TCAT
TCAT Seeks to Expand Ridership Amid COVID Concerns
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TCAT adapts with limited routes and mask mandates, hoping to increase ridership as the pandemic continues.
TCAT
As Students Return to Campus, TCAT Expands Schedule
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As the semester begins, TCAT has announced an updated spring schedule, including plans of new, battery-powered busses equipped with free Wi-Fi.
COVID-19
Tompkins County Reports Potential Exposure on TCAT Bus Route 14S
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On Saturday, the Tompkins County Health Department reported that a TCAT passenger had tested positive, and that the Bus Route 14S could have potentially exposed.
Cornell University
Despite Pandemic Cuts, TCAT Remains Committed to Improving Service to the Tompkins Area Community
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“Our goal is to keep going with our service levels as much as possible,” Vanderpool said. “I don’t want to take anything away from anybody.”
TCAT
TCAT Revises Service in Response to Pandemic, Reduced Ridership
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The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit is a service essential to the lives of both Cornell students and people living in and around the Ithaca area. However, the beloved blue buses have been facing struggles of their own since the beginning of the COVID-19 shutdown in March.
TCAT
TCAT to Run Free Rides on Election Day
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On Nov. 3, all TCAT bus routes will run during their normal service period, bringing riders to their designated polls for free.
City
TCAT Bus Crashes Into Several Homes in Ithaca’s West End
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A Tompkins County Area Transit’s Route 14 bus crashed into several homes Friday on the 400 block of Hook Place in Ithaca’s West End after the driver lost control of the vehicle, according to an Ithaca Police Department press release.
COVID-19
TCAT Rider Tests Positive for COVID-19 on Route 30
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The Tompkins County Health Department reported that someone who rode the TCAT route 30 bus on Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19.
climate change
GUEST ROOM | Cornell, COVID and Climate Change; Take the Bus.
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When asked about the plan for Cornell’s reopening during an interview with Scot Vanderpool, General Manager of Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, I shrugged and gave him the same answer that Cornell students have had to repeat to family members and friends: “We still don’t know.” It is daunting for students to think about this semester’s empty lecture halls and the absence of the usual morning hustle to get to class. However, for TCAT, a business whose financial stability relies on students using bus transportation to and from class, will also suffer from this restructured semester. Public transportation throughout New York State has undoubtedly been impacted by COVID-19. Even with extreme safety precautions in place and free bus fares in some areas (such as Tompkins County), public transit ridership in major cities has gone down by 50 to 90 percent since the pandemic started. However, even before the pandemic, public transportation only accounted for 8 percent of passenger-miles in the U.S. So, why should we care about taking public transportation now, in a time when people are concerned with the spread of COVID-19? The answer is simple: Sustainability and equitability.
News
All TCAT Riders Must Wear Face Coverings, Following Cuomo’s Executive Order
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The mandate comes from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D-N.Y.) executive order — announced in a Wednesday press conference — which requires all people in New York State to cover their mouth and nose when in public and in close proximity to others.