Ulster County Area Transit
UCAT #35 lays over in New Paltz. | |
Slogan | The "Purrrfect" Ride |
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Headquarters |
1 Danny Circle Kingston, NY 12401[1] |
Locale | Ulster County, New York |
Service area | Ulster County, New York |
Service type | Fixed-route, deviated fixed-route, commuter |
Hubs | 3 (New Paltz, UCCC, and Kingston) |
Fleet | 30[1] |
Daily ridership |
1224 (weekday) 219 (Saturday) 52 (Sunday)[1] |
Fuel type | Diesel |
Chief executive | Robert DiBella |
Website | Ulster County Area Transit |
Ulster County Area Transit (UCAT) is the county-owned operator of bus transportation in Ulster County, New York, providing fixed-route, deviated-fixed route, and commuter transit, except within the city of Kingston, where the local Kingston Citibus provides public transit.
Service area
UCAT provides service primarily in the corridors of the major state and U.S. highways traversing Ulster County, servicing primarily the Route 209, Route 28, Route 32, Route 9W and Route 299 corridors. Service is also provided out of the county to Poughkeepsie[2] and Newburgh for connections with Metro-North Railroad at Poughkeepsie, and Short Line Bus in Newburgh and Ellenville.[3] Within Ulster County, connections are available to Trailways of New York inter-city and commuter services to both New York City and Albany.[4][5]
Routes
The full route is given. UCAT is a fixed route provider with complementary paratransit mirroring the fixed route time tables and servicing an area 1 1/2 miles on either side of the fixed route. In 2010, the routes were given letters (previously, routes were identified by destination only). Those are also denoted in the table below.
Weekday service
Route | Terminals | Via | Fare zones | Notes | |
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E | SUNY Ulster | Ellenville Liberty Square |
Route 209 |
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G | Kingston Hannaford |
Marlboro St. Mary's Church |
Albany Avenue Broadway Route 9W |
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K | Kingston Hannaford |
Connection to Hudson Valley Mall M Bus | Albany Avenue Foxhall Avenue Broadway |
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M | Ulster mall circulator | Route 9W Private mall drives |
None |
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CL | SUNY Ulster | Rosendale Route 32 park-ride |
Route 32 South SUNY New Paltz Campus |
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New Paltz loop |
New Paltz BOCES |
Chestnut Street Henry DuBois Drive (some trips) SUNY New Paltz |
None | ||
R | Kingston Hannaford |
New Paltz Trailways terminal |
Old Kingston Road |
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S | Hudson Valley Mall | Saugerties Post Office |
Route 9W |
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U | Kingston Hannaford |
SUNY Ulster | Route 209 |
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W | New Paltz Route 32 park-ride |
Plattekill Post Office |
Route 208 New Hurley Road Route 32 |
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X | New Paltz Trailways terminal |
Newburgh Newburgh Mall |
Route 32 Route 17K |
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Z | Kingston Hannaford |
Bellearyre Main Street and Elm Street |
Route 28 Route 375 |
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LINK | Rosendale Route 32 park-ride |
Poughkeepsie Metro-North/Amtrak station |
Route 32 Route 299 |
From Poughkeepsie:
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Weekend service
On Saturdays, the following services operate:
- Ulster-Poughkeepsie LINK
- Route K (weekday route)
- Route S (weekday route)
- Route E (weekday route)
- Route Z (weekday route)
On Sundays, only the Ulster-Poughkeepsie LINK operates.
See also
- Trailways of New York, the major private carrier in Ulster County along Routes 28 and 32
References
- 1 2 3 "Ulster County Area Transit information from the National Transit Database" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ↑ Rife, Judy (2008-09-20). "New shuttles will help railroad meet demand". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ "UCAT Bus Schedules". Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ Hickey, Andrew (2008-08-14). "Ride It Out: County bus patronage on the rise". Woodstock Times. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ "Proposed Schedule Changes". Retrieved 2008-10-30.