August 27, 2018

Salina, Kansas – 81 Connection, the fixed route bus service from Belleville to Salina, will have a new stop added that will serve Cloud County Community College, starting on Wednesday, August 29, 2018.

The new stop will be located along College Drive in Concordia, near the exit of the Cloud County Community College parking lot.  The new stop will provide easy access to the campus for students, faculty and visitors.

The 81 Connection bus service has three bi-directional trips each day, Monday through Friday.  The first route starts in Belleville at 6:45 a.m., then heads south on Highway 81 to four stops in Concordia, a stop at the Highway 24/Highway 81 junction, a stop in Minneapolis and stop at 7^th and Walnut and Walmart in Salina and then heads back north to the same stops.  This route does this loop twice and finishes in Belleville around 5:40 p.m. each day.

A second route leaves Salina at 1:00 p.m. and heads north on Highway 81 to the same stop in Minneapolis, the stop at the Highway 24/Highway 81 junction, four stops in Concordia and the stop in Belleville, before heading back to Salina with the same stops.  The bus finishes in Salina around 6:00 p.m. each day.

“We are excited to add this new stop to the 81 Connection route,” said Claire Mullen, Mobility Manager for the region.  “The new stop will provide us a way to serve the campus of Cloud County Community College in an easier way and provide more transportation options for students.  We are always looking for ways to improve transportation services in the region.”

For more information about the 81 Connection and Kansas Rides, visit www.ksrides.org.  For more information about OCCK, Inc., visit www.occk.com.  For more information about CityGo and OCCK Transportation, visit www.salinacitygo.com. Or, contact Claire Mullen, Mobility Manager (cmullen@occk.com), or the OCCK Transportation Center at 785-826-1583.

Salina, KS – OCCK Transportation announces that Claire Mullen is the new Mobility Manager for north central Kansas.

Mullen, originally from Hays, has 5 years’ experience in management and sales.  She previously worked for Alliance Monitoring Technologies, L.L.C., and In The Bag Cleaners, both of Wichita.

Mullen will work within the north-central Kansas counties of Saline, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Ottawa, Mitchell, Cloud, Republic, and Jewell to identify and close gaps in transportation services, as well as help facilitate agreements and relationships between transportation providers, major employment and medical providers and cities and counties.

“Michelle Griffin has laid a remarkable foundation as Mobility Manager before being promoted to Transportation Director of OCCK,” Mullen said.  “I am looking forward to continuing to grow what is already put in place and working to further improve the transportation services of north-central Kansas. There are several gaps in transportation services but there is so much potential to meet those needs. ”

Mobility management is a joint project between the member transportation agencies in the eight-county region and the Kansas Department of Transportation. For more information about OCCK Transportation, visit www.salinacitygo.com or call 826-1583.