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July 16, 2020

Rapid Transit System To Resume Regular Weekday Operations; Saturday Services Remain Suspended

RapidRide and Dial-a-Ride transit services will resume regular weekday hours effective July 20. RapidRide and Dial-a-Ride transit services will resume regular weekday hours effective July 20. (City File Photo/Darrell Shoemaker)

RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM TO RESUME REGULAR

MONDAY-FRIDAY OPERATIONS

Saturday transit services remain suspended

RAPID CITY, SD--RapidRide and Dial-a-Ride transportation operations are scheduled to resume regular weekday services effective Monday, according to Rapid Transit System (RTS) officials.

            Starting Monday, RapidRide will resume Monday-Friday routes from 6:20 a.m. to 5:50 p.m. and Dial-a-Ride operations will resume services from 6:10 a.m. to the last scheduled ride at 5:30 p.m.  Saturday transit services remain suspended due to a shortage of drivers.

            Rapid Transit System had been running on an abbreviated weekday schedule since June 15. On May 30, RTS had suspended all operations after three drivers tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

            RTS Manager Megan Gould said social distancing and hygiene practices on City buses and among RTS employees continue. The social distancing and hygiene protocols include a six-foot distance between passengers, limited passengers on the buses, hygiene requirements that include washing hands with sanitizer.  The practices have been in place since March and resumed when RTS reopened for operations June 15.

            Gould said drivers are required to wear a mask and the public is "highly recommended" to wear masks on the bus.  Masks are available on the buses.

            For more information, contact Rapid Transit System at 394-6631 beginning Monday.

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Thank you,

Darrell W. Shoemaker | Communications Coordinator

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