Charlottesville Area Transit
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| Slogan | Catch the CAT |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1975 |
| Headquarters | 615 East Water Street |
| Locale | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Service area | City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia |
| Service type | bus service |
| Routes | 13 |
| Fleet | 36 |
| Daily ridership | 6,641. Total passengers carried in FY15 was 2,423,740 |
| Fuel type | Diesel, Hybrid |
| Website | Charlottesville Area Transit |
Charlottesville Area Transit (formerly Charlottesville Transit Service)[1] is the provider of mass transportation in Charlottesville, Virginia. The organization was formed in 1975 when the city bought out Yellow Transit Company, which held a private monopoly on city busing. In 1999, the agency took a big leap in terms of providing better service and gaining more ridership, as it established a free shuttle route (which is officially called a trolley, using green-painted trolley-style buses) connected downtown with the University of Virginia. In 2007, the University Transit Service and Charlottesville Area Transit entered into an open ridership agreement that allows UVA students, faculty, and staff ride CAT for free by showing a valid UVA ID card.[2] Eleven routes are offered Monday through Saturday from the early morning until the late evening. Sunday service is only available on the Free Trolley and Routes 2 and 12.
Route list
- Free Trolley - UVA/Downtown Free
- 1 - East Market Street/Piedmont Virginia Community College/Downtown
- 2- 5th Street Station/Downtown
- 3 - Belmont/Southwood/Downtown
- 4 - Cherry Ave/Fry’s Spring/UVA Hospital/Downtown
- 5 - Barracks Road Shopping Center/Fashion Square/Wal-Mart
- 6 - Ridge St/UVA Hospital/Downtown
- 7 - Fashion Square Mall/Shops at Stonefield/Barracks Road Shoping Center/UVA Hospital/Downtown
- 8 - Barracks Road Shopping Center/Seminole Square/Shops at Stonefield/Downtown
- 9 - 10th St/Rose Hill Drive/Greenbrier Drive/Fashion Square Mall
- 10 - Pantops/Sentra Martha Jefferson Hospital/Downtown
- 11 - Fashion Square Mall/CATEC/Downtown
- 12- Fashion Square/Walmart/Downtown
References
- ↑ "With new bus service name come route revisions". Daily Progress. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ↑ http://www.virginia.edu/parking/TDM/driven/openridership.html