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Arcata will keep its evening bus service for the foreseeable future.

The Humboldt Transit Authority’s board of directors met this morning, and decided to work on a contract with Cal Poly Humboldt to keep evening runs going until the end of the university’s Spring 2027 semester.

They haven’t hashed out the specifics. Currently, the university has a $60,000 contract with the HTA to fund the Orange Route, which exclusively runs on Saturdays and on weekday evenings from 7 to 10 p.m. 

“We’re committed to funding evening service,” a university spokesperson wrote to the Outpost, “and the University and HTA will figure out what that service will look like and the funding needed as we work through the contract together.”

The spokesperson said they were going to continue funding evening bus service through the end of June 2027. The university and the HTA will work out a long-term agreement in the spring. 

Cal Poly Humboldt is also choosing a contractor to run its Hinarr Hu Moulik shuttle service. HTA operates it, but has to stop in December because it’s subsidized with federal funding and isn’t allowed to compete with the private industry.