The Flex Route Bus Service in Taylorsville, NC, offers both fixed route service and demand response service.
The Taylorsville Bus Service is offered every half hour on Monday through Friday during the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (as of 08/02/2021) Riders can board and exit the bus at any of the 29 designated bus stops. The bus will serve the community starting on Hwy 16 N. at the Walmart Garden Center, along Hwy 16S. to Main Avenue Dr. and Main Avenue. The bus will follow the fixed route time points providing access to merchants, friends and relatives, restaurants, and community services. Each stop is serviced once per half hour providing riders multiple opportunities to ride.
The bus will also "Flex" of the route to pick up scheduled passengers who are within 3/4 mile of the route. "Flex" trips must be scheduled in advance by noon the business day before the trip by calling 828-464-9444. The rider chooses the time and place along the fixed route to board and exit the bus. Ride once, twice, or all day.
Information is available by calling Greenway Public Transportation at 828-465-7634, Monday through Friday from 5:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Bus schedules are available at the Town of Taylorsville office, The Chamber of Commerce, Food Lion, various merchants along the bus route, on board the bus, and at mygreenway.org. Greenway Public Transportation fares and the pass:
Free Service (No fare)
The Taylorsville Bus Service is a fare free service thanks to Market Basket/Galaxy Foods and Energy United.
Accessible format(s):
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The Taylorsville Flex Route Bus Service helps you to...
SHOP
- WALMART
- FOOD LION
- FAMILY DOLLAR
BANK
- TAYLORSVILLE SAVINGS BANK
- FIRST CITIZENS BANK
EAT
- MARKET BASKET
- WENDY'S
- HOLLAR'S BACKSTREET
- BOJANGLES
- MCDONALD'S
- VILLAGE INN
- GIOVANNI'S
VISIT
- TAYLORSVILLE POST OFFICE
- TAYLORSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
- TAYLORSVILLE TOWN HALL
- MAIN AVENUE DRIVE
- TAYLORSVILLE SENIOR CENTER
FAQ: What is "Flex"?
Flex is really two types of bus service in one:
The bus follows a defined route, picking up and dropping off passengers at designated stops.
The bus will also "flex" or deviated off its route. The driver will re-route the bus to locations within 3/4 of a mile of its usual route when a passenger has made a reservation in advance.
There are two types of Bus Stops along the flex route:
*Flex will always serve Bus Stops.
*Flex will stop at Deviated Stops when a passenger has made reservation in advance.
Scheduling a flex route trip within the ¾ mile of the route
The flex route is a shared ride, public transportation service. Requests for deviated service may be made during normal business hours by 12:00 p.m. on the preceding business day that service is requested, however additional notice is recommended. Reservations may be made between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Deviated same day service requests are not available. The trip requests for both destination and return shall be scheduled at the time of the request. Same day service is available at designated bus stops.
Stop announcement
The purpose of this policy is to ensure that passenger information is provided in the form of fixed route stop announcements and route identification methods as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. U.S. Department of Transportation regulatory requirements for fixed route stop announcements and route identification are set forth in 49 CFR §37.167.
(For more information, see: "How to Ride" tab )