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Be a Tourist in Your Own Town

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Be A Tourist Downtown Map (this map shows Be a Tourist routes in downtown Lansing)

Green Route on MSU Campus (this map shows green route on MSU campus only)

Event Date

June 4, 2011

Route Details

The Be a Tourist bus routes will operate:

Saturday, June 4th: 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM

Buses will run approximately every 10 minutes.

Turn-by-Turn Directions

Green Route

Departs the staging area on Michigan (west of Cedar, in front of Nuthouse).
Right (south) on Cedar to Mt. Hope.
Left (east) on Mt. Hope to Farm Lane.
Left (north) on Farm Lane to Service Rd.
Right (east) on Service Rd to Bogue.
Left (north) on Bogue to E Shaw.
Left (west) on E Shaw to Chestnut.
Right (north) on Chestnut to Kalamazoo.
Right (east) on Kalamazoo to West Circle.
Right (east) on West Circle to Auditorium.
Left (east) on Auditorium to Farm Lane.
Left (northeast) on Farm Lane to Grand River.
Left (west) on Grand River to Michigan.
Merge left onto Michigan.
Michigan to Harrison. Make “Michigan Left” in order to turn left onto Harrison from Michigan.
Right (south) on Harrison to Kalamazoo.
Right (west) on Kalamazoo to Grand.
Right (north) on Grand to Michigan.
Right (east) on Michigan to staging area in front of Nuthouse (west on Cedar, on Michigan).

Blue Route

Departs the staging area on Michigan (west of Cedar, in front of Nuthouse).
Right (south) on Cedar to I-49.
Right (west) on I-496 to Washington.
Left (south) on Washington to Mount Hope.
Left (east) on Mount Hope to Pennsylvania.
Left (north) on Pennsylvania to Potter Park Zoo.
Right (east) into the Potter Park Zoo drive.
Exit the Potter Park Zoo to Pennsylvania.
Right (north) on Pennsylvania to I-496.
Left (west) onto I-496 to Grand.
Right (north) onto Grand directly to Michigan.
Right (east) on Michigan to staging area in front of Nuthouse.

Red Route

Departs the staging area in front of Stadium District Condos/Lansing CVB Office.
Left (north) on Larch to Shiawassee.
Left (west) on Shiawassee to Grand.
Right (north) on Grand to Schoolcraft Rd the service drive after LCC Gannon parking ramp.
Left (west) on Schoolcraft Rd. to Capitol.
Left (south) on Capitol to Kalamazoo.
Right (west) on Kalamazoo to entry drive of the Michigan Historical Center.
Right (north) on entry drive into the Historical Center.
Continue around the cul-de-sac to exit onto Kalamazoo.
Left (east) onto Kalamazoo to Pine.
Right (south) on Pine to Main.
Left (east) on Main to Grand.
Left (north) on Grand to Michigan.
Right (east) on Michigan to staging area in front of Nuthouse (On Michigan, west of Cedar).

Yellow Route

Departs the staging area in front of Stadium District Condos/Lansing CVB Office.
Left (north) on Larch to North.
Left (west) on North to Turner.
Left (south) on Turner to Grand River.
Left (east) on Grand River to Cedar.
Right (south) on Cedar to Michigan.
Left (east) on Michigan to staging area.