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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 31, 2005

CONTACT: Columbia Transit
(573) 874-7282

Columbia Transit's 'Jump on the Spirit Bus'                   
									
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - MU Tiger football fans can cheer for their team
and avoid the traffic on game day. All they have to do is jump on the
Spirit Bus!
	Columbia Transit System offers a shuttle service to and from
Faurot Field for all home football games. The cost is $1 each way from
downtown and $2 each way from the motel routes. All buses go to Maryland
and Hospital Drive, just north of the stadium. 
	The downtown routes start one and a half hours before kick-off,
departing on a 15-minute schedule from historic Wabash Station, with a
final departure 15 minutes before kick-off. 
	Downtown pick-up points include Wabash Station, Boone Tavern,
the 8th Street parking garage, Harpo's, Addison's Grill, Flatbranch
Pub and Shiloh Grill.
	The pick-up times for the motel and shopping center routes vary
according to game time; exact times are available at each hotel and at
the Columbia Transit Web site www.GoColumbiaMo.com.  Pick-up points on
the west side of town include the Holiday Inn Executive Center, Days
Inn, Motel 6, Econo Lodge, Parkade Center, Quality Inn, Best Value Inn,
Travel Lodge and Ramada Inn.         
	East side pick-up points include the Fairfield Inn, the Super 8
Motel, Hampton
Inn, Best Western, Hawthorne Suites, Holiday Inn Express, Wingate Inn,
Candlewood Suites, the Rock Bridge Shopping Center and Stoney Creek
Inn.
	The drop-off point for all the routes is just north of Stadium
at Maryland and Hospital Drive. Following the game, the final buses will
depart the Maryland and Hospital Drive stop 30 minutes after the
game's final gun. 
	For more information, call Columbia Transit at (573) 874-7282 or
visit our Web site at www.GoColumbiaMo.com (GoBus).

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