several new hybrid buses entered the fleet as the first implementation of this recommendation.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Portals/0/city-documents/Transit/Transit%20Master%20Plan%20-%20Final.pdf
- ^ http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20120407/OPINION01/304070005/Editorial-Baby-steps-toward-better-bus-service?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage
- ^ http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Portals/0/city-documents/Transit/Transit%20Master%20Plan%20-%20Final.pdf
- ^ http://www.mountainx.com/article/870/Hybrid-on-the-go-Ashevilles-first-green-bus-hits-the-streets
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