If there is a strike against Capital Metro on Monday, as there very well may be, and if you’re a rider and you’re not within walking distance of where you want to go and you aren’t close to one of the “core routes,” you may have to hitch a ride. Those who have no choice but to ride even if they support the employees will have only the “core routes” that will be kept running no matter what, although with abbreviated service and between 6 am and 7 pm only. The planned routes are:

1L/1M North Lamar/South Congress
2 Rosewood
3 Burnet/Manchaca
7 Duval /27 Dove Springs
10 South First /20 Manor Road
15 Red River /16 South Fifth
17 Johnson
37 Colony Park
137 Colony Park Flyer
300 Govalle Crosstown
325 Ohlen Crosstown
331 Oltorf

It’s likely that, in the event of service problems, the best information will be on the Capital Metro website because the telephone system (474-1200) quickly becomes overloaded when there’s the greatest need for it.