Space Coast Area Transit
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| Founded | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters |
401 South Varr Avenue Cocoa, Florida [1] |
| Locale | Melbourne, Florida |
| Service area | Brevard County, Florida |
| Service type | bus service, paratransit, vanpool |
| Routes | 16[2] |
| Stations |
North Terminal, Cocoa South Terminal, Melbourne[2] |
| Chief executive | Mr. James Liesenfelt |
| Website | ridescat.com |
Space Coast Area Transit is the municipal bus system serving the Brevard County, Florida area. Besides providing routine transportation, low cost service is available to disabled and disadvantaged citizens.[3]
Space Coast Area Transit was formed in 1985 as a replacement for two competing bus services in Brevard County; Brevard Transportation Authority and Consolidated Agencies Transportation System, both of which refused to cooperate with each other, and often got into territorial and service disputes.[4]
The Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) determines policy.
The system budgeted $6.9 million for operations in 2010. It collected $2.1 million in passenger fees, The rest comes from federal and state grants, and contributions from two cities.[5]
In 2014, from 1 to 2% of residents rode the bus daily.[6]
Route list
There are fifteen fixed bus routes:[7]
- 1 Melbourne/Titusville Connector
- 2 Titusville
- 3 Merritt Island
- 4 Hwy 520 Connector
- 5 Mims/Titusville
- 6 Cocoa/Rockledge
- 7 Rockledge/Viera
- 9 Cape/Cocoa Beach
- 21 Downtown Melbourne
- 22 Palm Bay South
- 23 West Palm Bay
- 24 Melbourne
- 25 Palm Bay Connector
- 26 South Beach
- 27 East Palm Bay
- 28 North Melbourne
- 32 Dial-A-Bus
- 33 Eau Gallie Art District (Temporary Route)
References
- ↑ "2007 National Transit Database" (PDF). Federal Transit Administration. 2008-08-26. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- 1 2 Bus and Trolley Information
- ↑ Ridescat
- ↑ History of the Space Coarst Area Transit
- ↑ Neale, Rick (17 March 2010). "County bus service faces $1 M deficit". Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today. pp. 1A–2A.
- ↑ Berman, Dave (January 16, 2015). "SCAT wants more to ride bus". Florida Today. Melbourne, Florida. pp. 1A. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- ↑ Cervenka, Susanne (2 December 2010). "SCAT marks 18 years of increased ridership". Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today. pp. 1B.