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.jpg) Cherriots buses in new and old paint schemes at the Downtown Transit Center in 2018 | |
| Founded | November 6, 1979 |
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| Headquarters | 555 Court Street NE Salem, Oregon, US |
| Service area | Salem and Keizer, Oregon |
| Service type | Bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 26 |
| Fleet | 64 (Cherriots) 15 (Regional Contracted) 46 (CherryLift Bus) 5 (Cherriots Shop and Ride) |
| Daily ridership | 20,900 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[1] |
| Annual ridership | 3,133,700 (2023)[2] |
| Fuel type | Diesel, CNG (Natural Gas), Gasoline |
| General manager | Allan Pollock |
| Website | cherriots |
Cherriots, officially the Salem Area Mass Transit District, is a public transit operator based in Salem, Oregon, United States. The agency, whose name refers to the city's nickname (The Cherry City), provides bus and paratransit service in Salem and neighboring Keizer. It was founded in 1979 as the Salem Area Mass Transit District, replacing municipal and private systems, and renamed itself to Salem-Keizer Transit in 2003. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 3,133,700, or about 20,900 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.
In 2016, the transit agency started a rebranding campaign to highlight its Cherriots operating name. All of its services now bear the Cherriots name. For example, a regional bus service previously called CARTS (Chemeketa Area Regional Transportation System) is now Cherriots Regional.[3]
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "Public transit services in the Salem and Keizer, Oregon areas". www.cherriots.org. Retrieved 2017-08-29.