citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message salem keizer transit salem s courthouse square transit mall founded 1979 headquarters 550 court street ne salem service area salem and keizer oregon service type bus service paratransit routes 21 fleet 64 fuel type diesel cng natural gas website cherriots.org salem keizer transit branded and popularly known as cherriots due to salem s cherry city sobriquet and more formally the salem area mass transit district is a public agency that operates mass transit in the metropolitan area of salem and keizer oregon united states . cherriots provides the region s bus system and cherrylift paratransit service required by the americans with disabilities act of 1990 . it has operated mass transit in the salem area since 1979 . contents 1 general information 2 route list 3 fares 4 cities served by cherriots 5 references 6 external links general information edit cherriots currently operates monday through friday . there are 19 bus routes within salem and keizer and 2 express bus routes to grand ronde and wilsonville . the wilsonville express route is partially operated by smart and connects with trimet of portland . cherriots connects at salem transit mall with chemeketa area regional transportation system carts 1 which provides bus service connecting salem to destinations as far north as woodburn as far west as dallas and to the east to silverton and up the santiam canyon to mill city . most cherriots bus routes radiate from the downtown transit center around courthouse square in downtown salem between high and church streets or the glen creek transit center in west salem between glen creek and taybin roads . a new transit center in keizer 2 was opened on july 1 2013 . in 2009 cherriots routes underwent major changes due to funding limitations . service hours were reduced and saturday service was eliminated . the removal of saturday service left much of the population without weekend transport ; it is a serious problem for many citizens . at the same time cherriots redesigned many of its routes to provide better service within funding levels . in 2015 cherriots started a moving forward plan which made new routes . on certain routes i.e. route 1 run every 15 minutes . others i.e. 5 5a buses run every 15 minutes on trunk part of route and every 30 minutes on branch parts of the route red routes . then some routes i.e. 8 8a run every 30 minutes on trunk and every 60 minutes on branch blue routes . standard routes are every 60 minutes gray routes . click here to see new map cherriots is currently pushing for weekend service and evening service . new gillig cng buses to replace old and aging orion vii buses are currently on order . cherriots maintains a fleet of 64 buses which carries over 10 000 weekday trips . cherriots uses gillig clean diesel buses along with orion vii buses powered by compressed natural gas . all buses are ada accessible and have bike racks on the front that can accommodate up to two bicycles at a time . route list edit 1 n river rd s commercial 2 market brown 3 portland rd 4 4a state lancaster 5 5a edgewater center 6 wallace fairview industrial 7 mission state 8 8a 12th liberty 9 9a cherry parkmeadow 10 lansing hawthorne 11 lancaster lansing 12 haysville drive 13 silverton rd 14 windsor ave 15x airport rd park & ride express west salem connector 1x wilsonville salem express 2x grand ronde salem express 10 carts woodbury salem 20 carts silverton salem 30 carts canyon connector salem 40 carts polk county salem 50 carts dallas salem express 25 carts north marion flex 35 carts canyon flex 45 carts polk flex cherriots downtown transit center source cherriots . 3 fares edit fares adult full fare reduced & youth cherriots one way 1.60 0.80 day pass 3.25 1.50 30 day pass 45 22.50 summer youth pass none 40 annual pass 540 270 carts one way 2.25 1.50 day pass 4.50 3 month pass 60 30 universal month pass 85 42.50 1x one way 3 1.50 day pass none none universal month pass 85 42.50 2x one way 3 1.50 day pass 6 3 month pass 85 42.50 universal month pass good on 1x carts and cherriots . more information cities served by cherriots edit a 1980s rts bus now retired keizer oregon salem oregon references edit welcome to carts retrieved july 27 2013 . cherriots opens transit center in keizer or . passenger transport . american public transportation association . july 12 2013 . retrieved july 27 2013 . http cherriots.org en routes external links edit oregon portal official website cherriots streetcar feasibility study retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title salem keizer transit & oldid 741676304 categories 1979 establishments in oregonbus transportation in oregonkeizer oregontransit agencies in oregontransportation in marion county oregontransportation in polk county oregontransportation in salem oregonhidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2011all articles needing additional references 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 29 september 2016 at 00 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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