Parent | Kings County Area Public Transit Agency |
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Founded | 1980 |
Headquarters | 610 W 7th St |
Locale | Hanford, CA |
Service type | Bus service, Dial-a-Ride |
Routes | 15 |
Hubs | Hanford Transit Center |
Annual ridership | 526,131 (2020)[1][2] |
Operator | MV Transportation |
Website | Official website |
Kings Area Regional Transit (KART, previously Kings Area Rural Transit) is the primary bus service serving residents and visitors to the cities of Avenal, Hanford, and Lemoore in Kings County, California. KART is the branded service operated by the Kings County Area Public Transit Agency (KCAPTA) since June 1980; KCAPTA has contracted with MV Transportation to provide operations and maintenance for KART. It provides both intracity routes within and intercity routes between those three cities; in addition, it provides routes serving rural communities within Kings County as well as commuter routes connecting to Fresno Area Express in Fresno and Visalia Transit in Visalia.