The Susquehanna Regional Transportation Authority (formerly Central Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (formerly York Adams Transportation Authority)), doing business as rabbittransit, is the mass transit service of York and Adams counties in Pennsylvania and oversees the transportation needs of Columbia, Cumberland, Franklin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder and Union counties. The agency currently operates 15 fixed routes within York County (12 in York and 3 in Hanover) and 4 routes in Adams County (all of which serve Gettysburg), express bus routes from Gettysburg to Harrisburg and from York to Harrisburg and Towson, Maryland (connecting to the Baltimore Light RailLink of the Baltimore area's Maryland Transit Administration).
The agency, which has an annual ridership of 1.7 million, also provides paratransit services to the disabled, and a shared ride service.
History rabbittransit was formerly known as York County Transit Authority. The name was changed in 2000 in order to improve the agency's image.Unknown The name is a play of "rapid transit", coincidentally echoing the same play-on-words that formed the basis of the cartoon Rabbit Transit. During the late 2000s, rabbittransit benefited from high gas prices and saw an increase in ridership. Ridership rose on express routes in particular, including the one operating between York and Harrisburg.Unknown
On June 6, 2011, rabbittransit (in cooperation with the Adams County Transit Authority) began operating commuter service between Gettysburg and Harrisburg with a total of four round-trips daily. The route is designated "15N".
On July 1, 2016, rabbittransit (in cooperation with Union/Snyder County Commissioners) merged with Union/Snyder Transportation Alliance (USTA).
Merger with Capital Area Transit On December 22, 2020, rabbittransit announced that it would merge with Capital Area Transit (CAT), which offers service in Dauphin and Cumberland counties, to form the Susquehanna Regional Transportation Authority. The merger was proposed in order for better service and to prevent CAT service cuts. The merged system will use the rabbittransit name. The CAT branding continues to be used on CAT buses, with a sticker underneath the CAT logo saying "a service of rabbittransit."
Routes , rabbittransit operates four routes serving Gettysburg, two serving Shippensburg, 19 serving York and Hanover, and several express routes. RouteNameTerminals1EEast YorkYork Transfer CenterGalleria Mall1WWest Manchester Town CenterWest Manchester Town Center2NNorth York Via N George StCrossroads Shopping Center3NNorthwest Plaza / UPMC HospitalNorthwest Plaza / UPMC Hospital4EEast York via PrincessMemorial Outpatient5EHaines Rd / GreenspringsGreensprings Plaza5WWest York / West York Ind ParkWest York6NHACC / Manchester Ind ParkYork City Business & Industrial Park8SYork Hospital via GeorgeYork Hospital9SYork Hospital via Pershing10SSouth York Plaza / Red LionRed Lion12Wrightsville/ColumbiaEast YorkColumbia13Dover / UPMC HospitalWest Manchester Town CenterDover16York to HanoverYork Transfer CenterHanover Square20NNorth Hanover via KindigHanover SquareHanover Crossing20SSouth Hanover via BaltimoreSouth Hanover22NNorth Hanover via RandolphHanover Crossing32Apple Hill ShuttleYork HospitalApple Hill Medical Center33Industrial Park ShuttleYorkAmazon (Lewisberry)15NGettysburg ExpressGettysburg Transfer CenterHarrisburg Area Community College83NHarrisburg ExpressYork Transfer Center83SNorthern Maryland ExpressTowson CommonsLL1Lincoln Line 1 (Aspire Hotel)Gettysburg Transfer CenterGettysburg National Military ParkLL2Lincoln Line 2 (Outlets)Outlets at GettysburgBLBlue LineDeatrick CommonsGLGray LineGateway GettysburgGDGold LineGettysburg National Military ParkPennsylvania MemorialGHCGettysburg-Hanover ConnectorGettysburgHanover
See also Capital Area Transit (Harrisburg)
References
External links rabbittransit homepage