Athens Transit

Athens Transit

Athens Transit is a public bus system in Athens, Georgia. The system was started in 1976, and today 18 routes operate throughout the city. The standard fare is $1.25. University of Georgia students and employees ride free.

Most routes are designed as loops, with outbound buses on a given route not returning on the same streets. This can prove confusing, but major streets generally have two routes serving them: one outbound, and one inbound. Most routes terminate at the Athens Multi-Modal Transportation Center, which was built in 2006 on a brownfield near the North Oconee River. The Multi-Modal Center was a winner of the 2007 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture award from the American Institute of Steel Construction, and it is designed to accommodate a future "Brain Train" to Atlanta. [ [http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Industry-Announcements/Citizen-Funded-Transit-Station-in-Athens--Ga-Wins-National-Design-Award/1$4278 Citizen-Funded Transit Station in Athens, Ga. Wins National Design Award] ]

Athens Transit and UGA Campus Transit buses were part of an early trial of biodiesel fuel during the 1996 Olympics. [Goodrum, J. W. [http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/reportsdatabase/reports/fle/19971201_fle-005.pdf "Biodiesel Bus Demonstration in Atlanta '96 Olympics."] ]

External links

* [http://www.athenstransit.com Athens Transit]

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