Travel Training Press Release
News Release
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:Gina D. Hayden(661) 869-6304
(office)(661) 301-8430 (cell)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 30, 2015
GET Implements Weeknight Evening Service on Three Routes
Monday, July 6, GET will start evening service on three
routes.
Route 61 This change adds hourly weeknight service until 11 PM.
Route 61 is a circulator route that links Bakersfield Community
College to Oildale, the northwest and southwest including the
Northwest Promenade and Winco in the southwest.
Route 62 This change adds hourly weeknight service until 11 PM.
Route 62 is a circulator route that links the Greenfield area with
Valley Plaza, Wal-Mart on Panama and Ridgeview High School. It also
serves Golden Valley High School and the Greenfield Senior
Center.
Rt 82 This change adds hourly weeknight service between Downtown
& NW Promenade until 10 PM. Route 82 is a circulator-express
route between downtown, the Northwest Promenade and CSUB. It serves
the Fruitvale and Rosedale communities.
In addition, GET will eliminate service on all routes on
Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
Golden Empire Transit District (GET) was formed in 1973 and
serves the Bakersfield Metropolitan area which is 160 square miles.
GET has a fleet of 88 compressed natural gas buses equipped with
wheelchair lifts and bike racks. GET services 16 routes, which
operate 7 days a week and transport more than 6 million passengers
each year with its fixed route buses. In addition, GET operates 19
compressed natural gas GET-A-Lift buses.
