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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Go COMO to combine routes for one day only, Friday, April 21, due to shortage of available bus operators</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - Due to a shortage of available operators Friday, April 21, Go COMO fixed route bus service will combine routes for one day of service.<br /><br />Please see the attached combined route schedule images, which will be posted to <a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://www.gocomotransit.com/">GoCOMOTransit.com</a> and the app at the close of bus operations Thursday, April 20. <br /><br />As part of the route combining schedule, the green route will do initial pickups along its partial route starting at 6:20 a.m. The gold route will do initial pickups along its partial route starting at 6:26 a.m. The black route will do initial pickups along its partial route starting at 6:30 a.m. Each of these three buses will arrive at Wabash Bus Station at 6:40 a.m., when they will change designations to red, blue and orange, respectively. <br /><br />The red, blue, and orange routes will depart Wabash
Bus Station at 6:45 a.m. After completing their routes, they will return to Wabash Bus Station at 7:25 a.m., when they will change their designations back to green, gold and black. Buses will continue to alternate designations in this way for the remainder of the day and will conclude service at 6:40 p.m.<br /><br />Bus service will operate on normal Saturday schedules April 22. Normal weekday fixed route bus service is expected to resume Monday, April 24.</div>
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