ALBANY, N.Y. (August 4, 2014) – The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) has announced the following service changes will go into effect on Sunday, August 24, 2014. Highlights include improved service on a key trunk route (#22) and enhanced frequency on high performing neighborhood routes with a new afternoon express trip to Rotterdam Square Mall. Some of the changes will make schedules more reliable, while areas with low ridership will see reductions.

Enhancements

ALBANY, N.Y. (July 30, 2014) The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) Board of Directors today released the Annual Route Performance Report at its monthly meeting held at the Rensselaer Rail Station. The report focuses on ridership and productivity, offers a description of major service changes and service recommendations for the upcoming year.

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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, AFTER HIS PUSH, CDTA HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO FED. “SMALL STARTS” PROGRAM; OPENS CDTA UP TO SIGNIFICANT FED. FUNDING TO EXPAND BUS RAPID TRANSIT LINE – NEW BRT LINE WOULD BOOST LOCAL ECONOMY, MAKE TRANSPORTATION MORE CONVENIENT & ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FOR CAPITAL REGION RESIDENTS

Schumer: Acceptance Into “Small Starts” Program A Great Start For Future BRT Line
 

(ALBANY) - The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) announced that on Friday, July 4, 2014, in observance of Independence Day, CDTA service will operate on a Sunday/Holiday schedule. Only bus routes that operate on Sundays and Holidays will be in service. Regular service will resume on Saturday, July 5, 2014. NX Northway commuter service will not operate its regularly scheduled service on Friday, July 4, 2014. NX Northway commuter will resume regular service on Monday, July 7, 2014.

ALBANY, N.Y. (June 26, 2014) The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) Board of Directors approved proposed smart card and mobile ticket offerings along with an outreach schedule for its New Fare Collection System (NFCS) at its monthly meeting in Rensselaer.

The proposal includes no changes to the cash/base fare to ride fixed route buses or on BusPlus. There will be no changes to the cash/base fare to use STAR or NX service. The changes deal almost exclusively with prepayment programs.

The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) will hold a series of open house-style meetings to present its plans for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line to be built along the corridor of Route 32 and Route 4 along the Hudson River. Community members are invited to provide input on how to best deliver this innovative service.

ALBANY, NY (June 17, 2014) The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) has teamed up with the Albany Dutchmen for the third year in a row to provide free baseball instruction to area kids during a series of one hour clinics in Albany.

The CDTA “Come Play Clinics” will take place on June 22^nd, June 29^th, and July 13^th from

ALBANY, NY (June 11, 2014) The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) awarded the top four finishers of the 29th annual CDTA Bus Operator Roadeo held today at Crossgates Mall. More than 20 operators from Albany, Schenectady and Troy divisions competed for the Championship title today. Operators were judged on a rigid, scored course, consisting of 9 different driving challenges.