Capital District Transportation Authority
The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) is a New York State public-benefit corporation overseeing a number of multi-modal parts of public transportation in the Capital District of New York State (Albany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, and Washington counties). CDTA runs local and express buses, including four lines of an express bus service called BusPlus (one between Albany and Schenectady, two between Albany and either Waterford and Cohoes, and another one between Albany and Crossgates Mall), and day-to-day management of three Amtrak stations in the Capital region–the Albany-Rensselaer, Schenectady and Saratoga Springs Amtrak stations. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 15,779,000, or about 55,300 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.
An articulated bus on CDTA route 10 | |
| Founded | 1970 (previously United Traction Company in 1890) |
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| Headquarters | 110 Watervliet Avenue Albany, New York |
| Locale | Capital District |
| Service area | Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Saratoga, Montgomery, Washington, and Warren counties |
| Service type | Local bus service express bus service commuter coach service bus rapid transit paratransit (STAR) |
| Routes | 62 |
| Stops | 2,902 |
| Depots | Albany Depot: 110 Watervliet Avenue, Albany NY Troy Depot: 40 Hoosick Street, Troy NY, Schenectady Depot: 2401 Maxon Rd. Schenectady NY Upstate Transit of Saratoga: 207 Geyser Rd. Saratoga Springs NY Brown Transportation: 50 Venner Rd. Amsterdam NY |
| Fleet | 306 |
| Daily ridership | 55,300 (weekdays, Q4 2023) |
| Annual ridership | 15,779,000 (2023) |
| Fuel type | Diesel, diesel-electric hybrid |
| Operator | CDTA (all except Northway Express) Upstate Transit (Northway Express only) Brown Transportation (Thruway Express only) |
| Chief executive | Carm Basile |
| Website | cdta |
Created as an act of the New York State Legislature in August 1970, CDTA was formed similarly to agencies in Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. In 1970, CDTA purchased and took over management of the United Traction Company and Schenectady Transit.
CDTA bus operators, dispatchers, and supervisory staff are organized in Local 1321 of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU).