Changes to bus routes were proposed last Monday in a Long Beach town hall meeting, but the proposed changes are drawing in a mixed reaction from the 100 people that attended.The changes will add more lines to the campus of CSULB, which students favored, but this upset older residents that fear losing downtown routes and some East Long Beach residents who just don't want the buses on their streets.
The lines in question that will be affected by changes are lines 61, 62, 63, 66, 7, 181, 182, as well as the Passport B and D.
The change will eliminate the services of Passport B services north of Fourth Street downtown, according to the Press Telegram. The route of the Passport B line will now travel down Fourth Street and go through smaller streets to get to CSULB by Bellflower Blvd. This move will help the Passport become a substitute for the larger buses 181 and 182.
Passport D will continue it's original route but with the slight change of going through the Traffic Circle by Atherton rather than heading to the Los Altos Market Center.
The proposed changes will go into effect Feb. 12, 2010, according to the Press Telegram.
The students are getting the help they need with transportation, but in some eyes of the public, it seems that the seniors that take buses are getting turned down.
There is no final decision at the moment, but the board announced an Oct. 5 deadline to accept any more public feedback. Final decisions will be made Oct. 26.
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