Independence Day will be on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. For Monday, July 3, 2017, most transit agencies will operate normal weekday services. However, you should contact your respective agency just to make sure there are no service exceptions. For Tuesday, July 4, 2017, most transit agencies will operate limited to no services. As always, please keep this in mind as you plan your holiday festivities and make alternate arrangements if possible. In some municipalities, transit agencies may provide modified services to assist with getting people to and from Independence Day events such as evening firework displays.

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Service Exceptions and Notes

Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) may detour some Downtown Tampa/Channelside bus routes due to evening firework displays. The TECOline Streetcar will operate until 12-midnight to help people get to and from area parking facilities. For the latest information, please visit www.gohart.org.

Some trolleybus routes (Pinellas County) may operate on a schedule other than a Sunday schedule. Please check psta.net for details.

Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) may detour some Downtown Norfolk bus routes due to evening firework displays. The Tide Light Rail, though operating on a Saturday schedule, may be modified to help people get to and from Park-N-Ride lots along the line. The Elizabeth River Ferry will run modified services through 12-midnight to help people get to and from the firework displays. For the latest information, please visit www.gohrt.com.

Manatee County Area Transit (MCAT) bus routes will not operate, except for the Anna Maria and Beach Express Trolleys. Schedules can be obtained at www.ridemcat.org.

Volusia County Transit (Votran) will operate a modified holiday schedule. Since SunRail will not be operating on July 4, neither will the SunRail Feeder bus routes – 31, 32, and 33. Please read the following from the Votran website carefully:

• West Volusia routes 22, 24 and 60 will not operate.
• Route 20 will operate every two hours beginning with the 7:19 a.m. southbound trip at Wal-Mart. The Amelia Ave SuperStop will not be served.
• Northbound trips will depart Market Place every two hours from 8:25 a.m. to 4:25 p.m.
• Routes 21 and 23 will operate on a Saturday schedule.
• East Volusia routes 1, 3, 4, 10, 15 and 17 will operate on the Sunday schedule from the Intermodal Transit Facility in Daytona Beach.
• Southeast Routes 40 and 41 will operate every two hours. Route 40 will not serve Swallowtail Drive and Village Trail.
  • The first Route 40 southbound trip will depart Dunlawton Avenue and U.S. 1 at 6:30 a.m.
    • Northbound trips will depart Julia and Sams transfer point every two hours from 7:46 a.m. through 5:46 p.m.
  • The first Route 41 southbound trip will depart Julia and Sams at 6:46 a.m.
    • Regular trips will depart every two hours from 8:46 a.m. through 4:46 p.m.
    • The 2:56 p.m. trip departing Julia and Sams will be the only trip serving Oak Hill.
• All other routes and New Smyrna Beach Flex service will not operate.
• Votran Gold will run a limited schedule and times to coincide with the July 4 fixed-route service.
• For Votran Gold service changes, contact the Votran Call Center.
  

Key West Transit’s Red and Orange Routes will not operate. However, the Green and Blue Routes, as well as the Purple (Lower Keys Shuttle) Route will operate modified schedules to allow customers to attend evening fireworks displays. Please see the links below for additional information.

Blue Route Schedule

Green Route Schedule

Lower Keys Shuttle Schedule

Service Exceptions and Notes

NYCMTA Website

NY/NJ PATH Website

NJ Transit Website

Chicago CTA Website

PACE Website (Chicago area suburban bus services)

Metra Website (Chicago area Commuter Rail services)

Additional Notes:

Virginia Beach WAVE Service is currently in operation.

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Additional Notes

Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs) are available throughout the following locations for customer convenience.

• HART (Tampa, FL): All major transit centers.
• HRT (Norfolk/Hampton, VA): Along the Tide LRT corridor in Norfolk, as well as at HRT transit centers, the High St Ferry station, and at select (summer) locations along the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.

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Normal Transit Service Resumption

Regular weekday transit services will resume on Wednesday, June 5, 2017.

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Disclaimer

All information in this post was compiled from the websites and social media channels of the respective transit agencies listed above. Ultimately, the agencies themselves are responsible for the accuracy of information that I’ve gathered. However, if you notice something that I’ve written that doesn’t match what the agency has posted (mistakes do happen, we’re all human), please let me know right away so that I can correct the information. Thank you.

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Christmas is just around the corner! As always, many transit agencies will be operating limited to no service on Christmas Day. However, since Christmas is on a Sunday this year, transit agencies that normally operate on a Sunday will operate their typical Sunday schedules. The only exception will be transit agencies that operate Sunday service; but do not operate on major holidays such as Christmas.

Note: Transit agencies not listed on the Exceptions/No Service lists will either operate their normal schedules or have not yet announced their holiday service schedules. Please contact your respective transit agency to see if they will operate through the weekend.

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December 23, 2016

Many transit agencies will be operating normal weekday services on Friday, December 23, 2016. However, many businesses and agencies will be observing Christmas Eve on this day and therefore, some transit agencies may have exceptions to normal service. Such exceptions are listed below:

HART: Express bus services will NOT operate. All other services will operate as normal.
TECOline Streetcar: Sunday-Level Service will operate.
Hernando THEbus: No Service.

Note: PSTA will operate all commuter and express routes (Routes 66L, 90, 97, 98, 100X, and 300X) as normal.

LYNX will operate all weekday services as normal, as will SunRail, Votran, PCPT, StarMetro, SCAT, and MCAT.

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Christmas Eve (December 24, 2016)

Christmas Eve falls on a Saturday this year and most transit agencies that normally operate on a Saturday will operate their typical Saturday schedules. Agencies that will NOT operate that day are as follows:

PCPT
Hernando THEbus

Note: MCAT will have normal Saturday bus service, but will begin running final trips at 3:00pm, with trolleys ceasing service at 7:00pm. Customers who normally rely on afternoon buses should make alternative transportation arrangements.

Votran will end its night bus routes at 10:00pm, instead of 12-midnight.

Star Metro will operate normal Saturday daytime service, but night services will NOT operate.

The TECOline Streetcar will operate on a Sunday schedule.

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Christmas Day (December 25, 2016)

Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year and most transit agencies that normally operate on a Saturday will operate their typical Saturday schedules. Agencies that will NOT operate that day are as follows:

SCAT
Polk Citrus Connection
StarMetro
Palm Tran
Votran
TECOline Streetcar
WATA

HRT will not operate Route 960 on Christmas Day.

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December 26, 2016

Many transit agencies will be operating normal weekday services on Monday, December 26, 2016. However, many businesses and agencies will be observing Christmas Day on this day and therefore, some transit agencies may have exceptions to normal service. Such exceptions are listed below:

HART: Sunday-Level Service will operate.
PCPT: No Service.
Hernando THEbus: No Service.
Polk Citrus Connection: No Service.
StarMetro: Sunday-Level Service will operate.
LYNX: Polk County bus routes 416 and 427 will NOT operate. These routes are operated by LYNX, but are funded by Polk County and thus follow the Citrus Connection holiday closures.
HRT: Saturday-Level Service will operate for bus and LRT. Ferry services will follow their regular weekday schedule.

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Thanksgiving Day is a wonderful time to spend with family and friends. Whether you plan to stay with family for dinner, or maybe head out evening or Black Friday shopping, I have your scoop to how the many transit agencies that I cover will be operating throughout the Thanksgiving weekend.

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 Transit Service Levels

Thanksgiving Day – 11/24/16

 

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Black Friday – 11/25/16

 

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Thanksgiving Weekend – 11/26 & 11/27/16

All transit services that normally operate on a weekend will operate as normal.

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Customer Service

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Disclaimers

As always, I try to make sure that all information in this post is correct. Schedule information is obtained from the transit agencies themselves, so they are ultimately responsible for what goes out to customers. However, if you spot something that I’ve typed that is incorrect, please let me know as soon as possible so that I may make corrections.

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