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SAN BERNARDINO, CA—- Omnitrans is increasing service frequency on eight of its bus routes, bringing back its popular Route 290 Freeway Express route, and expanding OmniRide microtransit service in its largest service increase since 2019.
“We are so pleased to offer more convenient service and faster travel options for our community, which has stood with us through the challenges of the past few years,” said CEO/General Manager Erin Rogers.
The service change will bring Omnitrans to 99 percent of planned service for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting workforce shortages impacted all industries, including transit.
In addition to 15-minute service frequency on Routes 3, 4, 14, 61, and sbX Rapid Transit, 30-minute service will return to Routes 15, 19, and 85. Route 290 limited-stop Freeway Express service between San Bernardino and Montclair is back after a four-year hiatus, and service hours on OmniRide Bloomington, an on-demand route similar to Uber or Lyft, will expand to 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. from Monday – Saturday.
The agency’s ridership increased by 10 percent last year, and Omnitrans is confident that additional service frequency and span on a variety of service types – express, regular fixed route, and microtransit – will continue to attract community members to its safe, reliable, economical and more convenient transit options.
For details on Omnitrans service changes, click here. For information on all Omnitrans services, visit omnitrans.org.
