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state grant to fund the service. In 2022, SMART purchased an electric bus for service in
Owatonna, the first in the fleet. Replacing a single fossil fuel powered bus will allow the agency to save 2,000-4,000 gallons of fuel each year. SMART reached its millionth rider in October 2018 and two million in March 2023.
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SMART transit began in
January 2014 through the consolidation of transit agencies in Freeborn, Mower and Steele counties. SMART transit service in Waseca began on January 2, 2016. On January 2, 2019, the intercity shuttle service between Albert Lea and Austin was launched after the approval of a
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SMART provides deviated fixed-route and demand-response services. There are 6 deviated fixed-routes, with one intercity shuttle between Albert Lea and Austin, two providing intra-city transit in Austin, and one each in Albert Lea, Owatonna, and Waseca.
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service across the counties. The service is operated by Cedar Valley
Services, Inc. In 2019 the system provided 272,878 rides over 62,048 annual vehicle revenue hours with 13 buses and 15 paratransit vehicles.
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415:
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The ridership statistics shown here are of deviated fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.
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544:"The National Transit Database (NTD): Cedar Valley Services Inc District"
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Provider of mass transportation in
Southern Minnesota
416:"Public bus service to begin in Waseca on Saturday"
494:"SMART celebrates 2 million rides since its start"
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341:List of bus transit systems in the United States
602:
469:"SMART Transit adds electric bus to its fleet"
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154:Southern Minnesota Area Rural Transit (SMART)
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443:"SMART Transit beginning Albert Lea routes"
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653:List of intercity bus stops in Minnesota
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251:SMART Transit Shuttle Service (serves
840:Southern Minnesota Area Rural Transit
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180:serving the major cities, as well as
20:Southern Minnesota Area Rural Transit
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673:Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
441:Eric Johnson (December 29, 2018).
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856:Transportation in Minnesota
705:University of Minnesota PTS
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269:Austin SMART Transit Office
115:Austin SMART Transit Office
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880:Freeborn County, Minnesota
818:Prairieland Transit System
371:"SMART Bus Agency Profile"
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890:Steele County, Minnesota
828:Rochester Public Transit
733:Duluth Transit Authority
351:Rochester Public Transit
885:Mower County, Minnesota
648:Northern Lights Express
845:Winona Transit Service
808:Mankato Transit System
346:Mankato Transit System
813:Prairie Lakes Transit
277:Fixed Route Ridership
178:deviated fixed-routes
81:counties in Minnesota
823:Rochester City Lines
798:Hiawathaland Transit
744:Hibbing Area Transit
739:Cities Area Transit
668:Maple Grove Transit
447:Austin Daily Herald
422:. December 30, 2015
158:mass transportation
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695:Plymouth Metrolink
498:Albert Lea Tribune
420:Mankato Free Press
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875:Austin, Minnesota
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788:Community Transit
728:Arrowhead Transit
710:U of M Transitway
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207:Local Routes
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86:Service type
63:Service area
33:Headquarters
90:Bus service
869:Categories
395:"About Us"
357:References
253:Albert Lea
241:City Route
226:Albert Lea
45:Albert Lea
766:Metro Bus
615:Statewide
608:Minnesota
568:SMART Bus
221:Red Route
146:SMART Bus
628:Borealis
335:See also
233:Owatonna
231:City of
224:City of
162:Freeborn
129:13 buses
67:Freeborn
53:Owatonna
753:Central
302:150,000
299:125,000
296:100,000
198:Service
189:History
142:Website
96:service
25:Founded
772:MATBUS
622:Amtrak
293:75,000
290:50,000
287:25,000
257:Austin
239:Waseca
219:Austin
213:Austin
174:Waseca
172:, and
170:Steele
101:Routes
79:Waseca
77:, and
75:Steele
57:Waseca
55:, and
49:Austin
41:Locale
781:South
721:North
683:METRO
661:Metro
650:(TBD)
523:(PDF)
374:(PDF)
235:Route
228:Route
166:Mower
126:Fleet
71:Mower
833:Link
551:2023
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328:2021
325:2020
322:2019
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310:2015
307:2014
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