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Route 7 Bus Party Recap

By Samantha

Five riders came to today’s Bus Party for Route 7 as we went on our first southern route through Cedar Rapids. This route skims along the southern side of Czech Village and connects to Bowling Street. It then meanders through Lincolnway Village before cutting through Kirkwood’s campus. The return to downtown goes along C Street and includes a stop on the Aegon/Yellowbook complex. It hooks back up with Bowling Street at 41st and retraces the outbound route. The bus wasn’t very busy, but I have seen it quite full during the week so it must be a Saturday thing.

This was a great tour of the southern industrial area along Bowling and J Streets. Who knew how many businesses were tucked away in there? I didn’t. It was also a nice demonstration of how the recommended change for Route 7 will be an improvement and better for Kirkwood students. We had a bus with squeaky brakes, but other than that it was a pretty smooth and quiet ride.

Afterwards we ate at Cedar River Landing on F Ave NW which happens to be along Route 1.

Next month we’ll cover the route that I first rode in Cedar Rapids. See you then!


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4 Responses to “Route 7 Bus Party Recap”

  1. Brady Dorman Says:
    2010-01-30 at 5:03 pm | Reply

    F Ave NW?
    Was it one of the new buses? I recall one of CyRide’s new Gilligs had a squeaky brake issue for a while.

    • Samantha Says:
      2010-01-31 at 10:58 am | Reply

      You’re right, F Ave NW.
      It wasn’t one of the new Gilligs. It was the older model that isn’t a low floor, but does have a built in chair lift instead of a retrofit one. I’m not sure what that model is named.

  2. Brady Dorman Says:
    2010-02-03 at 11:00 am | Reply

    All the older high floor ones are RTS (Rapid Transit Series) that were manufactured by a bunch of different companies over the years. All CR’s older ones (teal colored) are GMC’s and the “newer” green ones after the flood are by TMC I believe.

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