Sarasota County Area Transit

Fare Structure

No fare to kids below 6 with fare-paying rider; limit 3.

Fixed Route

Single ride $1.25

Discounted Single ride 60¢ (Must have a SCAT Gold or Medicare card)

Express Route

Single ride one way $2.50

Discounted Single ride one way $1.25 (Must have a SCAT Gold or Medicare card)

Unlimited Ride Passes

30-Day Passport $50

7-Day Passport $20

Discounted 30-Day Passport $25 (Must have a SCAT Gold or Medicare card)

Discounted 7-Day Passport $10 (Must have a SCAT Gold or Medicare card)

Day Pass $4

R-Card $60 (Regional 30 day card for use in both Sarasota and Manatee Counties)

Discounted R-Card $30 (Must have SCAT Gold, Manatee Mobility or Medicare card)

Express Ride Pass

30-Day Passport $85

Discounted 30-day Passport $42.50 (Must have a SCAT Gold or Medicare card)

Transfers

SCAT will offer MCAT transfers ONLY on Route 99 for those boarding at or north of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. Transfer fare is subject to the MCAT fare schedule.

SCAT Plus

Single ride $2.50

SCAT Bus Routes

SCAT operates 24 different local bus routes, servicing as far south as Venice, North Port and Englewood. Additionally, SCAT operates two joint routes with Manatee County Area Transit (MCAT); the Longboat Trolley route 18, and route 99 (Sarasota/Bradenton Connector).

In April 2011, SCAT introduced its first express route between North Port & Downtown Sarasota [2].

1-Fruitville

1A-Fruitville via McIntosh

2-Coconut Avenue/Airport

3-Pinecraft

4-Lido

5-Osprey-Swift

6-Beneva

7-Newtown NE Plaza

8-Newtown 301

9-North Port

10-Siesta Village

11-Siesta Key

12-North Lockwood

13-Venice

14-Bee Ridge

15-Airport-Cattlemen ( Hourly Service Now Monday-Saturday )

16-Englewood-Venice

17-Trail

18-Longboat

20-Toledo Blade

28-Toledo Blade

29-Glenallen ( Price Blvd./Sumter )

30-University

33-Pinecraft Limited

40-Webber

99-Palmetto-Sarasota Connector (Together with MCAT)

100x-North Port/Downtown Sarasota Express via I-75: 90x North Port/Venice Island/Downtown Sarasota Express via I-75

Late-Night and Sunday Service

Due to growing ridership demand, SCAT introduced late-night and Sunday service on select routes in 2007. Of the 11 routes selected for this service modification, two (6 & 12) run as standalone routes, while the rest are "combined" routes. Route 9S was added in November 2009

2/15-Cocoanut - SRQ Airport - University Parkway

14/11-Siesta Key -Lake Sarasota- ( New Hourly Service as of Nov. 1st 2009 )

17/13-U.S. 41 to Jacaranda Southgate, Sarasota Pavilion, Sarasota Square, Venice Train Depot- ( New Hourly Service as of Nov. 1st. 2009 )

8/5/17-Tallevast - Sarasota Memorial Hospital

12-North Lockwood Ridge University Parkway to Wal-Mart

6-Beneva Westfield Sarasota Square Mall

9S-North Port via US 41

Fleet

SCAT maintains a fleet of Gillig buses, including ten hybrid BRT buses that the agency purchased in 2006. SCAT also has a contigency fleet of Orion I and Orion V buses.

Not pictured

35 Foot Orion V

30 Foot Gillig Low Floor BRT Hybrid

40 Foot Gillig Low Floor BRT Coach (used for express routes)

Future plans

SCAT is currently laying out the future of Sarasota County public transit with the following projects.

Bus Rapid Transit

SCAT began planning out bus rapid transit (BRT) service along US 41 from Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport to downtown Sarasota, with possible links south of the area. The project is currently in the early planning stages, with no funding allocated at the moment. However, the agency is seeking federal financial assistance for the project.