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Capital Area Transit Closed for Memorial Day, Bis-Man Transit Will Provide Service

Bismarck, N.D. – Capital Area Transit’s (CAT) fleet will not be in service on Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. The holiday is one of six each year the CAT observes. The CAT also observes New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Labor...

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Student Summer Pass Available from Memorial Day Through Labor Day

Bismarck, N.D. – Capital Area Transit (CAT) is selling passes available to students for unlimited rides through the summer at a reduced rate. Student Summer Passes provide K-12 and college students with unlimited rides, beginning after the...

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Bis-Man Transit Board Accepting Applications for Open Board Position

Bismarck, N.D. – The Bis-Man Transit Board is accepting applications for an open position on its board, with one year remaining on the term. The Bis-Man Transit Board oversees the door-to-door paratransit service, as well as the fixed-route...

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CAT Bus Shelter To Be Removed From Jeannette Myhre School

[caption id="attachment_1159" align="alignright" width="360"] The shelter near Jeannette Myhre School will be removed in the near future.[/caption] April 29, 2015 - Bismarck, N.D. – A bus shelter along a south Bismarck Capital Area Transit (CAT)...

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Funds Identified to Ensure Future of CAT's Guaranteed Ride Home Program

[caption id="attachment_1140" align="alignleft" width="288" caption="Capital Area Transit manager Nate Vatnsdal presents a Guaranteed Ride Home voucher. Customers will continue to have the Guaranteed Ride Home program available after April, due to the...

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Offices Closed on Good Friday, Buses Still Providing Service

The offices for Capital Area Transit (CAT) and Bis-Man Transit will be closed on Friday, April 3, 2015, but buses for both services will still provide service. The CAT's 12 fixed routes, running throughout Bismarck and Mandan, will begin and end at...

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Guaranteed Ride Home Program to be Discontinued After April

March 30, 2015 - Bismarck, N.D. – A supplemental program to the Capital Area Transit fixed-route system, the Guaranteed Ride Home program, will be discontinued at the end of April. A state grant that had helped pay for the program has...

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Public Comment Period Begins for Proposed C-2 Route Change

A public comment period is ongoing to give citizens and officials of Bismarck and Mandan an opportunity to comment on a proposed change to one of the Capital Area Transit (CAT) fixed routes in Bismarck. The proposed change will eliminate...

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Capital Area Transit Receives Two New Buses

[caption id="attachment_1065" align="alignright" width="432" caption="One of the two new Gillig buses purchased by Capital Area Transit awaits installation of a farebox, RouteMatch hardware and an external advertising wrap."][/caption] February 18,...

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Kraft Promoted At Bis-Man Bus Depot

January 27, 2015 - Bismarck, N.D. – Joe Kraft has been promoted and has assumed full-time duties as the Customer Service Representative for Jefferson Lines at the Bismarck Bus Depot. Kraft had been working at the depot as a part-time...

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