Owensboro Transit System

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Owensboro Transit System
Headquarters101 E. 4th Street
Locale Owensboro, Kentucky
Service area Daviess County, Kentucky
Service type bus service, paratransit
Routes8
Annual ridership216,400 (2021) [1]
Website transit.owensboro.org

The Owensboro Transit System, is the primary provider of mass transportation in Daviess County, Kentucky. Eight routes traverse various urbanized sectors of the region. In 2021, the system had a ridership of 216,400.

Routes

All routes meet downtown at the OTS Office.


  1. "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2021" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 10, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.

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