The Regional Transit System is fluttering its weekend riders to new destinations by adding stops to Route 25.
Starting this weekend, residents will be able to take the route to the Butterfly Rainforest exhibit, the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Some are calling the updated route the “butterfly bus.”
Chip Skinner, RTS marketing and communications supervisor, said the route will no longer service the Commuter Lot during weekends because of the changes, but he thinks it will offer new opportunities for residents.
The decision to alter the route was a mutual one between UF and RTS because UF funds Route 25.
Robert Miller, UF’s associate vice president of business affairs, said the added stops may make it a few minutes longer to complete that route.
“I think it’s going to provide additional accessibility out there to the arts complex and the museums,” he said.
Ridership is lower on weekends, Skinner said, and while implementing these changes could improve it, nothing is certain.
A version of this story ran on page 3 on 10/10/2013 under the headline "Bus route change means no weekend commuter lot stop"
