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Sarasota News Leader January 18, 2013 Page 52 SCAT ANNOUNCES NEW EXPRESS ROUTE AND SCHEDULE CHANGES Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) will begin its second Express bus service and implement a number of other schedule and route changes on Saturday, Jan. 19. says. It takes about 70 minutes for a one-way trip on 100X. Other significant route and schedule changes to take effect on Jan. 19 include the following: The new Route 90X (North Port-Ven• Route 1 (Fruitville): Schedule adjustments ice-Sarasota Express) will offer weekday serwill be made to accommodate service into vice with two stops on the island of Venice, the new SCAT Intermodal Transit Station the county has announced. The 90X will opon Cattlemen Road at Bahia Vista Street. erate two inbound trips in the morning, departing North Port City Hall at 5:40 and 9:31 • Route 1A (Fruitville via McIntosh): Major schedule adjustments will provide hourly a.m., and two outbound trips in the evening, service throughout the day. Route 1A will departing downtown Sarasota at 6:20 and 7:37 no longer travel east of the SCAT Intermodp.m., a news release says. al Transit Station on Cattlemen Road at Bahia Vista Street. There also will be a single outbound trip in the morning, departing downtown Sarasota • Route 40 (Webber Limited): Schedule adat 7:37 a.m., the release adds. justments will add Monday through Satur"The approximately 85-minute, one-way trip with limited stops will be on the comfortable and larger 40-foot Express buses with seats for 40 passengers, compared to SCAT's regular fleet of 35-foot buses with 32 seats," the release points out. day trips at 7 and 7:30 a.m. from SCAT Administration, 5303 Pinkney Ave., Sarasota, to the SCAT Downtown Transfer Station, 1565 First St., Sarasota, and add trips at 8:10 and 8:40 a.m. from the SCAT Downtown Transfer Station to SCAT Administration. The 5:10 p.m. departure from downtown will be discontinued, but a 6:10 p.m. departure will be added Monday through Saturday. SCAT's first Express bus service, Route 100X (North Port-Sarasota Express), debuted in April 2011. "It has been popular with commuters who need to travel across the county and • Route 71 (Downtown — Booker High want an affordable transportation option, esSchool via Orange Avenue): New peak hour pecially with high gasoline prices," the release service Monday through Saturday will add adds. The cost of the Express service is $2.50 two trips in the morning between 7 and 9 one-way or $5 per round trip. A 30-day pass is a.m. and three trips in the afternoon be$85, and a discounted half-fare pass of $42.50 is tween 4 and 6 p.m. available for persons 65 years or older and eligible persons with disabilities, the release notes. For more information or a complete list of all the route and schedule changes, visit www. The average daily ridership on the 100X is scgov.net or contact the Sarasota County Call more than 100 passenger trips, the release Center at 861-5000.