{"id":15969,"date":"2016-09-02T12:05:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T16:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=15969"},"modified":"2016-09-02T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T18:40:12","slug":"take-weekend-route-downtown-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/09\/take-weekend-route-downtown-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Take the Weekend Route to downtown fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Mocs Express Weekend Route runs every Thursday thru Sunday and is the perfect way to enjoy everything downtown has to offer.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Cheer for the Mocs. Catch a movie with friends. Shop. Eat. And generally have a great time. Get downtown to where the fun is happening without worrying about parking and driving back and forth to campus. The new Weekend Route gets you where you want to go and back again safely and easily.<\/p>\n<p>The Weekend Route began\u00a0operating\u00a0on September 1, and runs from 4:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. Depending on where you are, you might need to catch the shuttle downtown by midnight to get back to campus.<\/p>\n<p>Shuttle stops are convenient to campus housing and all of the regular stops you would expect downtown\u2014the Tennessee Aquarium, Finley Stadium and everything in between.<\/p>\n<p>Convenient. Free. Safe. Worry-free. You\u2019re going downtown anyway. Why not take the easy route?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take the Weekend Route:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thursdays and Fridays, 7 p.m. -12:30 a.m.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturdays, noon-12:30 a.m.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find out more about riding the Mocs Express shuttle\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/auxiliary-services\/parking\/carta-shuttle.php\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Mocs Express Weekend Route runs every Thursday thru Sunday and is the perfect way to enjoy everything downtown has to offer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/09\/take-weekend-route-downtown-fun\/\">Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":757,"featured_media":11906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[48163,48164],"class_list":{"0":"post-15969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus","8":"tag-mocs-express","9":"tag-mocs-express-weekend-route","10":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Take the Weekend Route to downtown fun! | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The new Mocs Express Weekend Route runs every Thursday thru Sunday and is the perfect way to enjoy everything downtown has to offer. 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