CCRTA and DMC celebrate new “Super Stops” at Oso Creek Campus with ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 28

Del Mar College students can ride anywhere for free by showing validated College ID; Oso Creek Super Stops also serving the city’s southside population

Article content from contributed CCCRTA news release

The Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (CCRTA) and Del Mar College (DMC) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Aug. 28, along Yorktown Blvd. at the new Oso Creek Campus. The celebration recognized the completed Super Stops––the one on Yorktown Blvd. and another on Rodd Field Rd.––that will improve transportation services for DMC and the southside region of the city.

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During an Aug. 28, 2023 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority’s (CCRTA) two new Super Stops at the Del Mar College (DMC) Oso Creek Campus, several CCRTA, city and DMC representatives attended the event to celebrate the expansion of transit services to the College’s students and southside residents in the area. Assisting with cutting the ribbon and “officially” opening the two new bus stops CCRTA Board Chair Dan Leyendecker (left); District 1 Regent Rudy Garza, DMC Board of Regents; Chrissy Romeros, District Director for Texas Rep. Todd Hunter; Laura Wallace, Director of Program Management & Oversight with Region 6 of the Federal Transit Administration; DMC President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark Escamilla, Ph.D.; Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette Guajardo; CCRTA CEO Derrick Majchszak; CCRTA Vice Chair Anna Jimenez; Eloy Salazar, CCRTA Board of Directors; and Art Granado, CCRTA Board of Directors. (Credit: DMC Digital Services)

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A blue transit bus sits next to the new Super Stop at the Del Mar College (DMC) Oso Creek Campus on Yorktown Blvd. The Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (CCRTA) and the College presented a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 28, 2023 for two new Super Stops at the new campus on the city’s southside––the one on Yorktown Blvd. and another on Rodd Field Rd.. The Super Stops expand the CCRTA’s services to benefit DMC students attending classes at the Oso Creek Campus as well as residents living in that area of the city. (Credit: DMC Digital Services)

“CCRTA’s Board of Directors and leadership are grateful to Del Mar College and the Federal Transit Administration for their partnerships in getting this project completed. These Super Stops will help Del Mar College students arrive to class on time and further their education at no-cost. We are excited to grow our system and better serve the needs of Del Mar College,” said Dan Leyendecker, CCRTA’s Board Chair.

“We will continue to prioritize improving our system by expanding our service and improving access for students, first responders, senior citizens, and all of our communities. These Super Stops will be an anchor for the Southside and Flour Bluff as we move forward,” said Derrick Majchszak, CCRTA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

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DMC President and CEO Mark Escamilla, Ph.D., added, “Accessibility is a key goal for Del Mar College, and our partnership with CCRTA breaks one of the barriers our students face when juggling work, school and life––that’s transportation. It’s fitting the ribbon-cutting next to our Oso Creek Campus is on the first day of fall semester classes because these Super Stops are an indication of our city’s growth and that of the College. Transportation should never be an issue hindering our Vikings getting to class, and we’re Viking Proud to partner with CCRTA to ensure they do.”

CCRTA provides free rides to DMC students when they show a validated College I.D. Students can travel to and between campuses as well as to other destinations on CCRTA routes.

CCRTA received $2.8 million from a Federal Transit Administration competitive grant to assist with designing and building the new stops.

For bus routes, maps and schedules, visit www.ccrta.org/rider-info/routes-maps-schedules/.

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