Michelle Rhoads, Transportation Manager with Cascades East Transit, says schools and students shouldn't worry, though, as there will be a seamless transition of services.

 

Rhoads tells KBND News that CET worked with riders ahead of time to make sure the proposed changes would work for all involved. "Goals of the changes were to create route efficiencies, including improving on-time performance, eliminating redundancies, improving customer service, and providing better predictability and dependability for the riders throughout the system."

 

Rhoads says CET is planning a Master Plan Update this Spring and she is hoping for public input so they can continue making the transport system as easy and convenient to use as possible and that these new routes come at the culmination of a months'-long campaign. "Any and all of the changes have been made in cooperation and in consultation with the major groups of people we can actually reach, and we did an extensive outreach program in November, with riders and stakeholder groups, we sent information out via English and Spanish, and posted information on busses to help articulate what the proposed changes were."