GoDurham

GoDurham

Headquarters	1907 Fay Street
Locale	Durham, NC
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Hubs	Durham Station Transportation Center
Fleet	53
Operator	First Transit
Website	http://godurhamtransit.org/

GoDurham, formerly Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA), is the public transit system serving Durham, North Carolina. It was rebranded under the consolidated GoTransit branding scheme for the Research Triangle region.

History

GoDurham, Average Daily Ridership, 2002-2016

The City of Durham assumed the operation of the local Duke Power bus system in 1991, naming it Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA).

• 1891-1902 - Durham Street Railway Co.
• 1902-1913 - Durham Traction Co.
• 1913-1921 - Durham Traction Co. (Cities Service Co.)
• 1921-1943 - Durham Public Service Co. (Cities Service Co.)
• 1930 - streetcars discontinued
• After 1943 - Duke Power Company

In 2015, as part of the GoTransit naming scheme, DATA was renamed GoDurham. Total ridership, for fiscal year 2015 was almost 6.3 million ridership.^[1]

Current

Downtown Durham Station

There is a flat fare system US$1, $2 for unlimited one-day pass; senior citizens ride free. Most routes depart/arrive at the downtown terminal at the top of the hour and every half hour from 5:30 a.m. until 12:30 a.m., Monday through Saturday, and from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday. There is no service Christmas day. The system's service contracts are let for five years.

The downtown terminal was relocated to a new transportation center (Durham Station) that also serves GoTriangle and Greyhound Lines buses on February 23, 2009. The building was designed by the Freelon group.

Fleet

DATA bus

Bull City Connector

DATA bus on Chapel Hill St in Durham.

The fixed-route system incorporates 165 employees and 53 buses transporting more than 13,000 daily riders on 18 routes. The paratransit system includes 43 vans and 57 employees transporting clients to various places within the city and nearby Chapel Hill. GoDurham operates 48 full-sized and 5 22-seat Goshen cutaway buses on 18 routes. All of the full-size buses are of Gillig manufacture and are dual-door low-floor. The fleet livery is white with red, blue and yellow striped relief. Bicycle racks are fitted to the front of all buses. 20 Gillig BRT hybrid 40-foot buses were delivered in September 2009.^[2] In 2015, The fleet livery changed to accommodate the GoDurham rebrand, it now consists of grey with blue.

Routes

See GoDurham site^[3] for more information.

References

External links

• Media related to GoDurham at Wikimedia Commons
• Official webpage
• GoTransit
• Freelon Design for the Transportation Center
• Downtown Terminal Groundbreaking Announcement
• Roster