Freedom Transit may change service routes

By Sarah Fleischman

sfleischman@eveningsun.com

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Unless Freedom Transit can secure more than $22,000, the Adams County fixed route service and commuter bus service will be reduced significantly or ended completely this December.

Without those funds, the authority plans to remove one of two commuter express busses for route 15N, which provides service between Gettysburg and Harrisburg, according to a news release.

The plan would also eliminate service to the Outlet Shoppes at Gettysburg and the Eisenhower Hotel and Conference Center on the Lincoln Red Line. The Gray Line would be reduced by four hours per day with no Sunday service. The Gold Line would be reduced by four hours per day.

The Adams County Shared Ride Program would still operate, but riders may face a fare increase.

The free system, started in 2009 as a three-year demonstration project, provided more than 149,000 trips in 2013 and grew 76 percent between 2012 and 2013, according to the release.

The Authority needs $65,264 in local funds to access more than $900,000 in state and federal funds, the release stated.

The Adams County Commissioners intend to supply $43,125 of the required $65,264 to keep service running. But unless the additional $22,000 can be secured from surrounding municipalities, the authority will significantly change its service Dec. 9, according to the release.

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