Starting Sunday, May 3, 2026, Intercity Transit will implement a system redesign. With this change, we will be increasing service hours by 18,000 a year. This will mark the final step in our three-phase process; altogether these changes represent an annual increase of 40,000 service hours, a 14 percent increase over our 2024 service hours.
The service change is nearly a complete redesign of Intercity Transit's fixed-route bus network. Four existing bus routes (Routes 13, 21, 600, and 610) will remain and 25 new bus routes will begin service. This will increase the number of routes from 20 to 29. Frequent corridor service along Martin Way is the backbone of the redesign, with elements of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines that are commonly used in larger cities. Many of the new routes will provide convenient one-seat rides to nearby high schools, shopping centers, employment centers, and connections to frequent corridor service.
The planning and preparation for the redesign of service reflects the following:
- Regional development: Allocating transit service in more densely populated areas of the community.
- Directness and convenience: Aligning bus routes to follow arterials and corridors with fewer turns and out-of-direction travel.
- Operability: Ensuring the reliable and predictable movement of buses along roadways and intersections.
- Community input: Incorporating many of the ideas, requests, and desires for bus service to schools, employers, and growing neighborhoods.
Our goal with this service change is to deliver the transformational transit system our community voted for with the November 2018 passage of Intercity Transit Proposition 1.