Beginning Saturday, January 27, 2007 Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) will introduce the following improvements to bus service in Monterey County. New system maps for these improvements are now available.

Marina Transit Station: Due to impending construction of the new Marina Transit Exchange at the corner of Reservation and Deforest Roads, Lines 16, 20 and 27 will be rerouted through Marina on Palm and Carmel Avenues. Transfers will take place at the Seacrest Avenue location until construction is complete in the fall of 2007.

DART: DART now operates 7 days a week, with new service added on Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The DART zone now includes CHOMP, Carmel Hills Care Center, Deer Forest Drive, Via Isola and Josselyn Canyon Road in Monterey, but has eliminated areas north of Broadway in Seaside.

1 Pacific Grove: Now ends in downtown Pacific Grove. Downtown Monterey routing now through tunnel instead of Pacific Street/Calle Principal.

1 Asilomar-Lover’s Point Express: NEW line operates hourly between downtown Monterey and Asilomar/Lovers Point seven days a week with service to the Blind & Visually Impaired Center in Pacific Grove and Pacific Street/Calle Principal in Monterey.

2 Pacific Grove: Travels on Lighthouse Avenue in New Monterey instead of Wave Street with downtown Monterey routing through tunnel instead of Pacific Street/Calle Principal. Frequency improves to every 60 minutes throughout the day.

2 Pebble Beach Express: First morning trip begins in Salinas and stops at Marina Transit Exchange and Edgewater Transit Exchange to connect with the first morning trip on Line 55 San Jose Express.

4 Carmel Rancho: Service discontinued between downtown Monterey and Carmel village. Use Lines 5 and 11 instead. All stops currently served by Lines 4 & 5 between 6 th & Mission and Carmel Rancho will be served by the new Line 4 Carmel Rancho. Operates every 30 minutes between 6 th & Mission in downtown Carmel and Carmel Rancho and new stops at Crossroads Shopping Center and Barnyard Shopping Village.

5 Carmel: Service between 6 th & Mission in Carmel village and Carmel Rancho is replaced by Line 4 Carmel Rancho. Service to CHOMP discontinued and is now served by DART.

6 Edgewater-Ryan Ranch: New line operating between Edgewater Transit Exchange and Ryan Ranch Business Park during morning and afternoon commute times serving parts of Seaside, Del Rey Oaks, MST Administrative offices and CTB/McGraw-Hill.

9 Fremont-Hilby: No service to Monterey Peninsula College on Via Lavandera on weekends and holidays.

10 Fremont-Ord Grove: No service to Monterey Peninsula College on Via Lavandera weekends and holidays.

11 Edgewater-Carmel: Expanded schedule to operate hourly throughout the day with new service to Del Monte Shopping Center.

16 & 17 Edgewater-Marina: Portions of the routes for Lines 16 & 17 are discontinued, including service to Coe Avenue, General Jim Moore Boulevard south of Gigling Rd., CSUMB University Center, Hayes Department of Defense building and the following streets: Bayer, Bostick, Cardoza, Abdy, Paul Davis, Marina Greens and portions of Reindollar. Other areas of Marina currently served by Lines 16 & 17 are now served by Line 27.

16 Monterey-Marina: New line offering expanded hourly service between Marina (including Walmart), Preston Park, CSUMB, VA Clinic, Edgewater Transit Exchange and downtown Monterey until 11:00 p.m. New service to Schoonover Park neighborhood.

20 Monterey-Salinas via Marina: On-request evening service to Preston Park neighborhood is replaced by regularly scheduled evening service on the NEW Line 16.

22 Big Sur: New weekend-only service during off-season with two round trips on Saturdays and Sundays, weather permitting. Daily operations will resume on Memorial Day weekend with three round trips every day until Labor Day.

24 Carmel Valley-Grapevine Express: Service expands to daily operation of the Grapevine Express route with better connections to/from other transit lines in downtown Monterey.

27 Watsonville-Marina: New route and schedule with service improving from every 3 hours to every 2 hours. The portion of the route between Monterey and Marina has been eliminated. Timed transfers between Line 27 and Line 20 at Marina Transit Exchange provide easy connections to Edgewater Transit Exchange, Seaside and downtown Monterey. In Marina, Line 27 now serves parts of the following streets: Beach, Reservation, Lake, Palm, Reindollar, Sunset, Carmel and Crescent. North of Marina, route is unchanged.

29 Watsonville-Salinas: On weekends, one additional evening Salinas-bound trip has been added to meet the last Line 55 Monterey Express southbound trip from San Jose.

43 Memorial Hospital: Slight adjustments to the schedule to improve on-time performance.

54 Monterey-Airport Business Center: Route is discontinued.

55 Monterey-San Jose Express: Schedule adjustments made on December 2, 2006 to improve on-time performance.