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STA to change some routes

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane Transit Authority has announced some routes will be changing toward the end of September.

Some routes will undergo minor changes while improvements in service to Browne's Addition, Airway Heights, Spokane Airport, Fairchild Air Force Base and Medical Lake are more significant.

Routes that serve Browne's Addition, Airway Heights, Spokane Airport, Fairchild Air Force Base and Medical Lake will undergo changes to provide:

• 15 minute service to Browne's Addition on weekdays
• 30 minute service to the Spokane Airport on weekdays
• 30 minute service (weekdays) to Airway Heights with service to Northern Quest Casino on every trip
• Expanded service and frequency to Medical Lake with the addition of new Route #67 Medical Lake/Geiger

Effective Sunday, September 20, 2009, many routes have schedule changes:

#1 Plaza/Arena - Some minor timepoint changes appear on the "Other service to downtown" portion of the schedule. To view the new schedule, click here.

#26 Addison - Schedule shows minor changes to two inbound timepoints. To view the new schedule, click here.

#40 Browne's Addition - This schedule is eliminated as service through Browne's Addition will be provided by the #60 Airport/Browne's Addition and the #61 Highway 2/Browne's Addition (see links to those schedules below).

#46 Altamont - This schedule has a minor route change at 5th and Chandler, and two minor timepoint changes. To view the new schedule, click here.

#60 Airport/Browne's Addition - New schedule shows dedicated service on weekdays, weekends and holidays through the Browne's Addition neighborhood. To view the new schedule, click here.

#61 Highway 2/Browne's Addition - New schedule shows service to Airway Heights via Brown's Addition. Rerouting of existing #61 Highway 2 brings service to Northern Quest Casino and the Airway Heights Correctional Facility on every trip. Schedule shows the removal of the Spokane Airport from service on this route (to be provided exclusively by #60 Airport/Browne's Addition) and minor rerouting on Fairchild Air Force Base. Click here to view the new schedule.

#62 Medical Lake Hospitals and #67 Medical Lake Geiger - This new combined schedule shows the reconfiguration of service to Medical Lake. Two routes will serve Medical Lake and one of those routes will serve the Airport Business Park from Gieger Boulevard. To view the new schedule, click here.

#64 Airport - This schedule is eliminated as service to the Spokane Airport will be provided by the new #60 Airport/Browne's Addition (see schedule above).

#65 Cheney - New schedule shows minor timepoint changes for inbound trips leaving the EWU PUB and the K Street Station. To view the new schedule click here.

#90 Sprague - The temporary construction schedule enacted for multiple construction projects on Sprague throughout the summer will become the permanent schedule for the #90 Sprague. The printed version will be red but the new schedule is the same as the construction schedule which can be viewed here.