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ECAT Announces New Routes Beginning Next Week
March 24, 2016
Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) has announced new routes beginning April 1. Effecting Routes 41 and 42, updates include improvements like increased frequency, new service areas and more buses. Changes are as follows:
• Route 41 will be split into 2 Routes, and will become 31 and 41.
o Route 31: bi-directional service between Downtown and Pensacola State College along 12th Avenue and Bayou Blvd, with added service to Target, Winn-Dixie and Sacred Heart Hospital.
o Route 41: service to Summit Blvd, and a portion of Scenic Highway.
• Route 42 will be split into 2 Routes, and will become 32 and 52.
o Route 32: bi-directional service between Downtown and ECAT Rosa Parks Transit Center on Fairfield Drive.
o Route 52: service to Cordova Mall via Pensacola State College along 9th Avenue, with increased frequency during peak hours.
“We are excited to introduce these new and improved routes to the community,” said Tonya Ellis, Director of Marketing and Community Relations for ECAT. “By listening to rider feedback, recommendations from recent transportation plans, and continually striving to make strategic improvements, our team is always working to meet customer needs and improve public transportation for the people of Escambia County.”
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4 Responses to “ECAT Announces New Routes Beginning Next Week”
Take the new unwanted gas tax that is being used for the failed transit system and use it to repair the tornado victims homes free. Community taking care of its people. These people have gone through a lifetime of hardships and now it’s time to give back.
Roll on ECAT
I know we will certainly make use of the new routes to be added in the walnut hill , century areas.
I agree with you John, 100%. The diesel powered monsters are VERY expensive to operate and most of the time only have a few riders. Why can’t they downsize to something smaller like the nursing facilities use to transport their patients.
Probably would be more economical to operate. Once we have been taxed to help run this monsters it will never end.
Any type of business that is (Not) self-supporting, and can not survive on its own, is a burden on someone else, and doesn’t deserve any praise in my opinion. In some areas mass transit may be profitable ,but that is not the case here. Now if ecat had a system of direct pick-up via some type of Android or Apple app, and do away with their route based system, they could reduce mileage and buses and probably service more people. And give some of us working taxpayers OUR Money back!!!