With all the growth Central Oregon is experiencing, your favorite trail’s parking lot probably pretty crowded.
To help cut down on the congestion, you’ll be able to catch a bus to the Cascade Lakes Highway trails this summer.
Cascades East Transit plans to launch the new service in June.
“It’s a two-year pilot program to provide service between Bend and Mt. Bachelor to stop at popular trailheads along the way like Wanoga, Swampy Lakes, Dutchman Flat,” said Derek Hofbauer, outreach administrator for CET. “Then it will go to Mt. Bachelor and there will be a smaller circulation shuttle that would travel to Green Lakes, Devil’s Lake and Elk Lake before going back to Mt. Bachelor.”
Hofbauer said the first leg of the service – Bend to Mt. Bachelor – will cost $6 for a one-way trip and $10 roundtrip.
The circulator shuttle between Mt. Bachelor and Elk Lake will likely be free to encourage people who drive to Mt. Bachelor to park their car and hop on the shuttle to access the lakes and trailheads, he said.
The biggest roadblock to getting the new service going? A shortage of CET drivers.
If staffing allows, the route would run at least three times each day during the summer.
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