What's New at CyRide
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Current News
September 1, 2010: Take CyRide to the Game! Individuals going to the football game may park at K-Mart (S. 16th/Duff) and utilize CyRide’s free Orange/Gray Route service as it is open to the general public. Two temporary bus stops are located at the corner of S. 16th/University for passengers to board/alight near Jack Trice Football Field until 10:19 p.m. Click on the map to see the Orange/Gray route detour for Thursday. Furthermore due to the unprecedented rainfall and the anticipated number of football attendees parking at K-Mart due to closed public lots around the stadium, CyRide will operate Orange/Gray route buses after the football game back to K-Mart. CyRide’s distinctive cybrid buses will be staged on the EAST SIDE OF THE STADIUM and will depart for K-Mart once a bus is filled with passengers. Give CyRide a call at 292-1100 if you have questions!
August 31, 2010:
Sign APTA's Petition For Congress to "act now" and
Support CyRide! -
CyRide needs your support! Federal funding providing more than $1.3
million dollars each year towards CyRide’s services, as well as funding
for all transit systems in the nation, has been delayed for more than a
year in Congress. It requires passage of a six-year authorization and
funding bill and without this new bill, CyRide and transit systems
around the nation continue to receive lower federal funding to support
their services. With CyRide’s record ridership over the last several
years, this lower funding and increased demand has provided a funding
challenge for the community.
The solution to this issue is
to pass a new federal transportation bill, hopefully with increasing
levels of funding. Congress has delayed taking action on this issue so
we encourage our riders and non-riders to
sign the national
transit association’s petition to Congress asking them to act now
and a pass another six-year bill that will support the Ames and ISU
community’s desire for quality public
transit service.
August 26, 2010: Passengers Encouraged to Visit Alternative Pass Sale Outlets - CyRide's offices were flooded in early August and is currently undergoing a long rehabilitation/ construction process. Therefore, CyRide encourages all passengers that need fall/school-year bus passes to visit alternative pass sales outlets such as Ames City Hall (515 Clark Ave.) or the University Book Store. Another alternative is to download a printable mail order form for purchasing passes by check or credit card here. Call CyRide at 292-1100 if you have any questions.
If you must visit CyRide or need to retrieve lost and found items, please be aware that all CyRide staff have relocated to the second floor of the facility which can only be accessed via the stairs at this time (elevator is not operational). Thank you for your understanding as we work to recover from the 2010 flood.
August 13, 2010: FFY2011-FFY2013 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Goals Public Notice- Each federal fiscal year, CyRide must calculate the percentage of potential operational or capital contracting opportunities it may have for participation with DBE firms. The 2011-2013 federal fiscal year goals are published here. To view the official public notice published in the Ames Tribune, click here.
December 8, 2009: Follow CyRide on Twitter or Become a Fan in Facebook - Do you want to be informed of detours or service interruptions the moment they occur? If so, follow CyRide on Twitter and get tweets right to your cell phone regardless if you are at home, work, class or on the bus! Keep in mind that CyRide only tweets our detours or service interruptions due to weather conditions to keep costs minimal to our customers for those without a texting service plan. If you're already connected with Facebook, become a fan of CyRide to receive updates to your Facebook page or go to http://www.facebook.com/cyride. To learn how to sign up for Twitter, click here!
Signals Newsletters
For more CyRide news, see our Signals page. Also, due to a few requests, old Signals are being archived. All the issues since August 2001 can be found in the archives.
