Mountain Metro is making service changes this fall

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Mountain Metropolitan Transit (MMT) confirms that it is introducing new service enhancements, which will take effect on September 28.

According to MMT, the enhancements include:

Route 3:

Adding an additional stop on Route 3 on Manitou Avenue at the Dillon Mobility Hub on the east side of Manitou Springs.

Route 9:

Extending Route 9 on weekends by adding a new endpoint. Endpoint (Weekends Only): Clyde/Alpine Village

Route 32:

Adjusting the Route 32 timepoint to make connections with Fountain Municipal Transit easier. New Inbound and Outbound Timepoints (Northbound and Southbound): Main and Marquette streets. 

Route 33:

MMT is making several changes to Route 33, including adding new stops and eliminating some current stops.  Increasing frequency during peak season and reducing frequency during the off-peak season:

MMT is adding these stops to Route 33:

• Endpoint
  • El Paso/Beckers
• Outbound (Westbound)
  • Dillon Mobility Hub
  • Manitou/Old Man's Trail
• Inbound (Eastbound)
  • 481 Manitou 

Eliminating these stops from Route 33:

• Endpoint
  • 10 Old Man’s Trail
• Outbound (Westbound)
  • Manitou/Pawnee
  • Manitou/Canon
  • 218 Ruxton
• Inbound (Eastbound)
  • Manitou/Navajo
  • Manitou/Pawnee

Increasing frequency on Route 33 during peak season:

• Proposed frequency during peak season (late March through late October at service change dates) will operate at these frequencies:
  • Weekdays
    • 6 a.m.- 5 p.m. 15 minutes
    • 5 - 8 p.m. 30 minutes
  • Weekends
    • 6 a.m.- 5 p.m. 10 minutes
    • 5 - 8 p.m. 30 minutes

Reducing frequency on Route 33 during off-peak season:

• From 20 to 30 minutes.

Route 34:

MMT is adding these stops to Route 34:

• Outbound (Eastbound)
  • Austin Bluffs/Clyde Way
• Inbound (Westbound)
  • Austin Bluffs/Clyde Way

Route 36:

Elimination of this route due to changes to Routes 3 and 33.

Route 38:

Adding these stops to Route 38:

• Outbound (Northbound)
  • Union/Woodland Hills
  • Union/Lexington
  • Union/Research Pkwy
• Inbound (Southbound)
  • Union/Research Pkwy
  • Union/Lexington
  • Union/Woodland Hills

Route 39:

New Outbound Timepoint (Northbound)

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