Campus visitors, especially those going to the University Center, will be directed to park at Volunteer Hall on White Avenue. The T: North-South and The T: Late Nite buses run along White Avenue with a stop located across from the Volunteer Hall garage entrance. Visitors can catch those routes to reach the University Center.
KAT will attempt to maintain a bus stop along Phillip Fulmer Way near the front entrance to the UC for the North-South route, while the Late Nite route will deposit visitors at the intersection of James Agee Street and Cumberland Avenue. The bus stop that returns visitors to the garage can be found on Volunteer Boulevard in front of the Stokely Management Center.
The T: North-South operates weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., running every ten minutes. The T: Late Nite operates evenings from 6:00 p.m. to well into the early morning hours daily, every ten minutes. Both routes operate only during the fall and spring semesters. Neither route operates in the summer.
For more information about getting around campus during construction of the new Student Union, visit the Cone Zone website at conezone.utk.edu.
A program which provided fare-free transit trips for seniors of age 65 and over will be ending effective October 1, 2011.
The Seniors FREEdom program, which began in 2006, was a partnership in which Knox County government paid fares for seniors to ride the KAT bus routes. Since the program began, KAT and Knox County have provided over 680,000 transit trips for seniors with the program, averaging between 8,000 and 10,000 trips per month.
While fares for seniors will no longer be free after September 30, KAT General Manager Cindy McGinnis states, "Seniors are able to ride KAT fixed routes at half the regular adult fare, that is $0.75 per trip. Seniors can purchase unlimited-ride one day passes for $2.00. KAT regrets that some seniors will have to spend more effort planning their travel. KAT wants to assure the community that it takes its fare collection responsibility seriously and appreciates that most passengers realize the incredible value of supporting and utilizing public transportation."
After September 30, seniors aged 65 and over can ride KAT for half-fare using their Seniors FREEdom ID card or a Medicare card as identification. For more information the public can visit www.katbus.com or call 865-637-3000.
Please join KAT in the celebration of the one-year anniversary of the John J. Duncan Jr. Knoxville Station Transit Center .
A special Open House will be held on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the station located at 301 Church Ave., Knoxville, TN 37915.
There will be a celebratory cake, a transit retrospective on display in the training room and other activities to help celebrate the first year in the new facility.
KAT buses will run on a Saturday schedule on Monday, May 31, due to the Memorial Day holiday.
KAT's administrative offices, including the customer service counter at Knoxville Station, will be closed on Monday.
