Bus info for Climate Strike Erie

Some quick info for people  attending the Climate Strike Erie! event 

Out of town visitors
If you are traveling by Greyhound, you will arrive and depart at the Intermodal Center, located on the east Bayfront at the foot of Holland Street. This is also a terminus for many EMTA (the city bus) routes. Any of the EMTA buses that leave from the Intermodal will take you to Perry Square. There is also a free Bayliner Trolley (20A) that runs every half hour; the trolleys will also take you to Perry Square. EMTA customer service is right next to the Greyhound ticket window, and should be open from 8am to 4:30pm. For walkers, the distance from the Intermodal Center to Perry Square is about 3/4 mile.

EMTA city bus service 
All fixed route city buses running on weekdays will get you to Perry Square. (Exception school and campus buses)

• Route information
• Route map 
• Fare information  Regular Cash Bus Fare $1.65, transfer 45 cents additional. A Day Pass is $3.30, and allows unlimited rides for the day of purchase. Fare details here
• Bike racks
• Customers with Disabilities
• Ride Line (814)-452-3515
• Google Transit Use it like Google Maps, and it will show you how to get to your destination and when and where to catch your bus.

ALSO

• Bike Racks near Perry Square
• Downtown Erie Walking Map 
• Bike Parking by BikeErie An overview
• "Erie Bike Lanes, Trails, Lanes and Paths" by BikeErie
• Downtown Erie Walking Map 

BUS STOPS IN DOWNTOWN ERIE

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Bike racks near Perry Square

I just put this together for  people who are attending the local Climate Strike event, so it is bound to be incomplete. Please feel free to comment or add to it, and let me know if someone has already done a more complete guide to these. Photos taken 9/16/2019, locations subject to change. Map is not to scale. Gannon University is located downtown; not included in this map because I dont know how they feel about sharing their racks. If someone else has been keeping tracks of this information, please let me know.

See also:   

• Bike Parking by BikeErie An overview
• "Erie Bike Lanes, Trails, Lanes and Paths" by BikeErie 
• Bikes on Erie buses 
• Downtown Erie Walking Map 
• Bus info for Climate Strike Erie

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Perry Square north side

Lucky's 707 State

Erie Art Museum East 5th Street side (by cafe) 

W. 4th & State (by Embers+Forge and Tap House)

Erie County Courthouse 140 W. 6th

YMCA W. 10th & State

Two at UPMC Park (E. 10th & French) 

Highmark Building (courtyard) 

 

E. 10th & State

ELSEWHERE IN DOWNTOWN ERIE

Brewerie at Union Station (123 W. 14th)

Post Office (14th & State)

Griswold Park (2 racks, 14th & Peach)

14th & State (northeast side)

Calamari's 1317 State

Community Health Net W. 12th & State

North East route unchanged at least through 2019-2020 school year

After the sudden announcement of the closure of Mercyhurst’sNorth East campus, there was some question about the North East route.

According to Ed Torres at EMTA, the route will remain unchanged through at least June 2020.

It should be noted that Mercyhurst has stated that the North East campus will stay open until June 2021, and that the police academy will remain in North East.
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The North East bus (Route 16) presently runs between Erie and North East several times a day during the week, and has a very basic schedule on Saturday.

It leaves from downtown Erie and stops in front of the Mercyhurst main campus, then heads over Buffalo Road/US Route 20, going through Wesleyville and Harborcreek before it arrives in the borough of North East.

In North East it heads east on US Route 20, turns north on PA 89, stops at Mercyhurst North East (MNE) bookstore, turns south on PA-89, and terminates at the Janet Miller Building (police academy) which is right by I-90. The bus then turns around and does the same route in reverse.

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