The Hill Country Transit District operates a bus service known as The HOP in the
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area and the surrounding rural areas. The HOP operates two bus services: Fixed Route and its Rural Service.
Its fixed route service operates scheduled stops in the urban areas of
Killeen,
Temple
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,
Belton,
Copperas Cove and
Harker Heights. The district is governed by a board of directors with a representative of each county and major city served and is a member of the Killeen Temple Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Funding for the district comes from transit fares, the
Federal Transit Administration
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,
Texas Department of Transportation
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(TxDOT), contract revenue from
Medicaid
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, and contributions from the counties and cities served.
Routes
The following route list is the Urban fixed routes that The HOP maintains in the urban areas of the
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.
Former Routes
References
External links
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Bus transportation in Texas
Transportation in Bell County, Texas
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