The Downtown/East Burlington Biobus Express Route, an hour long loop from the Moseley Center that takes riders to several Alamance County community agencies within walking distance of its stops, returned to campus Tuesday afternoon for students who need weekday transportation for volunteer work in Burlington.
The first bus of the fall semester departed the Moseley Center at 2:30 p.m., just moments after Elon University President Leo M. Lambert offered remarks to students and staff about the value of the loop in connecting students with the community.
Stops have been added this fall at Cummings High School and at a Wal-Mart on South Graham Hopedale Road. The bus is free and open to the public
“I appreciate the support the Elon administration has given to the route to make it possible,” said Mary Morrison, director of the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement. “We’re getting a lot of feedback from first-year students that they don’t have their own transportation with them on campus, so this helps get them out into the community.”
The bus leaves the Moseley Center every hour starting at 2:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday each week. The last pick-up from campus is at 5:30 p.m. A full schedule for all BioBus routes that serve Elon and the surrounding communities can be found on the university’s transit website.
Partner agencies served by the Downtown/East Burlington Express Loop include the following:
American Red Cross
Women’s Resource Center
Meals on Wheels
Alamance Citizens for Education
ARC of Alamance County
Christmas Cheer
Bynum Education Center
Downtown Burlington Corporation
Family Abuse Services
Habitat for Humanity main office
Loaves and Fishes
McCauley Family Learning Center
May Memorial Library
Alamance Health Care
Alamance County Community Services Agency
Alamance County Department of Social Services
Crossroads
East Burlington Community Center
Eastlawn Elementary
Friendship Adult Day Services
Healthy Alamance
Positive Attitude Youth Center
Open Door Clinic
Burlington Housing Authority
Excel Christian Academy
Mayco Bigelow
Allied Churches
OE Enterprises
Ralph Scott Life Services Center
Residential Treatment Services
Alamance County Justice Center
For more information on the service loop, contact the Kernodle Center for Service Learning at elonvols@elon.edu or 278-7250.