Service was expanded to 10:00 pm on all routes in the system on a network of seven routes. Two routes were added to the system in 2004, and an additional route to Wellton was initiated in January 2006. YMPO selected a new operating contractor, and service survived. YCAT service between Yuma and Foothills was initiated in 2001, but the ridership was not considered high enough to justify the cost, and the system was shortened to terminate at Arizona Western College.Īfter a comprehensive review of the transit system by Moore and Associates, as well as financial and operating difficulties in 2003 which nearly caused the fixed-route transit system to shut down, the city of Yuma and other member jurisdictions in Yuma County contributed additional funding to the system. The name YCAT or Yuma County Area Transit was adopted in 2002, with a new system of two routes, a local route within Yuma and an intercity route between San Luis and Yuma/Arizona Western College. When the Saguaro Foundation began operating a public dial-a-ride system funded by Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization (YMPO) in 1996, YMPO's fixed-route service began in February 1999 with service between San Luis and Yuma under the name Valley Transit.

Paratransit in Yuma County began in February 1999. YCAT is also the local Greyhound Lines agent.īefore 1999 only private transportation companies operated any type of transit service in Yuma County, with taxis serving the urbanized areas and private van services providing transportation between San Luis and Yuma. Since 1990 the agency has grown from a new transit service offering paratransit to the current mix of fixed-route and demand-responsive services serving over 32,000 riders per month, with an annual operating budget of $2.5 million.

The Yuma County Area Transit (YCAT) system is a public transportation system based in Yuma County, Arizona. Typical YCAT bus with YCAT logo and colors, currently being used. Yuma County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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