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Housatonic Area Regional Transit

Housatonic Area Regional Transit
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A 2014 Gillig BRT Diesel operating on Route 5 to Bethel Center in Danbury.
Parent Housatonic Area Regional Transit
Founded 1972
Headquarters 62 Federal Road
Danbury, CT 06810
Service area Danbury, CT, and surrounding areas
Service type Local and shuttle bus service
Routes 15
Fleet 28 fixed route
34 paratransit
(2009 figures)
Daily ridership 3,378 (weekday)
1,539 (Saturday)
458 (Sunday)
Operator HARTransit
Chief executive Eric Bergstraesser (CEO)
Website Official Website

Housatonic Area Regional Transit, known popularly as HARTransit (formerly as HART), is the provider of public transportation for Danbury, Connecticut and surrounding communities. HARTransit was founded in 1972 as the Danbury-Bethel Transit District by the two municipalities. The name was changed to Housatonic Area Regional Transit in 1979 after the addition of other municipal members. The agency receives funding from municipal contracts, the Connecticut Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration and (on a limited basis) the New York State Department of Transportation. Prior to HARTransit's establishment, Danbury had gone without transit service since 1967 when the privately owned ABC Bus Company which had replaced the Candlewood Bus Company a few months before, ceased operations. The first local bus transit operator in the area, Danbury Power & Transportation Company, operated bus services in Danbury and Bethel from 1926 to 1965. HARTransit provides service to a greater number of towns than its predecessors.

In 2009, HARTransit was recognized as the Urban Community Transportation System of the Year by the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA).

The municipalities served by HARTransit are as follows:

HART currently provides the following services:

HARTransit uses Startrans and Goshen Coach body-on-chassis buses for SweetHART, rail shuttles and LOOP routes.

HARTransit previously used TMC buses, Nova Bus Rapid Transit Series (RTS) buses, Orion I buses, as well as Cable Car Concepts and DuponTrolley replica trolley buses.


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