Free Transit

Full Details for Metro

• All Metro Fixed-Route service will be free between 6 pm.-12:30 a.m. and Access service will be free until 2 a.m.
• Due to street closures, Government Square will close nightly at 6:00 p.m. and service will be relocated to the Riverfront Transit Center until 12:30 a.m.
• Park and Ride service begins at 6 p.m; return service concludes at 12 a.m.
• Park and Rides will feature promotional giveaways and DJs to kick off the BLINK festivities. Vehicles are not permitted to be left overnight at park and ride locations.
• The Government Square information booth will be staffed from 5 p.m. - 1 a.m. nightly during the event.
• The Metro Customer Care Center (513-621-4455) will remain open until 12:30am nightly during the event.
• Metro staff will be on-hand at Cincinnati State, Crossroads and the Riverfront Transit Center to assist with information, wayfinding and general assistance.

Other Metro Service Information

• The Government Square information booth will be staffed from 5 p.m. - 1 a.m. nightly during the event.
• The Metro Customer Care Center (513-621-4455) will remain open until midnight nightly during the event.
• Metro staff will be on-hand at Cincinnati State, Crossroads and the Riverfront Transit Center to assist with information, wayfinding and general assistance.

Full Details for TANK

• Beginning at 6 p.m. all TANK services, including the Friday and Saturday evening direct bus service for BLINK, will be free of charge, for all 4 nights of BLINK.
• Park & Ride at Northern Kentucky University (Lots K, L, M) Available ONLY Friday, October 18th and Saturday, October 19th
• TANK will have promotional giveaways, music, refreshments, and fun at NKU as people wait for their bus to leave.
• Service begins each night at NKU at 6 p.m. Last trip from NKU to RTC is at 9 p.m.
• Bus makes no stops in between and goes straight to the Riverfront Transit Center.
• Beginning at 9 p.m. each night, buses will ONLY provide return transportation from the Riverfront Transit Center and drop off at NKU (no pick-ups).
• Buses will operate from the Riverfront Transit Center back to the park and ride for drop offs until 11 p.m. each night.
• TANK staff will be on-hand at Northern Kentucky University and the Riverfront Transit Center to assist with information, wayfinding and general help.
• The Southbank Shuttle will be on a detour for all 4 nights of BLINK after 6PM and will not be servicing the normal Southbank street stops. Instead the Southbank Shuttle will connect BLINK goers with one stop in Newport, one stop in Covington and a stop at the Riverfront Transit Center for anyone wanting to experience BLINK on both sides of the river.

Local Fixed Route Bus Routes

• All local TANK service will operate as scheduled, with this exception: bus service in Cincinnati will be limited after 6 p.m. and will operate only to the Riverfront Transit Center after 6 p.m. No “on street” service will be provided in Cincinnati by TANK after 6 p.m. for the duration of the BLINK event.
• Details on Butler Co. Regional Transity Authority:
• CincyLink will offer free transportation from October 17 to October 20 from the above Park and Ride locations. The CincyLink Blink shuttle will start at 5:30pm and run hourly until 11:00pm. The service will be a direct route from Butler County to the Riverfront Transit Station.

Full details for Butler Co. Regional Transity Authority:

• CincyLink will offer free transportation from October 17 to October 20 from the above Park and Ride locations.
• The CincyLink Blink shuttle will start at 5:30pm and run hourly until 11:00pm.
• The service will be a direct route from Butler County to the Riverfront Transit Station.