CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — The city’s transit system will add three stops and relocate a fourth along its Western Avenue bus route starting Monday, Nov. 16, Chillicothe Transit System officials said.
The changes come after the department identified additional time built into the route’s schedule, allowing it to extend service to more stops without lengthening the route’s overall run time, the transit system said in a social media post.
A new stop will be added at Delano Avenue and Arch Street, giving residents who live behind Central Center a closer pickup point and eliminating the need to walk to the current stop near the bottom of the hill leading to the city’s Service Center, according to the transit system.
A second new stop at Fairway Apartments will give residents of both Fairway Apartments and Worthington Manor direct access to the route, the transit system said. A third new stop at 5th and Walnut streets will let residents of Tiffin Tower board the Western Avenue route without having to ride another route and transfer; the bus already passes that intersection and will now stop there, officials said.
The existing Central Center stop will also move, shifting diagonally across the intersection from its current location to accommodate the new routing, which will have the bus enter Central Center from a different direction after leaving the new Fairway Apartments stop, the transit system said.
With the changes, CTS is also updating stop times systemwide, with the route’s top-of-the-hour run beginning at 7 a.m. and its bottom-of-the-hour run beginning at 10:30 a.m., according to the schedule the transit system released alongside the announcement.
Chillicothe Transit System provides fixed-route and on-demand bus service within the city, along with paratransit and a non-emergency medical transportation program for Medicaid-eligible Ross County residents. All of the system’s services are currently fare-free.
City officials described the changes as part of an ongoing effort to improve public transportation access for Chillicothe residents.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the City of Chillicothe.
