rabbittransit

The Central Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (formerly York Adams Transportation Authority), doing business as rabbittransit, is the mass transit service of York and Adams counties in Pennsylvania and oversees the transportation needs of Columbia, Cumberland, Franklin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder and Union counties. The agency currently operates 15 fixed routes within York County (12 in York and 3 in Hanover) and 4 routes in Adams County (all of which serve Gettysburg), express bus routes from Gettysburg to Harrisburg and from York to Harrisburg and Towson, Maryland (connecting to the Baltimore Light RailLink of the Baltimore area's Maryland Transit Administration).

Central PA Transportation Authority (rabbittransit)
Headquarters415 North Zarfoss Drive, York, PA
LocaleYork
Gettysburg
Service areaYork County, Pennsylvania
Adams County, Pennsylvania
Service typebus service, paratransit
Routes15 regular
1 shuttle
2 connector
Fleet80
Daily ridership6,000
Websiterabbittransit.org

The agency, which has an annual ridership of 1.7 million, also provides paratransit services to the disabled, and a shared ride service.[1]

History
  • During the late 2000s, rabbittransit has benefited from high gas prices and has seen an increase in ridership.[2] Ridership in particular has risen on express routes, including the one operating between York and Harrisburg.[3]
  • On February 2, 2009, rabbittransit introduced a new line providing six trips each weekday between York and Towson, Maryland with connection to the Baltimore Light RailLink at Timonium.[4]
  • 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".[5]
  • 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.[6] 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 Dauphin and Cumberland counties, to form the Susquehanna Regional Transportation Authority.[7] The merger was proposed in order for better service and to prevent CAT service cuts.[8] 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."[9]

Routes

rabbittransit currently operates the following routes:

Route Number Route Name Schedule link(s)
1A West Manchester Mall Weekday schedule
Weekend schedule
1BC York Mall/Galleria/Pleasant Acres Weekday schedule
Weekend schedule
2 North & South York via The Crossroads Weekday schedule
Weekend schedule
3 Northwest Plaza/York College/York Hospital Weekday schedule
Weekend schedule
4 Memorial Hospital/Queensgate Weekday schedule
Weekend schedule
5 West York/Haines Road Weekday schedule
Weekend schedule
6 North & South York via Pershing Street Weekday schedule
Weekend schedule
12 Wrightsville/Columbia Schedule (weekdays only)
13 Dover Schedule (weekdays only)
14EG Manchester Industrial Park Via George Street 14E schedule (evenings)
14E schedule (weekends)
14G schedule (peak hours)
14S Manchester Industrial Park Via Susquehanna Trail 14S schedule (weekdays)
15 Red Lion/Dallastown Schedule (weekdays only)
15N Gettysburg Transit Center to HACC Harrisburg Campus Schedule (weekdays only)
16 York to Hanover Schedule (weekdays only)
17 Shrewsbury/Downtown York Schedule (weekdays only)
21 Hanover/Homewood Weekday schedule
Weekend schedule
22 Hanover to Carlisle Weekday schedule
Weekend schedule
83N York to Harrisburg Schedule (weekdays only)
83S York to Northern Maryland Schedule (weekdays only)
Blue Transit Center to Deatrick Commons Schedule (Tuesday-Saturday only)
Grey Transit Center to Gateway Gettysburg Schedule
Lincoln 1 Aspire Hotel to Transit Center Schedule
Lincoln 2 Outlets at Gettysburg to Transit Center Schedule

See also

References
  1. "Rabbittransit - About Us". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  2. "York, Lancaster and Harrisburg PA News, Weather and Sports - WGAL Channel 8".
  3. http://www.whtm.com/news/stories/0608/531416.html
  4. "New Bus Service Connects Southern Pa. To Md. - Baltimore, Maryland News Story - WBAL Baltimore". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  5. "rabbitEXPRESS - Route 15 North". York County Transit Authority - rabbittransit. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  6. http://www.allbusiness.com/government/government-bodies-offices-regional/7368376-1.html
  7. Sweigart, Kate (December 22, 2020). "RabbitTransit and CAT announce merger, forming single transportation system". Harrisburg, PA: WHTM-TV. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  8. "CAT, rabbittransit propose merger, would create expansive bus system". TheBurg. December 22, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  9. Kaplan, Seth (March 9, 2022). "Rabbit beats cat! (With Midstate Pa. transit branding)". Harrisburg, PA: WHTM-TV. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
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