Go COMO will not be offering free bus rides between venues at True/False Film Fest this year.
Megan McConachie, a spokesperson from the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau, says the city determined these festival routes were ineffective.
“This was actually a decision made by the Transit Division, to stop offering transit service that was specific to special events because their cost kind of outweighed the effectiveness of having those lines running,” McConachie said.
While getting downtown may take some extra time, free parking will still be available on Saturday and Sunday of the festival, and according to McConachie, traveling between venues will still be manageable.
“The True/False Film Fest is so walkable that there isn’t a lot of movement as far as traffic goes once people have gotten down town for the day,” McConachie said.
Normal city bus and shuttle lines will be still be running, and McConachie says some hotels may also offer special shuttle services.
“I think that it’s still going to be a very accessible fest for everyone who’s going to be attending," McConachie said.
Editors note: The headline and body of this story had been updated. They previously stated the shuttles were offered by True/False, when in fact they were operated by Go COMO