The Colorado Department of Transportation has suspended its Bustang and Outrider bus service between cities throughout the state, effective March 29.

The suspension is meant to reduce intercity travel, CDOT said Saturday in a news release. The suspension runs through April 11, then will be reevaluated.

CDOT urged travelers to stay at home whenever possible, limiting travel essential travel as defined under the statewide stay-at-home order. “We must do everything we can right now to limit the spread of COVID-19,” said CDOT Executive Director Shoshana Lew. “Minimizing travel between communities is one important piece of our fight against this virus, and so we are suspending our intercity bus service.”

The suspension of these intercity services is different than the local transit services that continue to provide essential trips in communities throughout Colorado.