Capital District Transportation Authority

Capital District Transportation Authority
An articulated bus on CDTA route 10
Founded1970 (previously United Traction Company in 1890)
Headquarters110 Watervliet Avenue
Albany, New York
LocaleCapital District
Service areaAlbany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Saratoga, Montgomery, Washington, and Warren counties
Service typeLocal bus service
express bus service
commuter coach service
bus rapid transit
paratransit (STAR)
Routes65
Stops2,640[1]
DepotsAlbany Depot: 110 Watervliet Avenue, Albany NY
Troy Depot: 40 Hoosick Street, Troy NY,
Schenectady Depot: 2401 Maxon Rd. Schenectady NY
Upstate Transit of Saratoga: 207 Geyser Rd. Saratoga Springs NY
Brown Transportation: 50 Venner Rd. Amsterdam NY,
Glen Falls Depot: 495 Queensbury Ave, Queensbury, NY 12804
Fleet292[1]
Daily ridership57,100 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[2]
Annual ridership15,779,000 (2023)[3]
Fuel typeDiesel, diesel-electric hybrid
OperatorCDTA (all except Northway Express)
Upstate Transit (Northway Express only)
Brown Transportation (Thruway Express only)
Chief executiveCarm Basile
Websitecdta.org

The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) is a New York State public-benefit corporation overseeing a number of multi-modal parts of public transportation in the Capital District of New York State (Albany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, and Washington counties).[4] CDTA runs local and express buses, including four lines of an express bus service called BusPlus (one between Albany and Schenectady, two between Albany and either Waterford and Cohoes, and another one between Albany and Crossgates Mall), and day-to-day management of three Amtrak stations in the Capital region–the Albany-Rensselaer, Schenectady and Saratoga Springs Amtrak stations. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 15,779,000, or about 57,100 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.

Created as an act of the New York State Legislature in August 1970, CDTA was formed similarly to agencies in Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. In 1970, CDTA purchased and took over management of the United Traction Company and Schenectady Transit.

CDTA bus operators, dispatchers, and supervisory staff are organized in Local 1321 of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU).

  1. ^ a b "Operational Summary". Capital District Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "Welcome Aboard Warren County | www.cdta.org". www.cdta.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.