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CATA starts NEW Saturday bus service in Titusville

July 12, 2010

Starting with the new fiscal year that began on July 1, 2010 CATA is pleased to offer a new service for our residents of the Titusville area. CATA will now offer door-to-door shared ride bus service in the Titusville area between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM. This new service will allow seniors, persons [...]

CATA schedules ground breaking ceremony for Construction project

May 17, 2010

Now that the demolition of the CATA site is complete, CATA will be holding a ground breaking ceremony on Friday June 4, 2010 at 3:00 PM.  The ceremony will mark the beginning of the near 2.2 million dollar construction phase of the CATA Administration facility project.  CATA has recently authorized award of contracts to four [...]

Construction bid advertisment

April 1, 2010

All interested parties can view the legal advertisment for the CATA construction project directly from our web site by visiting www.catabus.org This link will take you directly to the legal advertisment.

CATA releases construction documents for public bid

April 1, 2010

On Thursday April 1, 2010 CATA has publically released the long-awaited construction bid documents for the Intermodal Administration Facility project. This project has recently received a commitiment of over $2,500,000 of various Federal, State and Local grants to complete the construction. All interested contractors should visit the CATA website at www.catabus.org for more [...]

CATA awards bid for Demolition contract

January 29, 2010

On Monday January 25th CATA authorized the awarding of a demolition contract to Earthmovers Unlimited, Inc. of Kylertown, PA. After a public bid process, 8 companies submitted bids for the demolition and site preperation of our project. CATA anticipates that the demolition work will begin in early April and literally pave the way [...]

CATA offers FREE Rides on Meadville Trolley!!

December 3, 2009

As the Holiday season gets into full swing, CATA will be offering an additional incentive to get out and do some shopping. This month from December 16th – December 24th anytime you board the CATA Trolley you can ride for FREE! CATA will rotate the Trolley between the Red, Blue and Green routes [...]

CATA extends hours of Meadville routes!

October 27, 2009

On Monday November 2nd CATA will launch a trial run of extended operating hours of the Meadville Red, Blue and Green routes.  On Monday Novemeber 2nd all routes will operate an additional 2 hours until 8:00 PM.  This new extended operating schedule will run Monday – Friday and continue for a minimum of six months.
With [...]

Loop Route back in operation

September 2, 2009

CATA has resumed the operation of the ever-popular Loop route for the fall 2009!!  The Loop, CATA’s Allegheny College  and campus area connection to downtown Meadville and the Shopping destinations of Vernon Twp has resumed operations on Wednesday and Friday evenings.
The Loop connects the college area to downtown Meadville, Wal-Mart and the Movies at Meadville [...]

CATA ridership tops 250,000!

July 29, 2009

  WIth the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2009 CATA has seen a sharp increase in our overall ridership.  For the entire year, CATA buses provided over 250,000 passenger trips between all services!  Whether it was a senior citizen riding the bus to the Senior Center in Canadohta Lake, an adult using the fixed [...]

CATA completes land acquisition to pave the way for new building!

June 11, 2009

 
CATA has recently completed the acquisition of property in downtown Meadville for the construction of the new CATA Intermodal Administration Facility.  CATA’s new home will be located at the intersection of Pine and Water Street in downtown Meadville along the current Green and Blue routes.  Our new home will be one of the first buildings [...]