The final day to ride GoRaleigh’s R-Line downtown circulator before its temporary suspension is Saturday, with service set to pause beginning Sunday.
The Raleigh Transit Authority approved the change earlier this year following years of declining ridership. Transit officials said the R-Line, which launched in 2009, originally served an important role for people traveling around downtown Raleigh.
“But since then we’ve got Uber, we’ve got Lyft, we’ve got scooters, we’ve got bikes. And it’s just, you know, the ridership has continued to decline over the years. So we just decided to suspend it,” transportation officials said…