Dutchess County LOOP

Dutchess County LOOP

#420 arrives in Beacon on former LOOP 3, now route B.
Parent	Dutchess County Division of Mass Transit
Headquarters	14 Commerce Drive Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Locale	Dutchess County
Service area	Southern, mostly western part of the county
Service type	Local and rural bus service
Routes	9
Fleet	27 (fixed route) 20 (paratransit)[1] (2009 figures)
Daily ridership	2,104 (weekday) 1,042 (Saturday)[1]
Operator	First Transit
Chief executive	Kealy Salomon
Web site	Dutchess County Division of Mass Transit

The Dutchess County LOOP Bus System is the bus service provided by the Dutchess County Department of Mass Transit in Dutchess County, New York. LOOP provides a variety of bus services throughout Dutchess County ranging from fixed-route services, centered primarily along the Route 9 corridor, commuter shuttles to/from Hudson Line stations, and demand response.

LOOP, and the Department of Mass Transit, was created in the early-1970s as the assumption of a variety of private line runs that had served various parts of the county.

Routes

Dutchess County LOOP provides service along 6 routes in a hub-and-spoke system from Poughkeepsie. In the past, routes ran to the far northeastern reaches of the county (to North East and Pine Plains), but these routes have been removed from the service area because of lack of ridership.

Regular routes

• All routes operate Monday-Saturday unless otherwise noted.
• The one-way fare is $1.75. Transfers are only available to/from City of Poughkeepsie Transit buses for 30 cents.

Poughkeepsie note: Unless otherwise noted, outbound buses originate at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center (Main & Market), then operate to the Metro-North/Amtrak station, then to their respective destinations. Westbound buses stop at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center, then operate to the Metro-North station where they terminate.

Route	Terminals		Major streets traveled	Notes
A	Poughkeepsie	Dutchess Mall	Route 9	One midday roundtrip operates express service as follows: Southbound, nonstop Poughkeepsie-Dutchess Mall Northbound, nonstop South Hills Mall-Poughkeepsie. One evening roundtrip is extended to the Beacon Post Office.
B	Poughkeepsie	Beacon Post Office	Route 9 Route 9D	Service operates via both South Hills Mall and Dutchess Mall. 2 midday roundtrips terminate/originate at South Hills Mall.
C	Poughkeepsie	Tivoli Post Office	Route 9 Route 109 Route 9G	Most trips operate via Fulton St/Dutchess Community College/Dorsey Ln. Some trips terminate at the Culinary Institute of America.
D	Poughkeepsie	Millbrook Eastern Dutchess Government Center	Route 44 Route 343	3 roundtrips a day run to Dover Elementary School.
		Dover Dover Elementary School
E	Poughkeepsie	Pawling Chamber of Commerce	Cannon St (WB only) Route 55	All 6 eastbound trips operate to Pawling, but there are only 3 westbound trips from Pawling. Additional westbound trips run from Route 55 and Commerce St to Poughkeepsie. Local service in Pawling is available by reservation.
F	Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center	Hopewell Junction A&P	Route 52	Weekday service patterns: Beacon Post Office ↔ A&P via WalMart (most service) Beacon ↔ WalMart Poughkeepsie ↔ A&P, express between Poughkeepsie and WalMart, 2 eastbound and 1 westbound trip only. Walmart → Poughkeepsie, nonstop. 1 westbound trip only. Saturday service is 3 roundtrips between Fishkill and Beacon. All trips that serve Pougkeepsie only serve the Mid-Hudson Civic Center and not the train station.
	Beacon Post Office	Fishkill WalMart

RailLink shuttles

These routes operate weekday rush hours only, to and from their namesake Metro-North station.

Route name	Terminal	Streets traveled
Poughkeepsie RailLink	Poughkeepsie Town Route 55 Park-and-Ride Lot at Page Industrial Park	East-West Arterial Freedom Plains Road
Beacon RailLink	Dutchess County Stadium	Route 9D
New Hamburg RailLink	Wappinger Old Hopewell Road and Route 9	Route 9D Myers Corner Road All Angels Hill Road Old Hopewell Road

See also

• City of Poughkeepsie Transit, the primary provider of bus service in the City of Poughkeepsie
• Putnam Transit (PT), the system serving Putnam County
• Ulster County Area Transit (UCAT), a similar system in Ulster County connecting with LOOP in Poughkeepsie

References

1. ^ ^{a b} NTD Program filing for Dutchess Transit, 2009

External links

• Dutchess County Department of Mass Transit Homepage
• LOOP Bus Schedules