Chittenden County Transportation Authority
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CCTA Headquarters
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| Founded | 1973 |
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| Defunct | 2016 (merged into Green Mountain Transit) |
| Headquarters | 15 Industrial ParkwayCoordinates: 44°27′01″N 73°13′13″W / 44.45028°N 73.22028°W |
| Locale | Burlington, Vermont |
| Service area | Chittenden County with express service to major towns in adjacent counties |
| Service type | Bus service, commuter bus service |
| Fleet | 70 buses |
| Annual ridership | 2.5 million (2014) |
| Website | cctaride.org |
Chittenden County Transportation Authority (CCTA) was the public transit system headquartered in Burlington in Chittenden County, Vermont. CCTA served the communities of Burlington, Essex, South Burlington, Winooski, Shelburne, Williston and Milton. As well as providing regular bus routes to these member municipalities, CCTA also served parts of Colchester and had express routes for commuters travelling between Burlington and Montpelier, Middlebury, and St. Albans.
On March 17, 2014, a strike by the bus drivers' union shut down bus service, which was restored on April 4, 2014, after settlement of the strike.
On January 22, 2016, it was announced that the CCTA will be renamed to Green Mountain Transit, completing a merger with the Green Mountain Transit Authority to become a regional system. As of October 2016, the merger has been completed.
CCTA's transit center was located on Cherry Street in downtown Burlington. Most of the local routes operated from the portion of the terminal which occupies the south side of Cherry Street from Church Street to west of Saint Paul Street. All of the commuter and express routes (36, 46, 56, 76, 86, 96) were operated from Pearl Street in the vicinity of Saint Paul Street. As of May 2015, a replacement terminal was under construction on Saint Paul Street, between Pearl and Cherry Streets. The "Downtown Transit Center" was scheduled to be completed in 2016. The Downtown Transit Center opened October 13, 2016, in conjunction with the merger with the GMTA.
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