More than 5,000 people board the Asheville Transit System's 21 buses every day except Sundays, when the buses don't run. A one-way ride on any of the 24 routes costs $1 (a monthly pass offering unlimited trips is $20), and ridership has been increasing since 2003. In Transit: Transit Planning Manager Mariate Echeverry at the […]
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No ifs, ands or buses
The swirling debate over mass transit can feel like it's happening a world away from the actual Asheville Transit Center, where regular bus riders quietly go about their daily lives. For most of them, taking the bus isn't about striving not to drive as much as striving to get where they need to go by […]
Passenger-rail service to Asheville? An annotated list of articles & views
Citizens and officials have been talking for years about bringing passenger-rail service to Asheville, and yet the generally popular idea still seems a long way off. Who’s been doing what? and when might the whistle blow for Western North Carolina?
Asheville’s “Big Ride”: Xpress checks out the city’s bus routes (from 2003 archives)
A compilation of experiences while riding most of Asheville’s bus routes, as reported in a 2003 series, “The Big Ride,” in which Xpress reporters climbed aboard to see what they could see.
Alternative fuel pumping stations in Asheville (biodiesel and CNG)
Biodiesel Asheville’s own Blue Ridge Biodiesel is available at 11 locations in and around Asheville. For complete a list, visit Blue Ridge’s site: http://www.blueridgebiofuels.com/products/pump-locations.html B20 — a blend of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent petroleum-based diesel — is available at a wide range of locations in the area. Compressed Natural Gas There are two […]
Pedestrian predicaments
East Asheville residents came out in force April 19 for what organizers dubbed a "sidewalk summit," making the case for pedestrian improvements in their neighborhoods. Over the course of the 90-minute meeting at Charles C. Bell Elementary School, several of the roughly 100 attendees voiced a wide range of questions and concerns to officials from […]
Train reaction
In 1880, the telegraph was the fastest means of communication, using long and short beeps to send messages hundreds of miles. The fastest way to travel across the country was by train. Today we've come full circle: We talk in tweets, and we dream of ways to use the "rapid transport" Google Fiber would bring […]
Asheville City Council: City Hall renovation, a budget deficit and more
City Hall renovations! Budget deficits! Bus system reforms! Public art! Google! Planning commission controversies! All this and more, in the latest live Twitter coverage from Asheville City Council …
It’s a grind: Police crackdown sparks calls for retooled skateboard ordinance
Like a tropical island amid an ominous ocean, a skate shop can be a safe haven. People don't show up there merely to buy boards, shoes or other gear (though that's what keeps Asheville's two downtown skate shops afloat). The hot spot: Eric Hunt outside Push Skate shop, which is situated in the middle of […]
Asheville group seeks help launching “Where’s my bus?” GPS-tracking system
The perennial bus-rider’s question, “Where’s my bus?” might finally yield an easy answer if the Asheville Transit Commission gives the go-ahead to a group of citizens proposing a real-time GPS bus-tracking system that can be accessed via Internet-connected computers and smart-phones.
Has the bus come by yet? Asheville considers GPS bus tracking
On Wednesday, Jan. 13, the Asheville Transit Commission looked at a proposal to arm Asheville City buses with software that would give riders a real-time view of a bus’ position on its route.
Bus routes to be affected by parade
The City of Asheville has released a list of bus routes altered due to road closings during Saturday’s Holiday Parade.
Asheville City Council: Transit in transition
One week more for Weaverville Route Annexation agreement keeps Asheville and Woodfin out of Leicester City in talks with CTS neighbors over water lines A sweeping overhaul of Asheville's transit system won preliminary support from Asheville City Council at its Oct. 27 meeting, but concrete changes to the routes, fares and infrastructure won't come before […]
Bike lockers land downtown
On June 24, cycling volunteers installed the first of 10 bike lockers that will be available in downtown Asheville for public use.
Asheville transit ends bus service on Michigan Avenue due to safety concerns
The Asheville Transit System permanently ended bus service along part of Michigan Avenue in West Asheville on April 15, due to unspecified “safety concerns.” The buses will now use nearby Hanover Street to service residents of the Pisgah View Apartments housing project.
Shuler nails down federal money for hybrid buses
Amid the din of arriving and departing buses at Asheville’s Transit Center on Coxe Avenue, Rep. Heath Shuler announced today that he had secured $238,000 in federal funding for the city’s planned transition to hybrid buses.
Abuzz about buses
Sure, the consultants from HDR Engineering, the company helping draft Asheville’s new Transit Master Plan, are experts. That’s why the Raleigh-based firm is on the job. But get a roomful of regular bus riders together, as the city did on April 2, and you find out quick who the real experts are. A hundred or […]
See proposed changes for the bus system
As part of the transit master plan process, Asheville’s transit department is circulating preliminary proposals for changes to city bus routes.
Transit plan in transit
Change is afoot as the Asheville Transit System moves closer to completing a Transit Master Plan. On Thursday, April 2, consultants from HDR Engineering will present recommendations based on the public input gathered since January concerning potential transit improvements. On the dock: more frequent service on Patton Avenue, Haywood Road and Tunnel Road and a […]
Get on the bus, Gus: Transit input wanted
The City of Asheville is looking for your ideas for the city’s transit system.
Buncombe commissioners make their pick for I-26 Connector route ***UPDATED***
In a tense 3-2 vote, Buncombe County commissioners Tuesday night voted for the route known as Alternative 3 for the Interstate 26 Connector route through Asheville.