Areawide Community Transportation System

{{Short description|Provider of mass transportation in Calhoun County, Alabama}}

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| locale = Anniston, Alabama

| service_area = Calhoun County, Alabama

| service_type = Bus service, paratransit

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| routes = 4

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| annual ridership= 153,669 (2023){{cite web|url=https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/transit_agency_profile_doc/2023/40064.pdf|title=Areawide Community Transportation System 2023 Agency Profile|access-date=November 10, 2024}}

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Areawide Community Transportation System is the primary provider of mass transportation in Anniston and Oxford, Alabama, with four routes serving the region. It is a service of the East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission. As of 2023, the system provided 153,669 rides over 37,074 annual vehicle revenue hours with 4 buses and 24 paratransit vehicles.

History

Public transit in Anniston began with horsecars in 1887, with the Anniston Street Railway Company. In 1896, streetcars began plying the streets, although these would be replaced by buses by 1932.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagorailfan.com/aatal1.html|title=Transit Systems in Alabama|access-date=November 10, 2024}}

Service

Areawide Community Transportation System operates four hourly bus routes on a pulse system with routes departing the Multimodal Station on the hour. Regular fares are $1.00.{{cite web|url=https://www.earpdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/East-North-Route-Map.pdf|title=East/North Route Map|access-date=November 10, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.earpdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/South-Route-Map.pdf|title=South/West Route Map|access-date=November 10, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.annistonstar.com/news/oxford/anniston-bus-transportation-routes-to-change-slightly-in-wake-of-kmart-closure/article_e73466df-0359-5d3d-a032-fa5019b74fb3.html|title=Anniston bus transportation routes to change slightly in wake of Kmart closure|author=Paige Rentz|date=March 23, 2013|newspaper=The Anniston Star|access-date=November 10, 2024}}

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East Route
North Route
South Route
West Route

Fixed route ridership

The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.{{cite web | title=The National Transit Database (NTD) | url=https://www.transit.dot.gov/ntd/transit-agency-profiles/east-alabama-regional-planning-and-development-commission | access-date=November 10, 2024}}

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References

External links

[https://www.earpdc.org/transportation-services/ Areawide Community Transportation System]

Category:Anniston, Alabama

Category:Bus transportation in Alabama

Category:Transit agencies in Alabama