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The Monroe County Transit Authority, known as the Pocono Pony, is a public transportation service located in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It provides rural and inter-city fixed route bus and paratransit service within the county.〔http://www.gomcta.com/〕 MCTA is funded in part by PennDOT, the Federal Transit Administration, local match and farebox revenue.〔http://www.dot.state.pa.us/BPTMAP/counties/monroe.htm〕〔ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/bureaus/PublicTransportation/GeneralInformation/BPT%20Annual%20Report%20FINAL%202007-08_4%2028%2009.pdf〕 In 2013, East Stroudsburg was designated an Urbanized Zone and became a Metropolitan Statistical Area.〔http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/maps/pdfs/thematic/2010ua/UA2010_NewUAs_Map.pdf〕 Monroe County Transit Authority is now considered an urban transit system by the Federal Transit Administration. MCTA had over 318,709 riders in 2012 on both the fixed route bus and paratransit programs. ==Fixed Route Service== MCTA provides fixed route service along Monroe County's primary roadways. Service is generally hourly during weekdays, varied on Saturday in East Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg, Stroud Township, Bartonsville, Tannersville, Mt. Pocono and Coolbaugh Township. The Red Route provides service to East Stroudsburg University and Pocono Medical Center. The Blue Route has service to Northampton Community College, Monroe Campus, the Crossings Premium Outlets in Tannersville, Mt. Pocono and Coolbaugh Township. There is no service on Sunday. In 2013, MCTA launched a (Live Bus View ) for patrons to view the actual location of the buses. In November 2013, MCTA will be launching a new fare system that will use state of the art contactless fare cards. The new fare cards will be called "MoGo" as in "Miles to Go." Miles is the official mascot of the Monroe County Transit Authority. The Monroe County Transit Authority schedule can be found via Google Transit. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monroe County Transit Authority」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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