Kings Area Regional Transit

Kings Area Regional Transit
ParentKings County Area Public Transit Agency
Founded1980
Headquarters610 W 7th St
LocaleHanford, CA
Service typeBus service, Dial-a-Ride
Routes15
HubsHanford Transit Center
Annual ridership526,131 (2020)[1][2]
OperatorMV Transportation
WebsiteOfficial 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.

  1. ^ "Kings County Area Public Transit Agency, 2020 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF). Federal Transit Administration. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Transit Agency Profiles: Kings County Area Public Transit Agency, Region 9". Federal Transit Administration, United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 7 March 2022.