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Charlottesville Area Transit

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Slogan
  
Catch the CAT

Fuel type
  
Diesel, Hybrid

Motto
  
Catch the CAT

Routes
  
13

Headquarters
  
615 East Water Street

Founded
  
1975

Fleet
  
36

Service type
  
Transit bus

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Locale
  
Charlottesville, Virginia

Service area
  
City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia

Daily ridership
  
6,641. Total passengers carried in FY15 was 2,423,740

Charlottesville area transit


Charlottesville Area Transit (formerly Charlottesville Transit Service) 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. 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.

Contents

Charlottesville area transit 103 the ride


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

    Charlottesville Area Transit Wikipedia