Athens Transit

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Athens Transit
Athens Transit Logo.png
Old logo used by Athens Transit (until 2018)
Founded1976
Headquarters Athens, Georgia, United States
Service area Athens-Clarke County
Service typeFixed-Route ("The Bus")
On-Demand Paratransit ("The Lift")
Routes18
Stops500 [1]
HubsAthens Multi-Modal Transportation Center (primary)
Georgia Square Mall
North Ave. Piggly Wiggly
LoungeAthens Multi-Modal Transportation Center
Daily ridership6,905 during UGA school year, 4,291 May–July [2]
Fuel typeDiesel
OperatorUnified Government of Athens-Clarke County [3]
Unified City/County GovernmentUnified Government of Athens-Clarke County [3]
Website http://www.athenstransit.com

Athens Transit is a public bus system in Athens, Georgia, United States. The system was started in 1976, and today 20 routes operate throughout the city. The whole system is fare free. [4] Most bus routes have the buses stop at a given location once per hour during operating hours.

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. [5]

Athens Transit and UGA Campus Transit buses were part of an early trial of biodiesel fuel during the 1996 Olympics. [6]

Athens Transit was formerly known as "The Bus" but in 2018 it was changed to its current branding as "Athens-Clarke County Transit" as it was one of the few remaining A-CC services that did not refer to "Athens-Clarke" in its name.

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