PORT ANGELES — Clallam Transit will adjust its dial-a-ride service and modify the No. 52 Diamond Point route beginning Monday.
General Manager Terry Weed said the Diamond Point fixed route and paratransit services will be combined into one service to save costs.
The changes are to the public bus system’s regular route.
The snow schedule that the agency began Tuesday, and which it planned to adhere to at least through Thursday, is a different matter.
For information
To learn of snow schedules and if they are in effect today, visit www.clallamtransit.com or phone 360-452-4511 for Clallam Transit; or visit www.jeffersontransit.com or phone 360-385-4777, ext. 1, for Jefferson Transit.
The changes Clallam Transit plans to put into effect on the regular routes Monday are as follows:
Since paratransit buses can deviate up to three-fourths of a mile off a fixed route, the morning No. 52 bus will leave the Sequim Transit Center five minutes early — at 6:40 a.m. — and return at 7:40 a.m.
As a result, the 6:05 a.m. eastbound No. 30 Sequim Commuter bus will leave The Gateway transit center in Port Angeles five minutes early weekdays at 6 a.m.
The noon-hour Diamond Point bus will continue to leave the Sequim Transit Center at 11:45 a.m., but transit officials built in 10 minutes of recovery time for a 12:50 p.m. return to Sequim.
Stops for the evening Diamond Point bus will not change. It will still leave the Sequim Transit Center at 5:25 p.m. and return at 6:20 p.m.
The new schedules are available at www.clallamtransit.com.
Dial-a-ride service
Meanwhile, dial-a-ride service will shift from Clallam Transit’s fixed-route division to the paratransit side of the agency.
Service will be expanded by three hours. Beginning Monday, dial-a-ride service will be available from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Reservations can be made by phoning 360-452-4511.
Clallam Transit Operations Manager Clint Wetzel said the service changes are projected to save the agency $124,541 per year.
The Clallam Transit board approved the changes after a public hearing in November.