TriCounty Link expanding routes to Dorchester, Berkeley; All rides for free for next three months

MONCKS CORNER - The free ride is just beginning for TriCounty Link customers.

Starting Tuesday, passengers will ride for free on all TriCounty Link bus routes until Nov. 30.

The promotion is in conjunction with the rural bus system's unveiling of expanded commuter express routes to and from Ridgeville, Summerville, Moncks Corner and Goose Creek that also begin Tuesday.

Officials hope the new routes will pry more drivers from their cars, help those in the rural areas who have long been without transportation and pave the way for more rural routes in the future.

The routes have been carefully coordinated with CARTA bus system routes to provide seamless travel into downtown Charleston, officials said.

One route will head from the new Berkeley County Office Building on U.S. Highway 52 in Moncks Corner to the county's satellite office on U.S. 52 in Goose Creek before connecting with a CARTA bus at the Kmart Super Center at Rivers Avenue and Otranto Road in North Charleston.

The other route will start at Ridgeville Town Hall and go to the old shopping center parking lot at the juncture of U.S. Highway 78 and Berlin Myers Parkway in Summerville before dropping off commuters at the Kmart in North Charleston for the CARTA trip downtown.

Parking at the park and rides is free.

Read more details in tomorrow's Post and Courier.