COVID-19 Impacts

Service Updates

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See how route timing is impacted, or check your bus location on iTransitNW. Vea cómo se ve afectado el tiempo de la ruta o verifique la ubicación de su autobús en iTransitNW.

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Service Changes

All services have returned to regular hours as listed on the website. Some routes remain impacted by local construction; please pay close attention to this page’s short-term and long-term deviation sections to stay informed of changes to your route.

Proposed Route Changes for 2025

comparison of existing system map and future system map with changes to routes 2, 6, and 9. list of route name changes highlighting changes to mainlines, and route 2

comparison of the former route 2 to the new route 8 that will change pattern to travel on larch street, c street, myra road, and whitman street moving forward

comparison image for route 9 showing the pen. being deviation only, traveling on carrie instead of edit, and traveling down 9th to rose to return to the tc
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Special Services

(community events with auxiliary public transit services)

Fair shuttle advertisement including the following: 1 chart showing fair shuttle for 8/28-8/30/24: departures from Transit Center at 15 and 45 past the hour, and from fairgrounds at the top and mid point of the hours between 5:45 and 10 pm, with the last shuttle to the transit center at 10 pm a chart showing fair shuttle schedule for 8/31/24: departures from Transit Center at 15 and 45 past the hour, and from fairgrounds at the top and mid point of the hour between 2:14 and 10:30 pm with the last shuttle to the transit center at 10:30 pm. also shows a route map of the fair shuttle and complementary evening flex routes

Valley Transit will run additional services during the week of the Walla Walla County Fair following the schedule featured above. This service is open to the public and is zero-fare transit.

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Current Short-Term Rider Alerts

(services changes or adjustments typically lasting less than a week)

On August 26 – September 13, Route 9 will deviate around road work at the intersection of 9th Ave & Moore St. From 9th Ave, it will go east on Paine St, then north on 6th Ave, then east on Moore St to continue it’s normal route.

Map shows route 9 deviating around road work at the intersection of 9th & Moore.

On August 12 – September 6, the Mainline (Route 1) will not be able to travel on Rose St between College Ave and 9th Ave. Outbound, it will use Main St to 9th Ave to Poplar Ave to C St to Larch Ave to Whitman Dr and then continue on route on College Ave. Inbound, it will use College Ave to Whitman Dr to Larch Ave to C St to Poplar St to 9th Ave and then continue on route on Main St.

A map shows a road closure on Rose St between College Ave and 2nd Ave and the Mainline deviating to Poplar Ave to go around it.

Beginning on June 20, 2024 and continuing until further notice, Route 7 inbound will be deviating around road construction on Whitman St and Division St. From Pleasant St, Route 7 will turn south on Division, then west on Bryant, then north on Howard, and then continue on route on Park.

Map shows Route 7 deviating around road work at the intersection of Whitman & Division

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Long Term Deviations

None at this time.