Allegany County Transit

Allegany County Transit operates in of Allegany County, Maryland, providing the residents of Allegany County with Public Transportation. Allegany County has two types of services, a Fixed Route and a Demand Response Service. Allegany County Transit is a division of Allegany County Government. [http://www.gov.allconet.org/ACT Allegany County Transit] , Retrieved July 2006]

Office and Garage

The transit is a compact entity, with only one garage attached to the administration building located on 1000 LaFayette Avenue Cumberland.

Fixed Route Service

Allegany County Transit's Fixed Route service serves the areas of Cumberland and Frostburg and La Vale with six routes Monday through Friday and four routes operating Saturdays. Fares for this service are $2.00, half fares are for senior citizens card holders, disabled, or for those with Medicare, and children 5 or younger ride for free.

The regular weekday service includes a Red Line, Yellow Line, Green Line, Gold Line, White Line and Blue Lines. The Red Line has three different trips, all which begin at Value City, in Downtown Cumberland. The first trip, Red Line Trip 1, services South Cumberland, which includes Maryland Avenue and Virginia Avenue. Red Line Trip 2 services Frederick Street, Bedford Road, and Bedford Street. Red Line Trip 3 serves North Cumberland, Columbia Avenue, Furnace Street, Henderson Avenue, and Mechanic Street. The Yellow Line, serves the West Side of Cumberland, Cumberland Street, Fayette St, and Greene Street. Green Line covers LaVale and Cresaptown, Centre Street, National Highway, also known as Route 40, Winchester Road, and McMullen Highway, also know as Route 220, and Greene Street.

The Gold Line services LaVale and Frostburg. It is the only bus route that does not begin at Value City, it begins at the Country Club Mall on Vocke Road; then it continues on National Highway (Route 40), Main Street, Frostburg, Bowery Street, and Broadway. The White Line serves Maple Side, Maryland Avenue, Oldtown Road, Utah Avenue, and South Street. The Blue Line also has trips like the red line. The Blue Line Trip 1 serves Cumberland, Decature Street, Baltimore Avenue, Willow Brooke Road, and Williams Road. The Blue Line Trip 2 route serves Cumberland and LaVale.

Green Line

Serving Lavale/ Cresaptown:

* Value City
*Center St
*JFK Apartments
*Fruit Bowl
*National Highway
*D'atri's Restaurant
*Denny's Restaurant
*Lavale Plaza
*Country Club Mall
*MVA, Bel-Air Plaza
*Allegany County Fairgrounds
*Dingle
*Sheetz/Green St
*Kensington-Algonquin
* Value City

[http://gov.allconet.org/ACT/BusSchedule11x17.pdf ACT Schedule] , retrieved May 2007]

Yellow Line

Serving West Side:

* Value City
*Cumberland St.
*Fayette St
*Dingle
*Green St
* Riverside YMCA
*Allegany Office Complex
*Sheetz/Green St.
*Kensington-Algonquin
* Value City

Red Line

Serving South Cumberland/State Line/North Cumberland:

* Value City
*Cumberland Post Office
*Martins Market
*Maryland Ave.
*Oldtown Road Intersection
*Virginia Ave.
*Potomac St.
*Oldtown Road Intersection
*Martins Market
* Value City
*Center St.
*Sheetz, Fredrick St
*Farley's Market
*RG's Bedford Rd.
*Sunset Memorial Park
*Bedford Rd.
*Bedford St.
* Value City
*Linden St
*Columbia Ave.
*Wilow Valley Nursing Home
* Value City

Gold Line

Serving Frostburg/ Lavale:

* Value City
*Country Club Mall
*National Highway (Route 40)
*Lavale Plaza
*Frostburg Plaza/Food Lion
*Main St. Frostburg
*Bowery St.
*College Ave.
*Broadway
*Tasty Freeze
*Palace Theater
*Frostburg Depot (if train is running)
*FrostPlaza Foodlion
*Lavale Plaza
*Braddoc Square

Blue Line

Serving Cumberland / Lavale:

* Value City
*Center St.
*Decatur St.
*Baltimore Ave.
*Thomas B Finan Center
*Allegany College of Maryland
*Health Department
*Willams Rd
*Cumberland Nursing Home
* Memorial Hospital
*Louisiana Ave
*Martins Market Cumberland
* Value City
*Center St
*Cumberland St.
*Fayette St
*Dingle
* Braddock Rd
* Sacred Heart Hospital
*Bishop Walsh Dr.
* Braddock Rd
*Country Club Mall
*National Hwy
*Fruit Bowl
* Value City

White Line

Serving White Oaks/Mapleside:

* Value City
*Cumberland Post Office
*Martin's Market
* Memorial Hospital
*Oldtown Road
*Oldtown Manor
*White Oaks Plaza
*Save-A-Lot
*McDonald's Industrial Blvd
*Cascades, Booth Towers and Jane Frasier
*South St.
*Oldtown Road Intersection
*Martin's Market
* Value City

References

Future

The Allegany County Maryland Board of Commissioners in early August 2007 developed a doomsday budget where it will shut down transit operations if the State of Maryland government cuts $8 million in funds to the county.