the bus hernando county transit the brooksville shuttle and blue route join hernando paratransit at the mariner square shopping center on sr 50 in spring hill florida . slogan hop on founded october 28 2002 headquarters 1525 east jefferson street brooksville fl 34601 locale brooksville florida service area hernando county service type bus service paratransit routes 4 destinations brooksville spring hill pasco county hubs brooksville spring hill pasco county fuel type diesel website the bus the bus hernando county transit is a cooperative effort of the hernando county board of county commissioners metropolitan planning organization city of brooksville florida department of transportation federal transit administration in serving the people of hernando county with affordable public transportation . contents 1 history 2 fare structure 3 routes 4 expansion of service january 2016 5 references 6 external links history edit prior to the establishment of the bus the only resemblance to public transportation available in hernando county were a tourist bus company in brooksville and a local paratransit company which was privately owned . on october 28 2002 the spring hill routes started serving the greater spring hill area . one week later november 4 2002 ; the brooksville purple route started serving the brooksville area . the system started with 4 buses in spring hill and 1 bus in brooksville which shuttled riders between brooksville and spring hill . by the 7th day of operation ridership surpassed the 3rd year projection of 200 trips per day with ridership of 219 trips . after 22 months of operation the bus was averaging 425 to 434 trips per day . on may 3 2004 hernando county added the brooksville shuttle bus green route along with the pasco hernando state college north campus stop . the former purple route was moved entirely within the city of brooksville . travel time was extended from 6 00 a.m. to 7 00 p.m. and the spring hill routes were extended from ymca of hernando county to spring hill regional hospital . in addition they decreased the brooksville spring hill shuttle travel time from 90 minutes to 60 minutes . the system was expanded on january 4th 2016 with the addition of the green route providing service between spring hill and brooksville via the eastern portion of spring hill drive . additionally the existing purple route was extended to a new terminus at emerald drive and us 19 in pasco county in order to provide a direct connection to pasco s pcpt system . finally service was increased to provide hourly service on all routes . 1 fare structure edit the cash fare to board the bus is 1.25 . a reduced fare of 60 cents is available to medicare card holders persons with disabilities and students with a valid id . transfers to other buses for as many 1 way trips within a 2 hour period round trips & stopovers prohibited ; no transfer use charge thereafter are 0.50 and children under 7 with fare paying rider are free ; limit 3 . 2 routes edit as of january 2016 the bus operates 4 fixed bus routes throughout hernando county including a connection to pasco county s transit network via the purple route to pasco route 21 . blue route spring hill mariner blvd. from sr 50 to county line road . s red route spring hill spring hill drive us 19 to mariner & northcliffe blvd via deltona blvd with service to forest oaks villas and lakewood plaza shopping center us 19 forest oaks blvd via northbound buses only . purple route brooksville springhill pasco county from brooksville city hall via sr 50 and us 19 to phsc spring hill campus and extended in january 2016 to provide a connection to pasco route 21 in pasco county . green route spring hill brooksville introduced january 2016 servicing phsc spring hill via spring hill drive california drive and wiscon road to walmart sr 41 . expansion of service january 2016 edit in january 2014 service within the bus system was expanded with the introduction of the new green route providing service between spring hill and brooksville via the eastern portion of spring hill drive . 3 additionally the purple route was extended into pasco county to provide a direct connection with pasco county route 21 thus connecting the system outside of the county for the first time . 4 lastly headways on all routes were reduced to hourly . references edit http hernandobus.com index.php option com content & view category & layout blog & id 8 & itemid 105 http hernandobus.com index.php option com content & view category & id 34 & itemid 147 http hernandobus.com index.php option com content & view category & layout blog & id 8 & itemid 105 http www.abcactionnews.com news local news public transportation expansion connects hernando and pasco counties external links edit official site v t e public transportation systems in florida bus bct citrus connection cat cct ecat first coast flyer gainesville rts hart jta bus lakexpress leetran lynx mcat metrobus oct palm tran pcpt psta the ride solution sarasota county area transit space coast area transit starmetro sct suntran the bus hernando votran what rail jacksonville skyway metromover metrorail mia mover sunrail tri rail teco line retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the bus hernando county florida & oldid 744133175 categories bus transportation in floridatransportation in hernando county florida navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 09 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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