LYNXadds Sunday service to Route 34

Sanford residents can expect the LYNX bus Route 34, which primarily services the west side of
Sanford, to start running on Sundays beginning in April.
The bus currently runs Monday through Saturday along W. Airport Boulevard, through the
Goldsboro area and along S.R. 46.
According to the spokesperson, the routes are evaluated and altered three times a year, and it was
time for Route 34 to run on Sundays. The Sunday service will be provided every hour, as the
weekday service currently operates.
Service levels are married between funding and demand, a LYNX spokesperson said. The 34
service level has evolved to where it will be beneficial for the passenger to have Sunday trips.
Route 34 will also begin operating on French Avenue, which will modify Route 46. Route 34
passengers have said they would be happy with these changes. Margaret Showalter of Sanford
has been taking the bus for years and said the bus running on Sundays would help a lot of people.
If you got to go to church, if you got to go get your groceries and stuff, its hard to do. I dont
want to keep walking to do it, said Showalter, 45, who takes the bus every day with her friend
Melvin Shepherd.
The changes will also help those who are transferring to Route 34 from other routes. Shepherd, a
Sanford resident, said the changes would prevent him from having to walk the mile from his first
route to Route 34 on Historic Goldsboro Boulevard.
Cabs are too expensive, said Shepherd, 54, a Southern Technical College student who has been
taking buses most of his life. That would be great. That way you dont have to walk all the way
down there; you get a ride.
The service will not go through Goldsboro, but Historic Goldsboro Boulevard will have a
service, which is a relief for its residents.
Jimmy and Jen Gilliam moved to Goldsboro two years ago and have since taken the bus every
day. Adding Sundays routes and remaining on 13th Street is important for them and their three
young children.
Its our lifeline; its the only form of transportation we have . . . We dont have enough money
to own a car, said Gilliam, 37, a carpenter in Sanford. He and his wife have to work their
schedules around Sunday and cant go to work because the buses dont run.
We have to make sure we get everything done before Sunday, Jen Gilliam, 37, who works for

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The only wish the family says they have is for the buses to run every thirty minutes rather than
every hour.
But every hour will work, said Jimmy Gilliam. Im glad theres something theyre putting on
Sundays.