Broome County Transit

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“B.C. Transit” redirects here. For the transit agency in British Columbia, see BC Transit.

Broome County Transit,popularly branded as B.C. Transit, is the public transportation system serving Broome County, New York, namely the city of Binghamton and surrounding communities. B.C. Transit was founded in 1968 when Broome County took over the assets of the private Triple Cities Traction Corporation, a takeover similar to those which took place in Rochester and Schenectady years prior. Unlike those city's transit systems, which became part of public benefit corporations, B.C. Transit is still owned and operated by the county (Department of Public Transportation) and is the largest such operator in Upstate New York (third largest overall in the state).

1 Services
2 Fleet
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Services

B.C. Transit currently offers four types of services throughout Broome County:

Fixed Route Service: Typical city bus service based around the "Triple Cities" (Binghamton, Endicott, and Johnson City, New York) as well as the suburban town of Vestal and limited service to other immediate suburbs of those towns. Currently, 19 routes are operated as well as special shuttle service before and after Binghamton Mets baseball games.
B.C. Lift: Paratransit service for those who are physically unable to ride regular fixed-route services and live within the service areas of fixed route service.
B.C. Country: A dial-a-ride service for those who live in areas of Broome County not served by fixed-route transit service which connects those communities to Binghamton.
OFA Mini-Bus: A service of the Broome County Office for Aging that provides door-to-door service for persons age 60 and over on request during weekday hours.

[edit] Fleet

Current Fleet
(All buses are Wheelchair-accessible )

1992 Orion Bus Industries 01.501 CNG 901-903 , to be retired
1996 Orion Bus Industries 05.501 501-515
2000 Orion Bus Industries 06.501 801-823

Future Fleet

2007 Gillig Low Floor (Diesel and HEV models, number TBA)

Past Fleet

1968 GMC TDH-3502 ("Old Look") 701-707
1968 GMC T6H-4521 ("New Look") 801-814
1979 GMC RTS T8W-603 101-106
1982 Grumman Flxible 870 201-217
1986 Orion Bus Industries 01.501 (ex-NFTA) 720, 729, 741, 757
1987 Orion Bus Industries 01.507 601-617 (some still in occasional service)

[edit] Trivia

B.C. Transit's logo is that of the character Thor from the comic strip B.C., drawn by Endicott native Johnny Hart [1]. The "B.C." is also based (very) loosely on one of the logos from that comic strip as well.
At the time of B.C. Transit's formation, they inherited the token stock of Triple Cities Traction Corporation and that company's predecessor, the Binghamton Railway Company. These same tokens, some dating back to the turn of the 20th Century, circulated until B.C. Transit phased out the token at the end of 2005 when they went to electronic fare collection.