• Bremerton/Seattle Route - Full Service To Resume
• Manette Bridge Closed - Monday, October 13 - Thursday, October 16, 9am to 3pm
• Columbus Day Bus Service - Monday, October 13
• October 2008 Passes Available at Terminal - September 29 & 30 and October 1 & 2
• #37 Fairgrounds Shuttle Detour - Starting September 2
• Please Pay Your Fare Share
• Tunnel Construction - Pedestrian Reroutes - Starting January 21
  

Bremerton/Seattle Route - Full Service To Resume

The Kitsap returns to full service on 10/10 with the 4:50am sailing from Bremerton. See the WSF website for additional details.

Manette Bridge Closed
Monday, October 13 - Thursday, October 16, 9am to 3pm

Some Kitsap Transit buses will be detoured during the closure of the Manette Bridge Monday, October 13 through Thursday, October 16 from 9am to 3pm.

Bus detours are as follows:

#21 Perry Avenue & #29 Trenton Avenue - Departing Downtown Bremerton for the East Bremerton Transfer Center, the #21 and #29 will use the Warren Avenue Bridge, travel Old Wheaton Way to the Manette Bridge, then continue along the normal route. Departing the East Bremerton Transfer Center the buses will travel the normally scheduled route to the East side of the Manette Bridge, then travel Old Wheaton Way and cross the Warren Avenue Bridge to Downtown Bremerton.

#25 East Park - Departing Downtown Bremerton for the East Bremerton Transfer Center, the #25 will cross the Warren Avenue Bridge, then continue on the normal route from Lebo Boulevard north, serving Harrison Hospital. Departing the East Bremerton Transfer Center this bus will follow the regular route to Lebo, serve Harrison Hospital, then cross the Warren Avenue Bridge to Downtown. The #25 will not travel Old Wheaton Way between Lebo Boulevard and the Manette Bridge. The #21 and #29 buses will provide service along Old Wheaton Way.

Increased traffic on the Warren Avenue Bridge is likely to put all of Kitsap Transit's Bremerton area buses behind schedule.

Columbus Day Bus Service
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13

With a few exceptions, Kitsap Transit will operate regular weekday service on Monday, October 13.

Routed and ACCESS buses will operate normally scheduled weekday service. However, because the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard will be closed, the #19 Crossroads Shuttle WILL NOT operate.

* The Kitsap Transit Foot Ferry, including service to Annapolis, will operate by the regular weekday schedule.

* There will be no Worker/Driver service. Some vanpools may not operate; call your van driver for information.

* Kitsap Transit's Customer Service phone lines will be open from 6am to 7pm. The Customer Service Office in the Bremerton Transportation Center will be open from 6am to 7pm. The Port Orchard Customer Service Office will be open from 7:30am to 4pm. The Administration Office on Washington Avenue will be open 8am to 5pm.

* ACCESS will take trip reservations from 7am to 5pm.

* Because bus service is operating, parking fees will be collected at the Annapolis parking lot.

OCTOBER 2008 PASSES AVAILABLE AT TERMINAL
September 29 & 30 and October 1 & 2

Kitsap Transit will sell October 2008 bus passes at the Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal on September 29 & 30 and October 1 & 2, from 5am to 9am. Please see our Customer Service staff at the Kitsap Transit booth inside the terminal to buy your pass.

To help speed purchases at the sales window, please have checks ready and made out to “Kitsap Transit”. Purchases can also be made via the internet at www.kitsaptransit.org, with a Pass-By-Mail form or over the phone by calling 1-800-501-7433.

#37 FAIRGROUNDS SHUTTLE DETOUR
Starting September 2

Construction is forcing the closure of Tracyton Boulevard, near Barker Creek, from Tuesday, September 2 through the end of October. Kitsap Transit's #37 Fairgrounds Shuttle bus will be detoured during the closure.

The #37 bus WILL NOT SERVE Tracyton Boulevard or most of Fairgrounds Road between Tracyton and Nels Nelson. Instead, the bus will travel south on Nels Nelson, turning around near the Fairgrounds and taking Nels Nelson back to Bucklin Hill.

Riders along Tracyton Boulevard and the west end of Fairgrounds Road will need to walk to Bucklin Hill or to the Fairgrounds area to catch the #37.

Please Pay Your Fare Share

Kitsap Transit ACCESS collects a fare for every ride. Please be prepared to pay the cash fare or to show a valid bus pass every time you ride. Thank you!

An ADA card does not qualify riders for a reduced or free fare. Kitsap Transit Reduced Fare ID cards are not valid on ACCESS service.

Tunnel Construction - Pedestrian Reroutes
Starting January 21 - Ongoing

Beginning January 21, portions of 1st Street between Pacific and Washington will be closed for construction. Pedestrians will be unable to cross 1st Street at Washington Avenue at the normal locations. The bike lane running alongside the ferry exit lanes will also be closed. Passengers exiting the foot ferry will need to use the stairs or elevator to the upper level of the transit deck.

* Riders heading to and from the Shipyard or Pacific Avenue should use the transit deck sidewalk that runs by the Fountain Park and Naval Museum and the pathway at the Naval Museum to walk to and from the corner of 1st and Pacific.

* Riders heading to or from the Credit Union, Everest College or other areas of downtown should use the transit deck sidewalk that runs by the Harborside Building and the crosswalk at Washington Avenue and 2nd Street

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