Metro bus rides are about to get alot more FUN

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Metro is getting ready to debut a new FUN route in Cincinnati this fall. Route One for FUN is a new fleet of 30 foot, hybrid buses being rolled out by Metro. The new FUN buses are scheduled to hit the streets in mid-October. Funding for the buses was payed for with stimulus dollars.

The FUN route stops at more than 40 arts/entertainment venues in the city. Buses will run every 30 minutes, seven days a week.

Arts locations to be served include:

• Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
• Elementz
• Cincinnati Ballet
• Music Hall
• Washington Park
• Memorial Hall
• School for Creative and Performing Arts
• Fire Museum of Greater Cincinnati
• Duke Energy Convention Center
• Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
• Piatt Park
• ArtWorks/FAF Offices
• Ensemble Theatre
• Know Theatre
• Art Academy of Cincinnati
• Hamilton County Main Library
• YWCA Women’s Art Galler
• Contemporary Arts Center
• Fountain Square
• Weston Art Gallery
• Aronoff Center for the Arts

• Government Square Transit Center
• Taft Theatre/Children’s Theatre
• Lytle Park
• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
• Paul Brown Stadium
• Great American Ball Park/Reds Hall of Fame
• Showboat Majestic
• US Bank Arena
• Yeatman’s Cove Park
• Bicentennial Commons Park at Sawyer Point
• International Friendship Park
• Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
• Cincinnati Art Museum
• Krohn Conservatory
• Eden Park
• University of Cincinnati (CCM, art galleries)
• Zoo Transit Hub
• Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens

If you would like to learn more about the Route 1 – The One for Fun, please join Metro at an open house on September 8 in the Metro board room from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Metro’s main office at 602 Main, Suite 1100.