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Limited holiday service will be offered on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, while all other CATA operations – Fixed Route, Spec-Tran, Rural Service, Connector, Redi-Ride, Lot Link, Night Owl, Shopping Bus and CATA Rydz – will not operate.

Advance reservations are required for those in need of transportation on Thanksgiving Day. Curb-to-curb service will be available to the general public from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on a limited basis and will be restricted to the Spec-Tran service boundaries. CATA will attempt to accommodate all ride requests. To view the service area map, visit www.cata.org/holidays.

Trips for Thanksgiving Day must be scheduled during the reservation window, Nov. 14-25. No same-day trips will be allowed. Call 517-394-2282 to reserve a ride. The one-way fare is $2.50. Drivers will accept cash (exact fare), mobile pay, Spec-Tran punch passes or tokens as payment.

All non-campus CATA routes and services will end at their regularly scheduled time on Wednesday, Nov. 27. MSU late-evening campus service on Routes 30, 31, 39 and Lot Link will conclude at 11:30 p.m.

The Spec-Tran office will remain open Thanksgiving Day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to schedule rides that are to occur on or after Friday, Nov. 29. Call 517-394-2282, login to myspectran.cata.org or access your account using the MyRideCATA app to reserve a Spec-Tran ride needed after the holiday.

CATA routes and services will resume their regular weekday schedules on Friday, Nov. 29.