Montgomery Area Transit System
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Montgomery Area Transit System is the operator of mass transportation in metropolitan Montgomery, Alabama
. The organization was founded in 1974, after years of tumultuous relations between private bus operators and riders. In 1998, the city performed a cost cutting experiment by replacing all 17 routes with a demand-response system. After two years of ineffective service, fixed routes returned.
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...
. The organization was founded in 1974, after years of tumultuous relations between private bus operators and riders. In 1998, the city performed a cost cutting experiment by replacing all 17 routes with a demand-response system. After two years of ineffective service, fixed routes returned.
Route list
- 1 Downtown/AUM
- 2 Eastside Mall
- 3 Montgomery Commons
- 4 Boylston
- 5 Montgomery Mall
- 6 South Lawn/Twin Gates
- 7 Maxwell
- 8 Gunter
- 9 Virginia
- 10 South Court St
- 11 Ridgecrest
- 12 Smiley Court/Gibbs Village
- 13 Cramton Bowl
- 14 Lightning Route
- 15 Allendale Rd
- 16 Twin Oaks