Tag Cherriots
Kids, teens can soon ride Salem buses for free
Starting Sept. 4, bus riders 18 and younger can hop on Cherriots with no fare, ID or bus pass needed.
New bus route links Keizer, Woodburn and Wilsonville
The 80X Cherriots weekday route will start in Keizer then head to Woodburn and Wilsonville, before making the same stops on the way back.
LISTEN IN: Next steps mapped to set up transit center in south Salem
TODAY’S BROADCAST: Rachel Alexander describes what the Salem transit district board considered in selecting a place to put up the newest transit center. But a ride on the bus from the center is still down the road. Read that story HERE. And how a unique…
Southeast Commercial site chosen as potential south Salem transit center
Salem’s transit agency is hoping a largely vacant piece of land on Southeast Commercial Street will be the city’s next transit hub. The Salem Area Mass Transit District’s Board of Directors last week voted to move forward with an environmental study of the site at…
With the help of a federal grant, Salem’s Cherriots will add 10 electric buses to its fleet
Recently sanitized and reconfigured Cherriots buses are seen at the Del Webb Operations Facility. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s longest bus route will be served by electric buses a year from now, thanks to a federal grant. Cherriots, Salem’s mass transit agency, has received a $6.3…
Cherriots board will start paying monthly stipend to its members
An out of service bus at the Downtown Transit Center on Monday, April 6. Cherriots service will resume on April 7. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Ian Davidson recalled when he realized that if his life were a little different he wouldn’t be able to serve…
Cherriots to get two new faces on its board of directors
Cherriots buses. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The board overseeing Cherriots is on its way to becoming younger and more diverse. Earlier this month, Gov. Kate Brown announced three appointments to the seven-member board that oversees the Salem Area Mass Transit District. The appointments include Sara Duncan,…
Cherriots considers new bus service connecting Salem to Albany
A Cherriots bus on State Street outside the Oregon Capitol (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) If there was a bus line connecting Salem and Albany, would people ride it? That’s a central question of a study Cherriots is conducting. The transit agency is considering a new line…
Cherriots failed to meet minority contracting goals for years
The Salem Area Mass Transit District awarded just a single contract to a company owned by a woman or minority in its most recent reporting period, well short of its own goal to see that such businesses get a share in millions in government spending. …