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AVTA announces spring service changes

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LANCASTER – Antelope Valley Transit Authority has announced its Spring 2018 service changes, which will go into effect April 23.

“The April 2018 changes are in response to feedback received from extensive customer outreach during the past six months and are being made to enhance our customers experience with AVTA,” stated Board Chair Marvin Crist.

The changes will affect local routes 7, 9, 50 and 51, as well as Commuter Bus Routes 785 and 786.

  • On Route 7, which serves Rancho Vista Boulevard (Avenue P) and Lancaster, three time-points have been converted back into normal stops. Dwell-time at mid-route stops has been reduced and additional run-time has been added on select runs throughout the day.
  • On Route 9, which serves Quartz Hill via Avenue H, run times have been adjusted to provide better connectivity.
  • On Routes 50 & 51, which serve Lake Los Angeles and Lancaster / Palmdale, three time-points have been converted to stops and dwell-time at mid-route stops has been reduced. One round-trip has been eliminated to maintain the current service span.
  • On Route 785 to downtown Los Angeles, bus stops have been relocated to work around planned street repair and construction.
  • On Route 786, which goes to Century City and West Los Angeles, bus stops have been revised to work around L.A. Metro’s Purple Line construction.

According to AVTA Executive Director Len Engel, “Even the smallest enhancements can make a positive difference for our customers, such as less waiting time between bus-to-bus connections.”

AVTA is continuing its transition to a zero-emission, all-electric bus fleet. AVTA this summer will place five more 60-foot articulated coaches on its Route 1 linking Lancaster and Palmdale. Future initiatives include service linking the campuses of Antelope Valley College, a zero-emission vanpool program, and onboard Wi-Fi.

For more information on the spring 2018 service changes, visit avta.com or call AVTA’s Customer Service Center at 661-945-9445.

[Information via news release from Antelope Valley Transit Authority.]

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12 comments for "AVTA announces spring service changes"

  1. Ralph … the funny thing is .. what do you need to make electricity? I bet you know. Waste of money.

    • Sandra, please stop it with the Communications n sense. Rex, Marv, Hofbauer, and Bishop think that electricity comes from the walls in our homes. They are most likely unaware that more than 80% of our electricity is produced by non-renewables. Yes, the dreaded and evil fossil fuels. The same source of energy that powers their beach homes, motor homes, trucks, private planes, business, etc.

      • ^ common sense, not Communications sense. My fingers are not in synch yet. After my morning run, things will be better.

      • Blame Rex, Marv, Hofbauer, and Bishop for everything, yet most are on their fourth term. People must like being abused.

        • Rex is corrupt to the core, Marv is his puppet bully, Hofbauer is Marv’s puppet, and Bishop is Hofbauer’s boy. Expect more of the same nepotism, cronyism, insider deals, and wasted tax dollars with these clowns running the show.

          • And yet, year after year, after allllll the complaining, These politicians keep getting elected. The people must like all this corruption.

          • Corruption is a core value to the Lancaster political machine and their new puppets in Palmdale.

          • @Kenny…Then vote them out! Complaining on a public forum day after day is only complaining. Go to the polls and vote them out. Most of these politicians are on their fourth term, so the people must like corruption, or don’t care. If corruption is the core value of these politicians than why, oh why, blame them? They are doing what they have always done, being corrupt! everyone knows what goes on, but no one does anything. They just keep complaining. How about actually doing something, like going to the polls to vote them out. You get the politicians you deserve if you do nothing!

    • Coal, natural gas, hydroelectric dams, wind, solar. The chemicals used to extract natural gas are polluting wells, and the water table is diminishing at an astonishing rate. Ratio is more like 60%.

  2. Will the electric busses continue to break down? I haven’t seen on being towed in a while. It is a pretty funny sight seeing these ‘wonderful’ electric busses being towed by big old bad diesels.

    Going all electric is foolish and expensive. Especially when they aren’t proven.