Space Coast Area Transit
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Parent | Brevard County |
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Founded | 1985 |
Headquarters | 401 South Varr Avenue Cocoa, Florida |
Locale | Melbourne, Florida |
Service area | Brevard County, Florida |
Service type | bus service,paratransit,vanpool |
Routes | 16 |
Stations | 2 |
Chief executive | James Liesenfelt |
Website | 321transit |
Space Coast Area Transitis the public transit system serving the communities inBrevard County, Florida.
In 2021, Space Coast Area Transit will undergo a rebranding effort with the name of the system changing to 321Transit as an homage to thecountdownsequence that has launched numerous spacecraft fromCape Canaveral.
History[edit]
Space Coast Area Transit was formed in 1985 as a replacement for two competing bus services in Brevard County; Brevard Transportation Authority and Consolidated Agencies Transportation System, both of which refused to cooperate with each other, and often got into territorial and service disputes.[1]
The system budgeted $6.9 million for operations in 2010. It collected $2.1 million in passenger fees, The rest comes from federal and state grants, and contributions from two cities.[2]
In 2014, from 1 to 2% of residents rode the bus daily.[3]
Route list[edit]
There are 19[clarification needed]fixed bus routes running Monday through Saturday, with most routes running on an hourly basis. The 4, 9, and 21 routes run on Sundays.[4]
- 1 Titusville / Viera
- 2 Titusville
- 3 Merritt Island
- 4 Hwy 520 Connector
- 5 Mims / Titusville
- 6 Cocoa / Rockledge
- 7 Rockledge / Viera
- 8 West Cocoa
- 9 Cape / Cocoa Beach
- 20 Heritage / West Melbourne
- 21 Downtown Melbourne
- 22 South Palm Bay
- 23 West Palm Bay
- 24 Melbourne / Eau Gallie
- 25 Palm Bay Connector
- 26 South Beach
- 27 East Palm Bay
- 28 North Melbourne
- 29 Melbourne / Viera
- 32 Dial-A-Bus
- 33 Eau Gallie Art District (Temporary Route)
References[edit]
- ^History of the Space Coarst Area Transit
- ^Neale, Rick (17 March 2010)."County bus service faces $1 M deficit".Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today. pp. 1A–2A.
- ^Berman, Dave (January 16, 2015)."SCAT wants more to ride bus".Florida Today.Melbourne, Florida. pp. 1A.RetrievedJanuary 17,2015.
- ^Cervenka, Susanne (2 December 2010)."SCAT marks 18 years of increased ridership".Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today. pp. 1B.