Dutchess expands bus service to DCCC and Marist communities

POUGHKEEPSIE – Dutchess
County Public Transit has launched a new shared services partnership with
Dutchess Community College and Marist College to enhance public transportation
for students, faculty and employees, and the general public.
The new Route H, which began this month, connects DCCC and Marist to services and businesses in the City and Town of Poughkeepsie.
The two colleges are funding the local cost of the new fixed-route service resulting in no cost to the county and its taxpayers, said County Executive Marcus Molinaro.
“It has a double benefit in that students from the colleges get to use it at no cost with no additional cost to Dutchess County’s transit system and any resident or commuter can spend 75 cents and have access to direct routes to the two campuses and through the City and Town of Poughkeepsie,” Molinaro said.
The 45-minute round trip Route H service also includes stops at the Metro-North train station, the Washington Street entrance to the Walkway Over the Hudson, the Hudson Plaza, Spackenkill Plaza/Residence Inn and the Poughkeepsie Plaza, before returning to the Poughkeepsie Transit Hub.