Yuma County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority
| Last updated on August 25, 2011 |
Yuma County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority is a governmental agency created to manage, operate and maintain public transit services in Yuma County known to the Public as Yuma County Area Transit (YCAT) and Greater Yuma Area Dial-A-Ride.
Description:
Yuma County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority manages and operates public transit services in southwest Yuma County. Services operated include Yuma County Area Transit (YCAT) fixed route buses and Greater Yuma Area Dial-A-Ride demand responsive buses. Buses operate Monday-Saturday from 6 am to 6 pm, excluding major holidays.
History:
Under Arizona Revised Statutes - Title 28 Transportation, an intergovernmental public transportation authority (IPTA) may be organized in any county in Arizona with a population of two hundred thousand persons or less. Besides the YCIPTA, the Coconino and Yavapai Counties; the cities of Flagstaff, Sedona, and Cottonwood, and Northern Arizona University formed the Northern Arizona Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority (NAIPTA) to assume public transit services from the cities of Flagstaff, Sedona, Cottonwood and Coconino County in an attempt to unify and coordinate public transit services in this region.
The YCIPTA is an IPTA that was formed on December 13, 2010 by the Yuma County Board of Supervisors to administer, plan, operate and maintain public transit services throughout Yuma County, including within the political jurisdictional boundaries of the Cities of Yuma, San Luis, Somerton, Town on Wellton and the unincorporated Yuma County areas.
On September 21, 2010, the Town of Wellton and City of Somerton passed a resolution to petition the County to form the IPTA. On October 3 and 20, 2010 respectively, the Cities of San Luis and Yuma passed a resolution to petition the County to form the IPTA. On December 6, 2010, Northern Arizona University petitioned the County to join the IPTA. On December 13, 2010, the County held a public hearing and approved the formation of the IPTA. On January 24, 2011, the Yuma County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority (YCIPTA) held its first Board of Directors meeting.
Contact person: John Andoh, Project Director, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (928) 783-0309
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Address:
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2715 East 14th Street
Yuma, AZ 85365
(See a map) |
Web Site: http://www.ycat.org
Directions:
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From Interstate 8, travel north on 16th Street, turn left on Pacific Avenue, right on 14th Street and cross two intersections to the building that says YCAT on the front. |
| Last updated on August 25, 2011 |
