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| Founded | 1970 (previously United Traction Company in 1890) |
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| Headquarters | 110 Watervliet Avenue Albany, New York |
| Locale | Capital District |
| Service area | Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Saratoga, Montgomery, Washington, and Warren counties |
| Service type | Local bus service express bus service commuter coach service bus rapid transit paratransit (STAR) |
| Routes | 63 |
| Stops | 2,640[1] |
| Depots | Albany Depot: 110 Watervliet Avenue, Albany NY Troy Depot: 40 Hoosick Street, Troy NY, Schenectady Depot: 2401 Maxon Rd. Schenectady NY Upstate Transit of Saratoga: 207 Geyser Rd. Saratoga Springs NY Brown Transportation: 50 Venner Rd. Amsterdam NY, Glen Falls Depot: 495 Queensbury Ave, Queensbury, NY 12804 1430 NY-5S Amsterdam NY 12010 |
| Fleet | 292[1] |
| Daily ridership | 60,000 (weekdays, Q4 2024)[2] |
| Annual ridership | 18,256,200 (2024)[3] |
| Fuel type | Diesel, diesel-electric hybrid |
| Operator | CDTA (all except Northway Express) Upstate Transit (Northway Express only) Brown Transportation (Thruway Express only) |
| Chief executive | Michael Collins (interim) |
| Website | cdta |
The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) is a New York State public-benefit corporation overseeing a number of multi-modal parts of public transportation in the Capital District of New York State (Albany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, and Washington counties).[4] CDTA runs local and express buses, including four lines of an express bus service called BusPlus (one between Albany and Schenectady, two between Albany and either Waterford and Cohoes, and another one between Albany and Crossgates Mall), and day-to-day management of three Amtrak stations in the Capital region–the Albany-Rensselaer, Schenectady and Saratoga Springs Amtrak stations. In 2024, the system had a ridership of 18,256,200, or about 60,000 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2024.
Created as an act of the New York State Legislature in August 1970, CDTA was formed similarly to agencies in Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. In 1970, CDTA purchased and took over management of the United Traction Company and Schenectady Transit.
CDTA bus operators, dispatchers, and supervisory staff are organized in Local 1321 of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU).
- ^ a b "Operational Summary". Capital District Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. February 19, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
- ^ "Welcome Aboard Warren County | www.cdta.org". www.cdta.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.