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Round Robins Express II hits the road

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  • By Wayne Crenshaw
  • 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --  Round Robins Express, the sequel, debuted Thursday.

Prompted by requests from organizations in buildings where parking is scarce, the base is reviving its parking lot shuttle system, calling it Round Robins Express II.

John Pugh, 78th Mission Support Group deputy director, said the free service will use essentially the same two routes as before.

Although the service had little ridership when it ended earlier this year, it is being revived as a result of the base being in Force Protection Condition Bravo.

The FPCON change eliminated parking near certain buildings and forced more vehicles to compete for the remaining parking spaces.

The move to Bravo is a directive from U.S. Northern Command and applies to all military bases in the country.

RRE II has two routes, a Red route and a Blue route.

The buses will leave in 15-minute intervals from the Air National Guard parking area, west of Bldg. 2336, and drop workers off at designated stops near major maintenance and support areas.

The Blue route will primarily serve the flightline area, even going onto the flightline to get employees close to their workplaces. The Blue Route shuttle will run from 5:30 to 7:30 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.

The Red route will have stops around buildings 300 and 301, as well as the Air Force Reserve Command headquarters building. The Red Route bus will run from 7 to 9 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Leadership will closely evaluate the program and make adjustments as needed. Employees are still encouraged to use the existing mass transportation programs, which help reduce air emissions and parking shortage. The existing carpool and vanpool programs provide qualified participants financial compensation and rewards.

Qualified employees can benefit from the Transportation Incentive Program, which reimburses them for the expense of participating in vanpools and for riding Buses into Robins Daily. For more information, contact the TIP program manager at 468-0945.

Carpoolers can benefit from the Clean Air Campaign by enrolling in the Rewards Program at www.cleanaircampaign.org. For more information about the program, call 497-8287.