| Headquarters | Jamestown, NY |
|---|---|
| Service area | Chautauqua County, NY |
| Service type | bus service |
| Hubs | 4 |
| Web site | Carts |
The Chautauqua Area Rural Transit System (a.k.a. CARTS) operates out of two terminals in Dunkirk and Jamestown serving virtually every city, town, village and hamlet of Chautauqua County, New York with affordable scheduled public transit service.
In addition to the loop runs that are offered throughout the county, the CARTS system operates the city bus service in Dunkirk and Fredonia, as well as Jamestown.
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Due to the rural nature of much of the county, and the small population of Jamestown, Dunkirk and Fredonia, the CARTS system operates smaller cutaway style vans.
A number of individual routes exist that serve a number of the area hospitals, workplaces and shopping plazas.
The routes are grouped into a number of service sectors, called:
Service to the City of Dunkirk is offered using two buses operating on a loosely based loop route.
The two routes (green or red) are essentially the same route, with the exception being in the direction travelled[1]
Service is operated weekdays only, between 7:30am and 5:30pm.
Connections can be made at The Junction (Dunkirk City Hall) to other CARTS routes.
Much of the service in the City of Jamestown operates on a "loop" style route. Service either makes a clock-wise or counter-clock-wise loop after leaving The Junction at West Third & Main Streets on an hourly intervals for City of Jamestown service, or 45 minute intervals for Jamestown suburban service to Falconer or 90 minute intervals to Lakewood via Fairmount, or Lakewood via Jones and Gifford routes[2]