Wednesday, December 22, 2010

HOLIDAY GARBAGE, RECYCLING, & BUS SCHEDULE

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The Christmas Holiday will not affect residential and commercial trash and recycling services. Check here for Bus schedule changes. 

Holiday collection schedules are available online at www.tucsonaz.gov/esd
The Los Reales Landfill and the Household Hazardous Waste Facility will be open on Friday, December 24, 2010, but will be closed on Christmas Day. 
City offices will be closed on Friday, December 24, 2010; however, ES Customer Service will be available at 791-3171. 

Sun Tran buses will operate on a Sunday schedule on Friday, Dec. 24 and Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010, in observance of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Sun Shuttle will operate a regular weekday schedule on Christmas Eve, with no service on Christmas Day. The following details outline transit service during the holiday weekend.
Sun Tran & Sun Van Holiday Service
• Routes 1 through 99 will run on a Sunday schedule.
• No Sun Express service Friday, Dec. 24 or Saturday, Dec. 25. Regular express service resumes Monday, Dec. 27.
• Sun Tran’s Customer Service Center will be closed Christmas Day, but will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 24 and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 26.
• The Administrative Offices and the Lost & Found Department, located at 4220 South Park Avenue, will be closed. The Administrative Offices will re-open on Monday, Dec. 27, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lost & Found will also re-open Monday, Dec. 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Sun Van service will mirror the service provided by Sun Tran. Sun Van’s Customer Service Center will be open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on each of these days.
Sun Shuttle’s Holiday Weekend Service:
Sun Shuttle routes will not be in operation on Saturday, Dec. 25, in observance of Christmas Day, but will provide regular scheduled service on Friday, Dec. 24 and Monday, Dec. 27. Sun Shuttle provides transit service in outlying communities Monday through Saturday.
Salvation Army Free Christmas Dinner Shuttle
Sun Tran continues the holiday tradition of providing free shuttle service to the Tucson Convention Center for the Salvation Army’s Annual Christmas Dinner held on Saturday, Dec. 25, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. For details on the Salvation Army’s Christmas Dinner, call (520) 795-9671 or visit www.thesalvationarmytucson.org.
Sun Tran’s free shuttle to the Tucson Convention Center circulates between:
• City of South Tucson’s City Hall, 1601 S. Sixth Avenue
• Ronstadt Transit Center, 215 E. Congress Street
• Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Avenue
The shuttle service begins at 9:30 a.m. and runs about every 15 minutes and will stop running at approximately 2:30 p.m.
Passengers are advised to consult Sun Tran’s Ride Guide, visit www.suntran.com, or call Sun Tran’s Customer Service Center at (520) 792-9222 (for persons with hearing and speech impairments, call TDD: 520-628-1565) for specific route times and bus information.