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rabbittransit Expands Service, Changes Formal Name
In response to expanding shared-ride service into two additional Pennsylvania counties, the York Adams Transportation Authority in York, PA, which does business as rabbittransit, recently changed its formal name to the Central Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.
The Cumberland County Commissioners approved the agency as the county’s shared ride coordinator last year and the county became the fourth to join the authority, which prompted the new name. On Jan. 1, rabbittransit added a fifth county to its regional oversight as it became the appointed shared ride coordinator of Columbia County.
“Transportation cannot stop at the county line. This is about connecting the dots on a larger scale to gain greater efficiencies while giving riders access to enhance their quality of life,” said Executive Director Richard Farr. “Many individuals living near county lines have difficulty accessing medical facilities that are actually closer to their homes, but technically part of another county. Our goal is to remove this barrier.”
A centralized call center and mobility planning office in York oversees coordination of the agency’s multiple operations, which assist paratransit riders from all five counties. This includes assessing modes for passengers, offering trip planning assistance and general mobility case management.
The regionalization effort has also prompted technological enhancements that help customers throughout the five-county service area keep track of their trips. Each operational division is showing revenues exceeding expenses.
The agency also has introduced a new vehicle to its express route between York and Harrisburg, its first powered by CNG. A public-private partnership with Republic Services Inc., a recycling and non-hazardous waste collection and transportation company, allows rabbittransit to use Republic Services’ fueling facility—which can accommodate up to 65 vehicles including the 40-foot MCI bus—while the agency completes its own CNG infrastructure.
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