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CCTA - GMTA Link Express (aka Burlington - Montpelier bus)
Chittenden County Transportation Authority has an Montpelier Link Express Bus Run that connects Burlington with Montpelier. This route serves
The Park and Ride Connection (PARC) Shuttle lot off of Pine Street next to the General Dynamic plant, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Richmond PARC lot, Waterbury PARC lot, the Department of Employment and Training PARC lot, National Life, the Statehouse, and Downtown Montpelier.
CCTA also operates routes in Montpelier under the name of Green Mountain Transit Authority.
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Burlington is preparing to install video cameras on city buses
that transport public school students.
The ,700 project, paid for with grant money, is aimed at improving student behavior aboard the buses. The district tested cameras on buses serving Champlain Elementary School last spring and this fall and found that students behaved better knowing they were on film, Burlington School Superintendent Lyman Amsden said.
Many school districts in Vermont have installed cameras aboard their buses.
Burlington's case is slightly different. The city does not transport students on traditional yellow school buses, relying instead on the Chittenden County Transportation Authority to transport students. CCTA is the municipal bus system serving parts of Chittenden County.
CCTA neighborhood buses in Burlington serve almost exclusively students heading to and from school. Only those buses will have cameras.
Burlington to Montpelier buses are sparking interest.
This fall, the Chittenden County Transportation Authority will offer ... that option when it launches commuter service between Burlington and Montpelier. ... CCTA General Manager Christopher Cole plans to measure the interest in the planned bus service at two hearings scheduled next week in Montpelier and Burlington. He and his staff have conferred with big employers and state government to get a sense of employee schedules.
The authority's plans call for buses with capacity for about 20 passengers, including two in wheelchairs, to depart Burlington and Montpelier twice during the early-morning rush hours and again in the late afternoon. The one-way adult fare would be , but monthly passes would be offered. Only a few stops are planned -- in Waterbury and Richmond -- to keep the travel time close to an hour.
Anyone who rides Interstate 89 between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. has seen the steady stream of vehicles heading in both directions
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Burlington's CCTA planning to run in Washington County.
Buses will start rolling along the former Wheels routesin central Vermont on Monday morning.
Wheels Transportation Services Inc. abruptly stopped service April 7 and subsequently filed for bankruptcy. The sudden departure of bus service stranded workers, schoolchildren and people on their way to medical appointments.
The Chittenden County Transportation Authority will fill the void starting Monday, after negotiating with the state to operate in central Vermont on an emergency basis. Bus routes will remain similar to those traced by Wheels, said Chris Cole, general manager of the CCTA.
The renewed bus service comes as a relief to many people who live in and near Barre and Montpelier.
Paul Audy of Montpelier said he was stranded at a bus stop April 7 when a Wheels bus failed to arrive. Audy said he had to pay for a ride home and temporarily leave the wheelchair he uses at a friend's house in Barre.
CCTA Bus Fares:
1.25/Adult One-way locally
10.00/Adult Ten-Ride Ticket
42.00/Adult Monthly local Pass *
Children under 6 may ride CCTA free when accompanying a fare paying passenger (one child per fare paying passenger, additional children at Discount Fare rate).
.60/One-way discounted locally
5.00/Ten-Ride discounted Ticket
21.00/Monthly Pass discounted
One-way cash fare for out of town route: 4.00
Monthly out-of-town pass: 125.00 (gives user full access to all CCTA and GMTA routes!)
10-Ride Ticket: 40.00
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CCTA City Loop bus
The Chittenden County Authority has a City Loop bus. This route was original known as the Old North End Loop and later go changed to ONE Loop. These buses circles the perimeter of downtown Burlington. It starts at Cherry Street, goes pass the Burlington Police station, Up Norton Street to North Union. Then it passes Fern Hill and McAuley Square up on the hill. It goes pass FAHC's University Health Center, UVM's Waterman building, down Maple Street passes Champlain College, down pass the Waterfront, and returns to Cherry Street. It is a 25 minute run.
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CCTA College Street Shuttle bus
The Chittenden County Authority has a College Street Shuttle which serves Burlington from Union Station at the bottom of Main Street to the fletcher Allen Health Care. In passes the Church Street Marketplace in both directions. At goes through the FAHC Health clinic on the way up college street and passes the University of Vermont Waterman building on the way down College Street. This bus is free, but it is more limited that the other buses. It only runs on weekdays during the winter from Columbus Day to Memorial Day.
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CCTA Essex Center Bus
The Chittenden County Authority has an Essex Center Bus. It is done with one of the shorter buses. It starts at Amtrak in Essex Junction, goes up Route 15 passes The Essex Outlet Fair, through Essex Center, Pass Sand Hill Road, Passes the North Parking lot entrance of IBM and back to the Amtrak station. It is about a 20 minute run.
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CCTA Essex Junction Route
Chittenden County Transportation Authority has an Essex Bus Run that connects Burlington with Essex Junction. This route serves Fletcher Allen Health Care (MCHV and UHC campuses), the City of Winooski, Fort Ethan Allen and Essex Junction. CCTA doesn't really have a bus station in Essex. The buses meet at the Amtrak station at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Central Street.
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CCTA has a St. Albans LINK Express bus route.
Chittenden County Transportation Authority has a runs between cherry street in Burlington and Highgate Commons in St. Albans. Its stops include Collins-Perley Park & Ride, Georgia Park & Ride, Chimney Corners Park & Ride, Winooski Main & Allen Streets, and Fletcher Allen Health Center.
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CCTA has officially started its Montpelier Route.
Joan Stasulis lives in Chittenden County, but works in Montpelier. It's a long commute, one that can cost her thousands of dollars a year in gas as well as wear and tear on her car.
So Joan is trying to make it to Montpelier without her car, but taking the Link Express, a new bus service offered by the Chittenden County Transit Authority.
... Among the state workers paying their to take the maiden voyage of the new bus service was Governor Jim Douglas. Douglas normally drives to work from Middlebury, but rode the bus on Monday in an attempt to draw attention to what he sees as a vital new service.
... The Link Express travels from Montpelier to Burlington and Burlington to Montpelier twice in the morning and twice in the evening. It's the latest effort by the CCTA to get commuters out of their cars.
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CCTA increases frequency of bus service between Essex and Burlington.
Commuters riding the bus from Essex Junction to Burlington travel as guinea pigs in a public transportation experiment started this week.
The Chittenden Central Transportation Authority has increased the bus service along the route from every 30 minutes to every 15 minutes during peak hours. Peak hours are from 6:15 to 9 a.m. with departures from the Amtrak station in Essex Junction; and from 2:45 to 6:15 p.m. with departures from Cherry Street in Burlington. Bus fare, without a discounted pass, is .25.
The route will be the first -- not including the College Street Shuttle -- to provide 15-minute service. The bus company has considered increasing the frequency of service along the route for about six years, CCTA General Manager Chris Cole said.
"Fifteen-minute bus service nationally is where you can start to consider the public transportation service convenient," Cole said.
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CCTA is Looking at Diesel / Electric Hybrid Buses.
It looks like a bus, but any comparison ends there. The 40-foot rig that rolled into town Friday morning was a hybrid that runs on both electric power and diesel fuel, representing a dramatic improvement over conventional transit. ... The diesel engine runs constantly at least at an idle to power the heat and air conditioning and keep the batteries charged. But the buses run solely on electricity from a dead stop to ten MPH, at which point the diesel power begins to kick in. The process repeats at thirty MPH. Top speed is 73 MPH. The vehicle has plenty of power and pickup but runs quietly. As a "clean" diesel, it puts out minimal emissions. ... When it goes into production Justice says the hybrid bus will cost ,000 to ,000 more than a conventional diesel model, which can run ,000. But it runs so much quieter, cleaner and cheaper. The Chittenden County Transportation Authority wants to buy as many as four hybrids within the next three years -- smaller thirty-foot models.
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CCTA Middlebury Route
Chittenden County Transportation Authority has an Middlebury Link Express Bus Run that connects Burlington with Middlebury. These buses stop at Exchange Street Storage, Merchants Row, New Haven Junction, Vergennes at Main and Green Street, Ferrisburgh Park & Ride, Jimmo's Motel, Steve's Citgo, Shelburne Village, Fletcher Allen Health Care main hospital, cherry Street, and the Pine Street Champlain Farms.
At cherry Street, you can transfer to buses going to the Burlington Airport, Essex, LakeSide, Middlebury, Montpelier, North Avenue, Shelburn, St. Albans, Williston, and Winooski.
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CCTA North Avenue Bus
The Chittenden County Authority (CCTA) has a North Avenue route, which spends most of its time on North Avenue. These buses go between Cherry Street and the Northgate Apartments on North Avenue Extension. It passes the Burlington High School, Ethan Allen Shopping Center, and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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CCTA Objects to running train from Burlington to Essex
The Chittenden County Transportation Authority board is recommending against adding the Burlington-to-Essex train to the county's long-range transportation plan.
Nobody has determined precisely how to pay for all of the train's preparations and operations, said Dave Davis of Shelburne, chairman of the CCTA board.
Davis said he worries that property taxes would fund the train. The CCTA, which operates buses in much of the county, receives about 30 percent of its revenue from local property taxes.
The concern, Davis said, is new demands on property taxpayers for the train could mean less property tax money coming in to help run CCTA. Davis said planners should find a money source other than property taxes to pay for public transit. "The board is not against rail. The concern is where the funding is coming from," he said.
CCTA Pine Street bus
The Chittenden County Authority has a Pine Street bus route. It runs from Cherry Street to the end of St. Paul Street. It passes the Old-folk home on Pine Street before going down Pine Street, where you'll see Vermont Transit, and the Howard Center. the bus then passes and CCTA bus terminal on Home Avenue as it loops back to return to Burlington. This is a tight run.
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CCTA Riverside/Winooski bus
The Chittenden County Authority has Riverside / Winooski buses. They run between Cherry Street in Burlington and Winooski. You should look at the map and schedule, because this is an infrequent run through the north end of the Old North End of Burlington, down Riverside Avenue, and up through the upper part of Winooski. But the upper portion of Winooski is only served during the busy hours.
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CCTA Shelburne Road bus
The Chittenden County Authority has a Shelburne Road bus which run between Burlington and Shelburne via Shelburne Road. On the way out to Shelburne it passes Price Chopper, Harbor View Road, and Shelburne Museum. On weekdays there are a few times when the bus stops at Vermont Teddy Bear. On the way back to Burlington, the buses stop at the Short Stop at the corner of Allen Road and passes by Shaws.
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CCTA U-Mall / Airport bus
The Chittenden County Authority has a U-Mall/Airport bus. These buses run between Cherry Street in Burlington and the Burlington Internation Airport in South Burlington. Its route includes Main Street, the University Heights (UVM), The University Mall (U-Mall), The Pines on Dorset Street, Country Park on Hinesburg Road. See the schedule and map for more information.
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CCTA Williston Bus
The Chittenden County Authority has a Williston Bus that travels between The Univisity Mall (U-Mall) in South Burlington and the Amtrak station in Essex Junction. Notice that there is a weekday route and a Saturday route. That's right, it takes a different route on Saturdays. Look at the map carefully. In order to help save time on Saturdays, the buses do not hit the roads Kimball, Shunpike, or Industrial Avenue. You'll see Williston Road, Wallmart, Best Buy in Maple Tree Place and Route 2A, but in a different way. Click on the map to see the map and schedules.
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Practically everyone who boarded a Friday morning bus
run to the University Mall said they were using public transportation because they don't have cars.
It was just as well. They'd have a hard time finding a parking spot.
Instead, they looked down upon the sea of scurrying cars threading into shopping centers, and arrived free of parking burdens. If ever there was a day when it might have been beneficial not to have a car, the day after Thanksgiving was it.
One alternative to fighting the traffic at and near the malls was letting a Chittenden County Transportation Authority bus driver worry about all those cars, as a trip from Burlington to University Mall, then on to Williston, Essex and back to Burlington showed.
Of course, the bus can be caught up in the same traffic jams as other vehicles. It was stop and go along Dorset Street, and in the parking lot through the mall.
Williston bus service might end
WILLISTON -- Bus service to Williston, Chittenden County's retail epicenter and the site of a growing number of jobs, is
expected to end June 30.
A federal program to promote access to jobs paid for half of the annual ,000 cost, with the state Agency of Transportation
picking up the rest of the tab. The federal grant paid for the bus service because it was designed to take low-income people to
new jobs in Williston.
A strained state budget and the low number of daily riders -- approximately 100 people -- does not justify spending more than
,000 a year, said Bruce Bender, the senior policy analyst for the transportation agency.
With the state withdrawing its financial support, Chittenden County Transportation Authority, which operates buses in much of Chittenden County, will end the Williston route. n.
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