(ALBANY, NY) - The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) is introducing online website capabilities to its STAR customers to make or cancel STAR reservations and to receive information related to STAR services.  This new option is provided through technology software upgrades to www.cdta.org and will facilitate the use of STAR (Special Transportation Available by Request)

August 17, 2011 (Albany, NY) – Austin’s School of Spa Technology and CDTA today unveiled a new ad campaign featuring Austin’s School of Spa Technology students. This is the first time the school has featured its own students in a creative advertising campaign. Austin’s School of Spa Technology launched the new campaign with the unveiling of a CDTA bus at the Albany campus this morning. 

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Every day, the wheels on these CDTA buses go round and round to bring people where they need to go. Even people you might not suspect.

Postal worker Harold Lawton said, "I take the bus. I walk up a couple of blocks here and the bus picks me up and I'm dropped off close to where I start."

In fact, for the last 19 years, Lawton has made his way to his mail route in Albany by hopping on public transportation. He makes 900 individual stops to deliver mail and says riding the bus just makes sense and costs less cents.

The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) announced that on Monday, August 8, 2011, beginning at approximately 9:30am, CDTA will reroute the following routes in Schenectady due to road closures to accommodate a movie shoot. Elm Street, State Street and Division Street will be closed to traffic. Bus stops in that area will be temporarily closed or moved on Monday, August 8th until the end of the movie shoot.

The following routes will be affected:

(Albany, NY)-- CDTA and members of the Pine Hills neighborhood held a hold ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 2 at 7 p.m. in front of 1092 Madison Avenue in Albany to celebrate the installation of thirteen new bike racks (26 new safe bicycle parking spaces) throughout the upper Madison Avenue area in Albany. The ribbon-cutting was held in conjunction with the Pine Hills National Night Out (NNO), a national crime awareness event that promotes police-community partnerships.

The Capital District Transportation Authority is undertaking a major route restructuring of its services in Albany County. The purpose is to establish a new routing network that better aligns services to demand because where people live, work, shop and travel has changed dramatically over the years. The planning for the new route system will be based on ridership data, future developments, and most importantly, input from riders and residents. We have conducted similar route restructuring in Saratoga and Schenectady Counties, which have resulted in increased transit ridership

(ALBANY) - The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) announced that on Monday, July 4, 2011, 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 Tuesday, July 5, 2011. CDTA will also operate additional evening service for the Independence Day Celebration at the Empire State Plaza on Monday. NX Northway commuter service will not operate its regularly scheduled service on Monday, July 4, 2011.

OPERATOR KEITH STRAIT FINISHES FIRST PLACE IN 2011 CDTA BUS OPERATOR ROADEO

 MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN PHIL JORDAN SCORES FIRST PLACE IN 2011 MAINTENANCE ROADEO 

Alison Gatterson of Guilderland Center is the winner of our 2011 Dump the Pump promotion! Her name was randomly drawn among the 400+ pledge entries. Here’s her CDTA story. 

Alison rides the bus many days during the work week to get to work. She often drives to her parents’ house in Altamont to drop off both her car and her dog for doggie care and takes Route #21X Altamont Express bus into downtown Albany to her work at the Department of Social Services. She says the 21X bus operators are wonderful and she likes to say hello to her riding peers every day. 

(Albany, NY) - The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) and several local municipalities have jumped onboard with hundreds of other national transit agencies to participate in the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Sixth Annual National Dump the Pump Day on Thursday, June 16^th. The awareness campaign is designed to encourage people to ride public transportation and save money, instead of driving a car.