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Ripon bus routes blossoming
Blossom Express gearing up for 29 more stops
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From left, Barbara Schneider in the City of Ripons Engineering Department and Mitzi Johnston in the Planning Department discuss the proposed bus routes for the Blossom Express at the public workshop on Thursday. - photo by VINCE REMBULAT / The Bulletin
Coreen Kirk is a recent rider of the Blossom Express.She along with Patience Carpenter, both of the Town Square independent living complex, hopped aboard the transit bus to Modesto. They made a day of it, dining at the Vintage Faire Mall food court before heading back home.Kirk is looking forward to riding the Blossom Express, especially with the proposed routes consisting of two round-trips in the morning and two more in the afternoon soon to be in place. Along the way there will be 29 stops including five timed stops, with service to include Kaiser Permanente Modesto Medical Center and the Kaiser Permanente Modesto Clinic.“That’s good,” she said at the public workshop held Thursday in the Council Chambers.