The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) is a public benefit organization which provides transportation services to the Capital District of New York State (Albany, Schenectady, and Rensselaer counties plus part of Saratoga). CDTA was formed out of the remnants of privately operated transit companies in the Capital District in 1970 by a state act of government which also formed three similar agencies in Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. The function of CDTA is to operate public transportation as well as to operate Albany International Airport and the Amtrak stations in the service area (Albany-Rennselaer, Schenectady, and Saratoga Springs). Albany County is the name of several counties in the United States: Albany County, New York Albany County, Wyoming This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Schenectady County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Rensselaer County is a county in the state of New York. ... Saratoga County is a county located in the state of New York. ... The Central New York Regional Transportation Authority known as CENTRO is the bus system serving Onondaga, Oswego, Cayuga, and Oneida counties in New York State. ... A portion of Rochesters skyline, looking north along the Genesee River from the Ford Street Bridge. ... The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) is the local provider of public transportation for Erie and Niagara counties in New York. ... FAA diagram of Albany International Airport (ALB) Albany International Airport (IATA: ALB, ICAO: KALB) is an international airport[1] serving Albany, New York. ... Amtrak, is the brand name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ...

CDTA operates 52 fixed routes, 5 express routes, and 4 suburban shuttle routes out of divisions in Albany, Schenectady (also serving Saratoga County), and Troy. Many of the routes connect neighborhoods to downtowns or downtowns to shopping areas with six routes linking key towns together. Two routes, 11-SUNY Shuttle and 86-RPI Shuttle, are shuttle services for area universities which are also open to the public. Service mostly runs from 5:30 AM-12:00 AM weeknights, 6:00 AM-12:00 AM Saturdays, and 7:00 AM-10:00 PM Sundays with the college routes running until 2:00 AM in Albany and 4:00 AM in Troy; buses in Schenectady Division do not run on Sundays, except the well-used 55-Central Ave. Motto: Nickname: Location in Albany County, New York Founded Incorporated 1614 1686  County Albany County Borough Parrish Mayor Gerald D. Jennings Area  - Total  - Water 56. ... Union Colleges Nott Memorial, one of the most recognized buildings in Schenectady Schenectady is a city located in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. ... Looking out on Broadway in downtown Troy. ...

In 1996, CDTA became the second transit authority in the Northeast to operate low-floor buses when they were the maiden buyer of the Orion VI and later being a key buyer of the NovaBus LFS (produced in nearby Niskayuna). These two models comprise CDTA's entire fleet. CDTA became one of the first transit authorities to fully convert to an all low-floor fleet for its main routes (though shuttles use smaller "cutaway" buses). In 2006, CDTA will receive its first diesel-electric hybrid buses as a part of a statewide order of Gillig Advantage buses, a model CDTA allowed its drivers to test for a week in February 2005. The passenger door of a low-floor tram. ... A 2000 Orion VI owned by WMATA is parked outside the Ballston-MU Metro station in Arlington, Virginia. ... A Nova LFS operated by Grand River Transit. ... Niskayuna is a town located in Schenectady County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 20,295. ... A Gillig Advantage is in service for Harrisonburg Transit on February 18, 2005 in Harrisonburg, Virginia. ...

CDTA bus operators, dispatchers, and supervisory staff are organized in Local 1394 of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU). The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) is a labor union in the United States and Canada, representing over 180,000 workers in the transit system and other industries. ...

Future plans at CDTA include:

• Exploration of Commuter Rail, specifically on the busy Albany/Saratoga Springs corridor.
• Speculation of buying articulated buses for the busy 55 route (CDTA had tried such buses in the 1980's with the Crown Ikarus 286 to many mechanical problems).
• The planning of Bus Rapid Transit on the busy Route 5 corridor, in turn supplanting the 55 bus.
• A study to assess the feasibility of light rail (which would be hard to route in downtown Albany without a subway due to topography and road arrangement).

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External Links

• Main site: http://www.cdta.org