The Central Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (formerly York Adams Transportation Authority), doing business as rabbittransit, is the

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service of

York York is a cathedral city with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many hist ...

and

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counties in

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and oversees the transportation needs of

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, Cumberland,

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, Montour,

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, Snyder and

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counties. The agency currently operates 15 fixed routes within York County (12 in

and 3 in

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) and 4 routes in Adams County (all of which serve Gettysburg), express bus routes from Gettysburg to

Harrisburg Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in Pe ...

and from

and

Towson, Maryland Towson () is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Baltimore County and the second-most populous unin ...

(connecting to the

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of the

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area's

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). The agency, which has an annual ridership of 1.7 million, also provides

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services to the disabled, and a shared ride service.

History

* During the late 2000s, rabbittransit has benefited from high gas prices and has seen an increase in ridership. Ridership in particular has risen on express routes, including the one operating between York and

. * On February 2, 2009, rabbittransit introduced a new line providing six trips each weekday between York and

with connection to the

Timonium Timonium is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 9,926. Prior to 2010 the area was part of the Lutherville-Timonium CDP. The Maryland State Fair is held in ...

. * On June 6, 2011, rabbittransit (in cooperation with the Adams County Transit Authority) began operating commuter service between Gettysburg and Harrisburg with a total of four round-trips daily. The route is designated "15N". * On July 1, 2016, rabbittransit (in cooperation with Union/Snyder County Commissioners) merged with Union/Snyder Transportation Alliance (USTA)

Renaming

rabbittransit was formerly known as York County Transit Authority. The name was changed in 2000 in order to improve the agency's image. The name is a play of "rapid transit", coincidentally echoing the same play-on-words that formed the basis of the cartoon, '' Rabbit Transit''.

Merger with Capital Area Transit

On December 22, 2020, it was announced that rabbittransit would merge with Capital Area Transit (CAT), which offers service in

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and Cumberland counties, to form the Susquehanna Regional Transportation Authority. The merger was proposed in order for better service and to prevent CAT service cuts. The merged system will use the rabbittransit name. The CAT branding continues to be used on CAT buses, with a sticker underneath the CAT logo saying "a service of rabbittransit."

Routes

rabbittransit currently operates the following routes:

External links

rabbittransit homepage

References