Planning to be on the road on New Year’s Eve?

LeeTran will be offering special services for the holiday for those who want to catch a ride instead of fight the traffic, and AAA will again offer its Tow to Go program for drivers who need a last-resort option to get home.

LeeTran

LeeTran will provide extended transportation services in Downtown Fort Myers and on Fort Myers Beach to accommodate New Year’s Eve festivities.

Downtown Fort Myers River District service will include:

• The Blue and Gold line trolleys (Routes 500 and 505) will run until 1 a.m.

Fort Myers Beach Service will include:

• The free open-air beach trams will extend service until 1 a.m. from Bowditch Point Park to the beach library.

• Route 490, which travels between Times Square and the Beach Park & Ride at 11101 Summerlin Square Drive, will run its normal service until the last departure off the beach around 10:30 p.m. After this final departure from Times Square, a shuttle service will start from the Main Street Park & Ride (at the foot of the Matanzas Pass Bridge) to the Beach Park & Ride until 1 a.m. Jan 1, following the fireworks festivities.

Officials said riders seeking transportation from Fort Myers Beach to the Beach Park & Ride after the bridge closure will have to walk across the bridge to the Main Street Park & Ride to catch the 490 shuttle to the Beach Park & Ride. The last shuttle to the Beach Park & Ride will depart the Main Street Park & Ride at 1 a.m.

LeeTran is the public transit provider for Lee County. LeeTran operates 25 bus routes during season and a paratransit service known as Passport. LeeTran employs nearly 300 people and has a fleet of 57 fixed-route vehicles, five beach trams, 50 paratransit vans and six micro-transit vehicles. To learn more about the services offered by LeeTran, or for schedule and fare information, call 239-LEE-TRAN, or visit www.RideLeeTran.com.

Tow to Go

AAA will work to help stranded motorists while also keeping impaired drivers off the road this holiday season. The Auto Club Grou activated its Tow to Go program in Florida and other select states on Christmas Eve.

“If you’re faced with the decision of driving impaired, put down those keys and pick up the phone to call Tow to Go,” Jenkins said. “AAA will then send a truck to take you and your vehicle to a safe location within a 10-mile radius.”

AAA service technicians expect to respond to calls from more than 860,000 drivers with car trouble during the upcoming holiday so AAA officials recommend treating Tow to Go as a last resort.

Plan for a safe ride home by identifying a designated driver or ride sharing service before you go out.

Tow to Go will be active from 6 p.m. Dec. 24 to 6 a.m. Jan. 2.

For service, call (855) 2-TOW-2-GO or (855) 286-9246.

AAA has provided the Tow to Go program for more than 25 years. Since its inception, Tow to Go has removed more than 30,000 impaired drivers from the roadway.