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Ferry shuttle opens for Spring Break with promise of summer service
MEMORIAL DAY REOPENING SCHEDULED
The Port Aransas Ferry Shuttle
is back in service - at least
through Spring Break.
The Corpus Christi Regional
Transportation Authority (RTA)
put the buses back on line on
Saturday, March 8, and will
operate the shuttle through
Tuesday, March 25, according
to an RTA news release.
The buses will run 6-9 a.m.
and 3-6 p.m., seven days a
week on a route that takes them
from the ferry landing along
Cotter Avenue to Alister Street;
then out Alister Street to Beach
Street; on Beach Street to Station
Street; then on Station Street to Lantana Drive and to
the beach and return; out Alister
Street to Avenue G, out 11th
Street to Beach Access Road
1, in to State Hwy. 361; along
State Hwy. 361 to Avenue G;
and then along Avenue G and
Cut-off Road to the ferry landing.
Passengers can board or get
of the bus anywhere along the
route, the RTA said. Fare is 25
center per ride.
Plans also call for ferry shuttle
service to resume "closer to
Memorial Day," the RTA said.
More details will be worked out and announced later.
The ferry shuttle was started
on a trial basis last year to take
workers from the ferry landing
to their job sites. Backers of the
plan said it allowed workers to
avoid waiting in line for ferries,
as they could park their cars in
the Texas Department of Transportation
Park and Ride lot on
Harbor Island, ride the ferry as
pedestrian passengers, and take
the shuttle to work.
The shuttle experiment ended
in October, with the promise
to institute it again during the
summer tourist season.
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