Capital Area Transportation Authority
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| Slogan | Wherever Life Takes You |
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| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | 4615 Tranter Street |
| Locale | Lansing, Michigan |
| Service type | bus service, express bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 32 |
| Stops | 1350 |
| Hubs | CATA Transportation Center (CTC) MSU-CATA Transportation Center (MSU-CTC) |
| Fleet | 122 buses (59 hybrids) 2 trolleys 52 small buses 55 low floor vans |
| Daily ridership | 49,700 (Q1 2015) |
| Fuel type | Diesel, Diesel-electric hybrid |
| Chief executive | Sandy Draggoo |
| Website | cata.org |
The Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) is the public transit authority that operates mass transit bus service and paratransit within the metro Lansing, Michigan area, including service on the campus of Michigan State University.
CATA operates both bus transit and paratransit service across a 559-square-mile (1,450 km2) area throughout metro Lansing including Michigan State University. CATA logged 10,896,146 riders in fiscal year 2016, an overall ridership decline of 4.7% from the previous fiscal year.
CATA has approximately 300 employees, of which nearly 200 are bus operators. It does not operate on these seven major holidays:
In 2016, 46% of CATA's operating revenue came from local sources, another 30% from state sources, and 24% came from fares and additional sources.
Referred to as "fixed route service", CATA's standard bus service operates on over 30 routes with both rigid 40 ft (12 m) and articulated 60 ft (18 m) buses. CATA's fleet consists of low floor buses manufactured by New Flyer. The bus service hub is at the CATA Transportation Center (CTC) in downtown Lansing, with a satellite hub on the MSU campus (see below). In August 2006, CATA added the first three hybrid electric buses to its fleet (New Flyer DE40LFR), making CATA the first company in Michigan to operate hybrid buses. Since then it has continued to purchase more, including articulated hybrid models.
Fixed route buses use a GPS-based system manufactured by Luminator USA that periodically plays a voice-recording of the bus's location over the loudspeakers. This is particularly useful to the visually impaired and users who are unfamiliar with the area. All buses are also equipped with fold-out ramps for users in wheelchairs.
CATA operates a satellite hub, called the MSU/CATA Transportation Center, on the Michigan State University campus. This center serves as a hub for CATA's MSU-based routes; it also consists of a large public parking ramp. Many of the MSU-area routes are called "Spartan Service". This means that the route only operates during the MSU fall and spring semesters. This includes all routes numbered 30–36 and 39, Lot Link and Night Owl. Other routes (routes 1, 23, 25 and 26) are partially Spartan Service, that is, they run more frequently and/or longer into the night during the semesters.
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