A new Cherriots bus route will connect Keizer, Woodburn and Wilsonville starting in September.
Route 80X – Wilsonville/Keizer Express will be a weekday route that starts at the Keizer Transit Center, stops at the Woodburn Memorial Transit Center and then the Wilsonville Transit Center, making the same stops on the trip back to Keizer, Cherriots announced Tuesday.
The transit agency previously had a weekday route connecting Salem to Wilsonville, but Woodburn hasn’t had the same service.
“There wasn’t anything stopping in Woodburn and the community has been wanting that for a long, long time,” said Patricia Feeney, Cherriots spokeswoman.
Cherriots also offers frequent 15-minute service from the Keizer Transit Center to northeast and downtown Salem.
“Our mission is to create community connections and the launch of the 80X does just that by connecting Keizer, Woodburn, and Wilsonville,” said Ian Davidson, Cherriots board president, in the statement. “We heard from the community that this connection was needed, and thanks to support from the Oregon Legislature we are now able to meet this need.”
The new route will provide four roundtrips each day starting Tuesday, Sept. 6. All rides on the 80X will be free during September.
Find full schedules and route details are available on Cherriots’ website.
Contact reporter Ardeshir Tabrizian: [email protected] or 503-929-3053.
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Ardeshir Tabrizian has covered criminal justice and housing for Salem Reporter since September 2021. As an Oregon native, his award-winning watchdog journalism has traversed the state. He has done reporting for The Oregonian, Eugene Weekly and Malheur Enterprise.
