 Old logo used by Athens Transit (until 2018) | |
| Founded | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Athens, Georgia, United States |
| Service area | Athens-Clarke County |
| Service type | Fixed-Route ("The Bus") On-Demand Paratransit ("The Lift") |
| Routes | 18 |
| Stops | 500 [1] |
| Hubs | Athens Multi-Modal Transportation Center (primary) Georgia Square Mall North Ave. Piggly Wiggly |
| Lounge | Athens Multi-Modal Transportation Center |
| Daily ridership | 6,905 during UGA school year, 4,291 May–July[2] |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| Operator | Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County[3] |
| Unified City/County Government | Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County[3] |
| Website | http://www.athenstransit.com |
Athens Transit is a public bus system in Athens, Georgia, United States. The system was started in 1976, and today 20 routes operate throughout the city. The whole system is fare free.[4] Most bus routes have the buses stop at a given location once per hour during operating hours.
Most routes are designed as loops, with outbound buses on a given route not returning on the same streets. This can prove confusing, but major streets generally have two routes serving them: one outbound, and one inbound. Most routes terminate at the Athens Multi-Modal Transportation Center, which was built in 2006 on a brownfield near the North Oconee River. The Multi-Modal Center was a winner of the 2007 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture award from the American Institute of Steel Construction, and it is designed to accommodate a future "Brain Train" to Atlanta.[5]
Athens Transit and UGA Campus Transit buses were part of an early trial of biodiesel fuel during the 1996 Olympics.[6]
Athens Transit was formerly known as "The Bus" but in 2018 it was changed to its current branding as "Athens-Clarke County Transit" as it was one of the few remaining A-CC services that did not refer to "Athens-Clarke" in its name.
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- ^ Citizen-Funded Transit Station in Athens, Ga. Wins National Design Award
- ^ Goodrum, J. W. "Biodiesel Bus Demonstration in Atlanta '96 Olympics."