Votran Announces Delays & Service Interruptions During Bike Week

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Volusia County, FL - This year's Bike Week is expected to draw in heavy crowds and heavy traffic, and Votran has announced delays, interruptions, and route deviations during the event. Bike Week runs from March 9-18, and Votran reminds residents that bus schedules may be delayed, and detours are subject to change without notice. “The best way for riders to stay informed of delays or deviations is to download the myStop mobile app and sign up for real-time service alerts at Votran.org,” Votran general manager Rob Stephens says. From March 14 to 18, Votran vehicles will not use the Intermodal Transit Facility at the Ocean Center. Route deviations include:
  • Routes 1, 18, and 19 will make service stops on State Road A1A.
  • Route 3 will not serve Riverside Drive between 2nd and 3rd St.
  • Route 8 will make service stops on Halifax Avenue.
  • Route 11 will experience service interruptions and detours. As needed, buses will use U.S. 1 from Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard to Fairview Avenue. There will be no service to Volusia Square and the Daytona Flea Market.
  • Route 17A/B outbound will be unable to use Main Street beginning March 10. It will use the International Speedway Boulevard bridge in both directions.
  • Route 18 inbound, from State Road A1A, will use Seabreeze Boulevard to Mason Avenue and U.S. 1 to the Votran Transfer Plaza.
  • Routes 18 and 19 will not serve Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Daytona Beach International Airport.
  • Route 60 will run a regular route and will have a bus added to the route.
Night and Sunday service will operate from the Transfer Plaza from March 14 to 18. Route deviations include:
  • Route 1 will use International Speedway Boulevard to State Road A1A and will end at Vining Court and Granada Boulevard. There will be no service on the Granada Bridge.
  • Routes 3, 4, and 10 will use Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard, Beach Street, and Michigan Street to Fairview Avenue outbound and inbound.
  • On Sunday, Route 10 will be the same as night service from the Votran Transfer Plaza but will not serve the Daytona Flea Market.
  • Route 15 will use Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard to Beach Street.
  • Route 17 will use International Speedway Boulevard to State Road A1A. The route will end at Raymond Avenue and South Atlantic. There will be no service on the Dunlawton Bridge.
For more information and for up-to-date alerts and real-time bus-tracking, visit votran.org. Photo courtesy Volusia.org. Copyright Southern Stone Communications 2018.