MEET

grand rapidsDASH Shuttle brand & Service Changes

The fare-FREE Route 19 runs along the Michigan Street corridor from Plymouth Street in Northeast Grand Rapids and continues west along Heritage Hill and the Medical Mile to the city’s near West Side along Bridge Street up to Stocking Avenue.

The new and improved Route 19 is your way to fun, food, friends, family, fitness, work, classes andfabulous shopping!

616 Lofts • 616 Lofts on Alabama • Afendoulis Cleaners & TuxedosAndo Sushi + Bar • Atwater Brewery • Bagel Beanery • Barley Flats

Bob's Bar • Bridge Street MarketBridgewater Place/River House Condos • Butcher's Union • City Hall

Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences • Curtis Cleaners • DeVos Place Diamond Place • Duke's Bar • Flat Lander’s BarStillery

Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center • Gerald R. Ford Museum • Goodwill Gordon Food Service new urban grocery

Grand Rapids Community College • Grand Valley State UniversityHampton Inn & Suites • Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Outpatient Center • Kale's Korner Logan's Alley • MSU College of Human Medicine

MSU Research Center • New Holland Brewing: The KnickerbockerO'Toole's Public House • One Bourbon • Orange (601 Michigan) • PalioPark Row • Purple (555 Michigan) • Sheldon Cleaners • Snap Fitness

Spectrum Health: Butterworth HospitalSpectrum Health: Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion

Spectrum Health: Women & Children's CenterSpectrum Integrated Care Campus

The Brix at Midtown • The Mitten State • The Omelette ShoppeThe Rowe • The Sovengard

Van Andel Institute & Women's Health Center of West Michigan Laboratory

ROBINSON

FULL

ER

BU

CH

AN

AN

PLAI

NFI

ELD

CLY

DE

PA

RK

LAFA

YET

TE

CO

LLEG

E

SERVICE

PLY

MO

UTH

BA

LL

STOCKING

PER

KIN

S

MICHIGANMICHIGAN

DIV

ISIO

N

OXFORD

DO

RC

HES

TER

HALL

GODFREY

DIV

ISIO

N

MA

DIS

ON EA

STER

N

FULLER

KALA

MA

ZOO

ADAMS

BOSTON

GID

DIN

GS

FRANKLINFRANKLIN

EAS

TERN

CHERRY

JEFFERS

ON

UN

ION

HALL

BURTONBURTON

DIA

MO

ND

SWEET

SEW

AR

D

PLY

MO

UTH

STR

AIG

HT

CO

LLEGE

6TH

BR

OA

DW

AY

LAKE DR

PLY

MO

UTH

PL

YM

OU

TH

DIA

MO

ND

GARFIELD

4TH

MO

NR

OE

SWEET

CA

RLTO

N

EAS

TERN

SPENCER

OTT

AW

A

FRON

T

GRIGGS

JEFFERS

ON

OAKDALE

UN

ION

GRIGGS

CEN

TUR

Y

GRIGGS

FRANKLIN

ALEXANDER

HALL

ETON

CO

IT

CHERRY

196

The Rapid’s New and Improved Fare-Free Route 19Launches Aug. 27, 2018!

The Best, Hassle-Free and Fare-FREE Way to Travel the Michigan Street CorridorThe new and improved Route 19 – in combination with the City’s fare-FREE DASH service and City-sponsored fare-FREE portion of the Silver Line north of Wealthy Street – essentially o�ers FREE travel throughout downtown Grand Rapids without the hassle of parking. Another feature is the convenience of buses coming every 10 minutes on Michigan Street during peak afternoon travel demand.

6 a.m. – 3 p.m. Bus comes every 15 minutes

3 p.m. – 8 p.m. Bus comes every 10 minutes

8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Bus comes every 15 minutes

Monday-Friday (no weekend service)

= Westbound stops = Eastbound stops

Grand Rapids Game Changer:50 Reasons to Ride The Rapid’s

New and Improved Route 19

Grand Rapids’ Downtown Area Shuttle - DASH - has operated in the City’s core for over 20 years. In 2017 the Mobile GR and Parking Services Department undertook a re-branding initiative to promote greater ridership. All promotional materials, new signage and map products are bilingual in English and Spanish. The re-brand coincides with other changes, including: • Expanded service area• Longer weekday span of service• New weekend services• Shared transit waiting areas with

The Rapid • Cross-promotion for fare-

free Silver Line and Route 19 subsidized by Mobile GR

The Mobile GR and Parking Services Department is partnering with the local transit authority, The Rapid, to improve stops for fixed route transit within the City of Grand Rapids.

Both organizations have identified the need to improve transit waiting environments to support and retain existing riders as well as attract new riders.

The City issued an RFP for new stop amenities that will include:• Shelters (standard & narrow)• Benches• Trash receptacles• Solar lighting• Real time arrival displays• Advertising & information panels

The City partnered with The Rapid and Spectrum Health, a major area employer, to make Route 19 - Michigan Street free for a 3-year pilot project. The project includes the following enhancements: • Service hours: increases the span

of service for the route from commute times only to an all-day service between 5:30am - 10:00pm, Monday through Friday

• Frequency: from 30 minute wait times to 10-15 minutes

• Ridership: expected to grow from less than 100 average daily riders to close to 1,000 daily riders - moving it from one of the lowest performing to highest performing routes in The Rapid system

• Coordinated improvements: improved pedestrian crossings on Michigan

old new

city-wide transit stop improvements

Route 19 - Michigan Street

early phase transit

stop improvements route 19 promotional materials