171 lincoln ave. locale holland michigan service area ottawa county michigan service type bus service paratransit routes 8 website 1 the macatawa area express is the primary provider of mass transportation in ottawa county s holland zeeland metropolitan area . the system is named after the macatawa river which runs through holland michigan . it was originally established in the year 2000 as an outgrowth of holland s dial a ride bus service . until july 1 2007 the system was under holland city government s direct jurisdiction . since then macawata area express has been governed by an independent transportation authority board made up of representatives from the city of holland and holland charter township . the local advisory council which is made up of students residents and persons with disabilities who ride the system serves as a bridge between the transportation authority and max riders evaluating system operations discussing rider issues and offering solutions . the max system is made up of eight fixed routes and a dial a ride service . except for route 8 all of the system routes operate within holland city limits . louis & helen padnos transportation center serves as the system hub . every route converges there at the end of every hour making it easy for riders to transfer to any route they want . during weekday mornings riders can also transfer to southwest bound pere marquette train which links riders to bangor st joseph benton harbor and chicago . max operates between 6 00 am 7 00 pm on weekdays and 8 00 am 7 00 pm on saturdays . as of october 2013 max introduced a special twilight route which provides evening service through central holland monday saturday between 7 00 pm 10 00 pm . fares are 1.00 for adults and 0.50 for children between 5 17 years old . children younger than five and senior citizens ride for free . max also offers a wide variety of passes max recorded 316 578 individual trips for 2009 and ridership continues to slowly climb as of march 2010 . route list edit 1 mall 2 butternut 136th st 3 southshore 4 waverly 120th st 5 washington south river 6 holland heights 7 lincoln south town 8 zeeland 9 twilight route external links edit max official website . catchamax.org . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title macatawa area express & oldid 742797309 categories bus transportation in michigantransportation in ottawa county michigan 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 5 october 2016 at 21 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view