TCAT Fall Service Begins on August 22nd

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Inc.’s fall service goes into effect Sunday, Aug. 22, along with minor changes to better serve ridership.After successful trial period over the summer, TCAT will continue Route 51 service on Saturday and Sunday to Maple Avenue. Though fall service generally begins Aug. 22, schedules will vary on dates to accommodate arriving students. They are as follows: · The Route 92 will return to service on Thursday, Aug. 19, with the route being changed to travel on Dearborn Road to Wycoff and Highland roads. The Route 92 will also travel on Thurston Avenue to Wait Avenue to serve passengers at Balch and Risley halls.· The Route 93 will continue to travel down Cradit Farm Road and onto Thurston Avenue to accommodate riders at Balch Hall. Also, Route 93’s Sunday service will resume on Sunday, Aug. 22.· The Route 22, which provides summer service between Green Street and local parks only in the summer, will no longer run after Friday, Aug. 20.· Route 30’s weekend service will resume on Saturday, Aug. 21.· Route 31 will resume its 10:40 p.m. trip departing from Green Street on Monday, Aug. 23.· Route 82 will go back to operating every 15 minutes, as opposed to every 30 minutes, starting Saturday, Aug. 21 .· The Route 83 will resume full service on Friday, Aug. 20. As a reminder, The Shops at Ithaca Mall notified TCAT that it is no longer permitted to stop outside Target department