The Macatawa Area Express (MAX) Transportation Authority and
organizers of the Tulip Time Festival this year will be providing a free shuttle service through the
downtown Holland area on festival days in hopes of alleviating traffic and parking problems.
The shuttle will be offered every day during the festival (May 7-14) and will operate every
30 minutes, beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 9 p.m. Shuttle service will be suspended from
12 noon to 4 p.m. on the parade days of May 11, 12 and 14.
Residents and visitors who want to board the shuttle must be waiting at the shuttle stop
at least 2 minutes before its scheduled arrival. The shuttle will not stop at shuttle stops where
no one is standing or waiting. The shuttle will make eight stops at the following locations:
Windmill Island
7th St. Parking Garage
Window on the Waterfront
Eighth & Central
Civic Center
Kollen Park
Tulip Time Office/Museum
Centennial Park
Ditto Park-N-Ride Lot
(8th and Clover Ave)
In addition to the free shuttle service, MAX has established nine Park-N-Ride lots where
motorists can park their cars near a bus stop, board the bus, and ride the MAX into downtown
Holland. Park-N-Ride lots are located at the two Holland area Meijer and Family Fare stores,
the Holland outlet center, Walmart, the MDOT lots at Business 196/Homestead Drive and 112th /
Chicago Drive, and the Ditto lot on 8th St. and Clover.
For a schedule of times the MAX arrives at these Park-N-Ride lots, visit catchamax.org or call
MAX Customer Service at (616) 355-1010 or toll free (866) 355-1391.
The Let’s Get Moving coalition is holding a big Transit Advocacy Day at the Capitol on May 17 and you’re invited! Bus riders, employees, transit system operators and other transit supporters will come together to tell Michigan legislators why transit matters and to oppose cuts in state transit funding. 