Current detours, delays and other route updates:

Posted 12/14/18:

DECEMBER HOLIDAY/SEMESTER BREAK BUS SERVICE HOURS:

• Thursday, 12/13/18  - Sunday, 12/16/18 - Normal Fall 2018 Schedule
• Monday, 12/17/18 - Friday, 12/21/18 - Break Service
• Saturday, 12/22/18 - Tuesday, 1/1/19 - No GVSU Bus Service
• Wednesday, 1/2/19 - Sunday, 1/6/19 - Break Service
• Monday, 1/7/19 - Normal Winter 2019 Schedule (detailed schedule to be posted December 2018)

 

Posted 12/14/18:

Route 50 route/stop change near CHS - effective 1/7/19, Route 50 will no longer turn left on Michigan at Coit. Instead the route will turn left onto Lafayette and stop at the former CHS bus stop between GVSU CHS and RFH. The route will then continue on Lafayette, where it will turn left at Hastings and another left on Coit to right back onto Michigan to regular route.

Click here to check on detours for other routes on The Rapid system.

What's new for Fall 2018?

Full fall service begins Monday, August 27.

Please note the following changes:

• Grand Rapids area changes along Route 50:
  • Route change near CHS/RFH - Michigan, L on Coit, R on Hastings, R on Lafayette [new 50 bus stop], R on Michigan to existing route
    • The bus stop formerly located behind CHS has moved to the corner of the intersection of Michigan St NE and Lafayette Ave NE - access Raleigh J Finkelstein Hall and Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences at this stop.
    • The bus stop at Bostwick/Michigan is now a "Westbound Only" stop
  • Route 50 bus stop will no longer wait/rest at CHS, it will now do so at the Pew stop (by Eberhard/DeVos Center)
    • There are now separate Eastbound and Westbound stops at the Pew stop (by EC/DEV) - the poles are labeled accordingly - make sure you get on the right bus!
  • Park & Ride Expansion - the parking areas at Walker Fire Station Park & Ride have been expanded. Please be courteous of the plaza businesses and park in the newly paved areas.