Sunset Empire Transportation District

Sunset Empire Transportation
Headquarters 465 NE Skipanon Drive, Warrenton
Locale Clatsop County, Oregon
Service type bus service, paratransit
Routes 8[1]
Web site ridethebus.org

The Sunset Empire Transportation District (SETD) provides federally funded rural intercity bus services in Clatsop County,[2] Oregon. Sunset Empire Transportation is also known as 'The Bus'.

SETD also provides transit connections for the National Park Service and the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, titled the Lewis and Clark Explorer Shuttle, through a $2.5 million Federal Transit Authority grant,[3] and via a SAFETEA-LU Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands grant.[4]

SETD has also received funding through the TEA-21 appropriations act.[5]

Routes

Route Route Name Area Served Days of Service
Route 10 Red Cedar East Astoria Monday - Saturday
Route 12 Orange Crab West Astoria & Warrenton Monday - Saturday
Route 15 Brown Otter Astoria & Warrenton Monday - Saturday
Route 20 Gray Sea Gull Gearhart, Seaside & Cannon Beach Monday - Saturday
Route 21 Blue Star Fish Cannon Beach Sunday
Route 30 Yellow Sun Astoria & Knappa Monday - Saturday
Westport Shuttle Green Spruce Astoria, Knappa & Westport Monday - Saturday
Route 101 Express Pink Salmon Astoria, Warrenton, Gearhart & Seaside Monday - Saturday

In April 2011, all routes except 10 and 101 were eliminated, and Saturday service was canceled, in response to severe budget shortfalls.

References

  1. ^ SETD Route Schedule (8 routes)
  2. ^ "2009-2011 Rural Intercity Bus Program Recommendation". http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/PT/PROGRAMS/DISCRETIONARY/2009_11/Awd_IC_List.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-17. 
  3. ^ "Lewis and Clark Explorer Shuttle". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/partnerships/shuttle_lewis&clark.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-17. 
  4. ^ "Annual Report on Funding Recommendations: Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands". http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Appendix_C_NS_2008.doc. Retrieved 2009-12-17. 
  5. ^ "House Report 106-180 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2000". http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&sid=cp106gre9Q&refer=&r_n=hr180.106&db_id=106&item=&sel=TOC_454247&. Retrieved 2009-12-17.