Students 18 years and younger with photo ID can hop on Route 49 to splash at Cove Water Park in Jurupa Valley Route 23 to play a few frames at Brunswick Bowl in Murrieta or routes 1, 15 and RapidLink Gold Line to visit Castle Park in Riverside. The world awaits with bargain bus fares of only 25 cents to destinations throughout the southland from June 1 to September 3. Summer is right around the corner and the Riverside Transit Agency urges students to not sit home playing video games. What: RapidLink, a limited-stop express service from UC Riverside to Corona, which will be the Gold Line route.The Point: Students 18 years and younger can ride on the cheap June 1 to September 3 Riverside Transit Agency is planning or considering new approaches, including: Route: 19 miles, from Riverside to Corona.įeatures: Run on compressed natural gas, offering free Wi-Fi and USB chargers. to 5:30 p.m.įares: $1.50 per ride or $50 for 30-day pass with discounts for seniors, students, disabled and veterans. Service hours: Every 15 minutes, Monday through Friday, 5:30 a.m. The new Commuter Link Express Route 200 will essentially replace and expand on the one that already serves a portion of the route from downtown Riverside to the Village at Orange, Weaver said. The service is an expansion of existing commuter routes it offers, including one from Hemet to Escondido and one from Riverside to Orange County. “We thought it was a good opportunity to take advantage of these new lanes,” Weaver said.Ĭustomers will be charged $3 and the buses will offer extra amenities such as overhead reading lights, a luggage rack, plush seating as well as USB chargers and free Wi-Fi. Riverside County transportation officials recently completed construction of new toll lanes through Corona. The buses, which will run during peak commute morning and afternoon hours, will get free use of the 91 Freeway toll lanes through Corona and Orange County. “This is something we’ve been studying and we think it’s going to be able to benefit many of our customers and pull many new customers as well.” “We think the demand is there,” Weaver said. Its stops will include downtown San Bernardino, downtown Riverside, the Riverside La Sierra Metrolink station, the Village at Orange, Disneyland, the Anaheim Convention Center and a transit center near Angel Stadium. Meanwhile, the agency will add a new commuter route in January 2018 offering weekday and weekend express service between San Bernardino and Anaheim. RTA is also considering a second RapidLink line from Riverside to Perris along the 215 Freeway, though a start date has not yet been determined, Weaver said. The service’s annual price tag will be $1.1 million and funded by federal and local dollars, he said. ![]() The start-up cost for the buses and stops is $11.6 million and is paid for through federal, state and local funding sources, Weaver said. The bus stops will feature shelters, benches and solar-powered lights. The 16 buses purchased for RapidLink will run on compressed natural gas, offer free Wi-Fi and USB chargers and include bike racks just as its regular buses do. “I think that would be pretty good,” he said. The Riverside Transit Agency is set to launch its RapidLink express bus service from Riverside to Corona. The new service will supplement Route 1, which RTA will continue to run, Weaver said. The route draws a mix of riders, including many students and city employees, he said.ĭamian Turner, 20, a UC Riverside student who sometimes uses RTA buses, said faster service will help students who live off campus and rely on them for transportation. Riders can track buses in real time with the BusWatch app at For example, the maximum travel time from UC Riverside to the Galleria at Tyler - which now takes about an hour - would be 38 minutes in the morning and 41 minutes in the afternoon, Weaver said. Fares will be $1.50 per ride - the same as other routes. ![]() Buses will run every 15 minutes, Monday through Friday, from 5:30 a.m.
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