SERVICE NEWS » #42 NAMPA/MERIDIAN LIMITED STOP    Beginning Monday, Aug. 18, the route taken by the #42 bus from Downtown Boise to Boise State University will change. Instead of traveling to St. Luke's Regional Medical Center via Jefferson, the bus will stay on Main Street all the way to Broadway. On the return trip, the bus will turn from Broadway on to Idaho. There are stops on Main and Idaho near St. Luke's.    Also, the #42 bus will not turn on to University from Broadway. Instead, the bus will turn right on Beacon, right on Lincoln and right on to University. On its way back to downtown Boise, the bus will travel east on Broadway and turn left on to Broadway. » #5 EMERALD     A road closure on Liberty Street will affect this route. From Emerald Street, the outbound bus will turn left on Cole Road and right at TJ's Burgers into the Boise Towne Square Mall. On the inbound trip, the bus will travel its regular route until it gets to Allumbaugh. The bus will turn right on Allumbaugh, left on Franklin, left on Curtis and right on Emerald before resuming its regular route. » STATEHOUSE RENNOVATION     The Statehouse rennovation project has affected three ValleyRide routes - the #9 State Street, the #10 Maple Grove/Hill Road, and the #14 Hyde Park. The buses leaving downtown Boise will turn left on to Capitol Boulevard, left on to Bannock and right on to 8th Street before resuming the regular routes. Passengers who normally wait for the bus on the southeast corner of Capitol and Idaho are encouraged to wait on the northeast corner of 9th and Bannock at the designated zones for the affected routes. These detours will be in place as late as January 2010. RIDE FOR FREE!    Did you know that ValleyRide has contracts with the Boise School District that allows many students to ride free during the school year and with Boise State University that allows faculty, staff and students to ride free all year? To access a chart that provides information about who can ride for free, click on the link below: WHO RIDES FREE CHART    If you are a BSU student or faculty member, click HERE for ValleyRide information.