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External Website
www.athenstransit.com

Administration
706-613-3432

Administration Hours
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Transit Director
Knox (Butch) McDuffie

Administration Location
325 Pound Street
Location Map

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1868
Athens, GA 30603

Other Numbers
BUS Information - 706-613-3430
LIFT Information - 706-613-3435

Visit the Athens Transit External Web site at www.athenstransit.com for more information.

triangle NEW! A special Art in Transit art display is located at the Athens-Clarke County Multi-Modal Center. The display cabinet features a banner announcing The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The display contains copies of the readers guides, bookmarks, and CDs. The display also contains artwork from the children at Pinewood Estates.

The Art in Transit art display periodically throughout the year, featuring art work in various media.

For more information, please call (706) 613-3623 or visit www.accleisureservices.com

triangle NEW! The Urban Land Institute (ULI) of Atlanta recently recognized the Athens Multi modal Transportation Center with one of its most prestigious honors – the "Development of Excellence" award. The Atlanta District Council of ULI recognized four out of nine finalists as "Development of Excellence" recipients at the annual awards dinner on September 18. The ULI Development of Excellence awards were judged based on the following criteria: land use, sustainability, creativity in organization/management, smart growth, innovation in design and architecture, filling a community need, overcoming obstacles in development, and the use of public/private partnerships.

Atlanta-based architecture firm Niles Bolton Associates worked with the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County to provide programming, architecture, and interior design services for the Multimodal Transportation Center.

triangle NEW! Athens Transit is making route changes effective August 11, 2008.

  • Route 6 W. Broad: Will now serve 1 West Hancock outbound from the Multimodal Transportation Center at 45 past the hour Monday-Saturday with no service to Ultimate Drive area.
  • Saturday Service Route 2 E. Athens:Will now depart once per hour at 15 minutes past the hour, every hour, at the Multimodal Transportation Center.
  • Saturday Service Route 6 W. Broad: Will be changed from a 30-minute round trip to a 1-hour round trip with service to West Hancock outbound and inbound Baxter St.
  • Route 20 GA Square Mall: Will serve West Broad/Atl Hwy inbound and outbound Monday-Saturday.

New Routes 21 & 22 East-West Crosstown:

  • Board the bus at Walmart
  • Travel to the Multimodal Center
  • Stay on the same bus and travel W. Broad Street to Ultimate Drive
  • Abbey West
  • Old Epps Bridge Road
  • First east side bus departs Walmart at 6:40 a.m., first west side bus departs Ultimate Drive at 6:50 a.m.
  • Both buses depart the Multimodal Center at 9:15 a.m. for the last morning service trip and resume at the Multimodal Center at 2:15 pm.
  • Both buses depart the Multimodal Center at 5:15 pm. for the day's last trip.

triangle NEW! The Multimodal Transportation Center is a Bronze Award winner in the Brick Industry Association's 2008 Brick in Architecture Awards.

The competition judges and awards the creative and technical use of the brick. The Multimodal Transportation Center was one of only five projects nationally to receive this award in the Municipal/Government category.

triangle Butch McDuffie, the Director of the Athens Transit System since 2001, is the recipient of the 2008 Classic Host Award. The award, presented by the Athens Conventiona & Visitors Bureau, recognizes a local individual who is committed to bringing to Athens a new convention, meeting, or event generating a significant economic impact.

In November 2007, Butch McDuffie successfully hosted over 250 members of the Georgia Transit Association to Athens, all of who committed to revisiting Athens in 2008. Additionally, McDuffie worked beyond his department, encouraging tradeshows to choose Athens as their meeting site.

Aside from his commitment to increased tourism in Athens-Clarke County, as Director of Athens Transit System, McDuffie helps move 1.6 million people in and around Athens-Clarke County annually. Congratulations to Butch McDuffie, Athens's latest Classic Host!

triangle Athens Transit is proud to announce GPS based real-time bus tracking is now on all buses and available online at the Athens Transit external web-site www.athenstransit.com.

Athens Transit is one of only 14 communities in the nation and the only transit system in Georgia using these particular tracking products.

Just click on the "Track Your Bus" map and then track where a bus is anywhere in Athens-Clarke County. Move a cursor over a "bus" icon and get real-time bus location, and bus stop arrival predictions along the routes.

A specific bus route or routes can be highlighted by clicking the box beside the colored route symbol to see where the bus is along the route. Other features provide individual route , weekday, evening and Saturday schedules and maps.

triangle The Multimodal Transportation Center has received a national merit award from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). An IDEAS2 merit award for teamwork, coordination, collaboration, excellence, and innovation in the use of structural steel was presented to the Unified Government based upon six criteria. The annual awards are judged by a panel of design and construction industry professionals and awarded in three categories based on construction cost. Find out more at the AISC Web site.

triangle The Multimodal Transportation Center links Athens Transit System vehicles, University of Georgia buses, bicycles, taxis, and pedestrian facilities into a single hub. The facility also serves as a community bridge, linking downtown Athens with the North Oconee River Greenway. The project was citizen-funded through the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) IV and 2000 programs. It is comprised of glass, brick, wood, and cast stone, with exposed recycled steel to capture the industrial look of the region and the warehouse district east of downtown Athens.

The transportation center features 9,500 square feet of interior space and a bus transfer facility that includes 17 covered bus bays and climate controlled waiting areas, restrooms, a passenger drop off area, a ticket/information booth, bicycle storage, and provisions for a future commuter rail platform. A pedestrian bridge connects the bus transfer facility to downtown Athens and a parking garage. The 646-space garage is shared with the Classic Center, the Athens convention and performing arts facility.

The Fiscal Year 2005-2010 Transit Development Plan (TDP) for the Athens Transit System (ATS), the agency responsible for providing public transportation services in Athens-Clarke County Georgia, is now available online in the Documents section. This TDP is intended to accomplish several objectives:

  • Determine public and key stakeholders level of satisfaction, needs and expectations of the Athens Transit System.
  • Provide a reliable data base upon which existing services can be evaluated with respect to measures of efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Evaluate ATS existing fixed route service to develop change to route alignments, schedules, span of service and service frequencies that will improve individual routes and system productivity and align transit services with demand.
  • Provide a solid foundation for future service expansion by developing system level service concepts, design guidelines and performance monitoring techniques.
  • Develop service plan recommendations that can be incorporated into MACORTS regional and long range transportation plans and improvements.

The Athens Transit System mission, strategic goals and objectives, performance measures, local, state and federal transit regulations provide the strategic framework within which the TDP was developed.

About Athens Transit
The Athens Transit System is operated by the Transit Department of Athens-Clarke County. Its services include:

  • The Bus
  • The Lift
  • The Link
  • Park 'n' Ride
  • UGA Football Game Shuttles

The Bus vehicles include carriers on the front that fold down to accommodate bicycles (Bus 'n' Bike).

Groups or businesses can Adopt-a-Stop in conjunction with Athens Transit to help beautify waiting locations and receive recognition for their efforts.

The SPLOST Multimodal Center Project, when completed, will organize many modes of transportation into one location and integrate Athens Transit, Campus Transit, parking, bicycling, taxi service and more. The facility is currently under construction.

MISSION
The mission of the Athens Transit System is to exhibit excellence in all aspects of transportation services we provide to the citizens of Athens-Clarke County. As a dedicated group of professionals, we value and support our customers and fellow employees, and are committed to the provision of our services in a safe, courteous, timely and efficient manner.

 
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