Chittenden County Transportation Authority

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Info
Locale	Burlington, Essex, South Burlington, Winooski, Shelburne, Williston, Milton
Transit type	Commuter and local buses
Number of lines	17 bus routes
Daily ridership	1500 (avg. weekday)
Chief executive	Chapin Spencer
Headquarters	15, Industrial Parkway Burlington, VT 05401
Operation
Began operation	1973
Number of vehicles	55+

Chittenden County Transportation Authority (CCTA), Vermont's first public transit authority, manages and operates public transportation services in the Burlington, VT metro area. CCTA serves the communities of Burlington, Essex, South Burlington, Winooski, Shelburne, Williston and Milton as well as part of the city of Colchester. CCTA also operates express commuter bus service between the cities of Burlington and St-Albans, Montpellier and Middlebury.

Fares

2011 Fare Structure

Ticket Type	Validity Period	Route Type	Regular Fare	Discount Fare1
One-way	1 trip2	Regular	1.25 $	0.60 $
		LINK	4.00 $	N/A
		Commuter	2.00 $	N/A
Ten-Ride Ticket	Each ticket: 1 trip	Regular	10.00 $	5.00 $
		LINK	40.00 $	N/A
		Commuter	20.00 $	N/A
Monthly Pass	1 calendar month	Regular	42.00 $	21.00 $
		LINK	125.00 $3	N/A
		Commuter	67.00 $3	N/A

All fares are in US dollars
¹: For passengers aged between 6 to 17 years old or 60 and over
²: Transfers available
³: Gives user full access to all CCTA and GMTA routes

Transferring from a regular route to a LINK route require a valid transfer ticket and an additional payment of 1.25$. Transferring from a LINK route to a regular route is free.

University of Vermont, Champlain College, and St. Michael's College Studants as well as Middlebury faculty and staff can ride all CCTA routes for free when presenting valid ID.

Fleet

CCTA operates a fleet of 55+ vehicles including 12 EPA2007 compliant vehicles. All vehicles use biodiesel fuel and are equipeed with bike racks.

Current Routes

#	Route Name	Route Type			Remarks
1	Williston	Regular	Cherry St. Station	Wal-Mart	Some trips interline with route 12 at UMall
1V	Williston Village			Williston Village	No weekend service
2	Essex Junction	Regular	Cherry St. Station	Essex Junction Amtrak Station	No Sunday service
3	Lakeside Commuter	AM Service Only	Lakeside	Cherry St. Station	No PM or weekend service
4	Essex Center	Rush Hour	Essex Junction Amtrak Station		No weekend service Operates in a clockwise loop Serves IBM Building 967 upon request only
5	Pine Street	Regular	Cherry St. Station	CCTA Admin Office	No Sunday service Serves Lakeside Community upon request only
6	Shelburne Road	Regular	Cherry St. Station	Shelburne Museum	No Sunday service Some trips serve Vermont Teddy Bear Co.
7	North Avenue	Regular	Cherry St. Station	Northgate	No Sunday service Some trips serve Heineberg Rd.
8	City Loop	Regular	Cherry St. Station		No Sunday service Operates in a clockwise loop
9	Riverside / Winooski	Regular	Cherry St. Station	Hickok St. & Elm St.	No Sunday service Some trips serve Courtyard
10	Williston / Essex	Regular	Wal-Mart	Essex Junction Amtrak Station	Formerly route 1E No Sunday service
11	College Street Shuttle	Shuttle	Waterfront / Boathouse	UVM Waterman	Free service
12	South Burlington Circulator	Regular	UMall		Operates in a counter-clockwise loop Some weekday trips serve Community Dr. Some trips extended to serve Cherry St. Station
18	Sunday Service	Sunday Service Only	Cherry St. Station		Operates in a counter-clockwise loop
36	Jeffersonville Commuter	Rush Hour	Rhino Foods / CCTA Admin Office	Jeffersonville Village / Post Office	No weekend service
46	116 Commuter	Rush Hour	Cherry St. Station	Middlebury / Merchant's Row	No weekend service Serves Butler Farms and Hinesburg Library upon request only
56	Milton Commuter	Rush Hour	Pine St. & Locust St.	River St. & Villemaire Lane	No weekend service Serves Husky, Catamount Industrial Park, Champlain Mill and Fletcher Allen Health Care upon request only
76	Middlebury LINK Express	Express	Fletcher Allen Health Care	Merchant's Row	No Sunday service Saturday service provided by ACTR Serves Church Hill Rd. and Ferrisburgh Park & Ride upon request only
86	Montpelier LINK Express	Express	Pine St. & Locust St.	Main St. / Shaw's Supermarket	No weekend service
286	Burlington-Waterbury LINK Express		State St. / People's United Bank	Pine St. & Lakeside Ave.	No weekend service Converted route 86 trips
96	St. Albans LINK Express	Express	Pine St. & Locust St.	Highgate Commons	No weekend service Serves Chimney Commons Park & Ride, Georgia Park & Ride and Winooski upon request only

• Note: All colours used in this table correspond with those used on the CCTA's official system map.

Former Routes

#	Route Name	Route Type			Remarks
1E	Williston / Essex	Regular	Cherry St. Station	Essex Junction Amtrak Station	No Sunday service Route restructured and renumbered 10
13	PARC Shuttle	Regular	PARC		No weekend service
16	Hannaford Shopping Special	Tuesday Service Only	Allenwood at Pillsbury Manor	Hannaford at UMall	Tuesday service only
19	Price Chopper Special	Tuesday Service Only	10 N. Champlain St.	Price Chopper	Tuesday service only
20	Price Chopper Special	Tuesday Service Only	Courtyard, Winooski	Price Chopper	Tuesday service only
22	Ledgewood	Regular	Cherry St. Station	CCTA Admin Office	No Sunday service
23	Williston	Regular	UMall	Essex Jct. AMTRAK Station	No Sunday service Integrated into current routes 1, 1E, and 1V
30	CATMA PARC Shuttle	Regular	Downtown PARC Lot	FAHC-MCHV Campus	No weekend service
97	LINK Special	Rush Hour	Waterbury State Complex	IBM, VSAC & Industrial Avenue	Operated by GMTA No weekend service Operated three branches, which terminated at IBM, VSAC, and Industrial Ave.

CCTA also operates special weekday shopping shuttles and special holidays routes notably for major City of Burlington events including First Night and the July 3rd fireworks