The Brazos Transit District, branded as The District, is the primary provider of

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in a 16-county area of

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. The agency was established in 1974 as the Brazos Valley Transit Authority, with the primary purpose of providing fixed routes for Bryan and College Station, plus rural demand response service. Today, two separate urban areas feature fixed routes, Paratransit, Demand and Response plus a series of commuter buses for several

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suburbs. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .

Services

Bryan/College Station

The heart of The District's services, the Bryan–College Station metropolitan area features seven local routes, serving as part of a two-tiered transportation strategy along with bus services provided for students by

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. *Blue Route- Transfer Center to Castle Heights *Green Route- Transfer Center to Shadowood/TAMU *Maroon Route- Transfer Center to West Park/TAMU *Orange Route- Transfer Center to Bellevue/Park Forest *Purple Route- Transfer Center to Boonville/Westwood Estates *Red Route- Transfer Center to Central Bryan *Yellow Route- Transfer Center to Regency South/Devonshire

Cleveland

A city loop is provided in the small city of

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Dayton/Liberty

The interconnected cities of

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and

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featured a varied fixed route service, which at different times loops through each of the two cities, with occasional services that connect the two municipalities.

Lufkin

The small industrial city of

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features five local routes, including one that extends to the town of Diboll. *Orange Route- Angelina College to Diboll *Purple Route- Jennings Station to Keltys *Blue Route- Jennings Station to Hospitals *Yellow Route- Jennings Station to Atkinson

Nacogdoches

The agricultural center of

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includes four local routes, three of which provide some form of service to SFA State University. *Blue Route- Transfer Center to Stallings Drive *Green Route- Transfer Center to Fredonia Hill *Red Route- Transfer Center to S.F. Austin University/Parker Road

References

External links

* Bus transportation in Texas Bryan, Texas College Station, Texas {{Texas-transport-stub