The Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses (AMA, English: Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority) is a

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and

public transport bus service Public transport bus services are generally based on regular operation of transit buses along a route calling at agreed bus stops according to a published public transport timetable. History of buses Origins While there are indications ...

based in the San Juan metropolitan area. It is part of the

Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works The Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP; es, Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas)— is the Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that regulates transportation and public works in Puerto Ric ...

and the Puerto Rico Integrated Transit Authority (''ATI''). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .

Background

''Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses'' was created as a public corporation on May 11, 1959. The operations would later be integrated into the Department of Transportation and Public Works in 1973 and the Integrated Transit Authority in 2014. It is the second oldest public transport authority in America, behind New York's

Metropolitan Transportation Authority The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York. The MTA is the largest public transit authority in th ...

. AMA is one of three major public transportation systems serving the San Juan metropolitan area, along with

Tren Urbano The ''Tren Urbano'' (English: Urban Train) is a fully-automated rapid transit system that serves the municipalities of San Juan, Guaynabo, and Bayamón, in Puerto Rico. The Tren Urbano consists of 16 stations operating on of track along a ...

and the

Cataño Ferry The Cataño Ferry ( es, Lancha de Cataño) is a single route ferry service between Cataño and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Its route consists of Cataño ⇆ Old San Juan docking at the AcuaExpreso Cataño Terminal in Cataño on the route's southw ...

Service

AMA provides bus transportation in the San Juan metropolitan area—which includes the municipalities of San Juan, Guaynabo, Bayamón, Trujillo Alto, Cataño, Toa Baja, Carolina, and Loíza—through a network of 32 fixed bus routes. Most routes operate Monday through Friday from 5AM to 9PM; and Saturdays and holidays from 6:00AM to 8:00PM. Only routes E30, E40, and T3 offer Sunday service, along with Tren Urbano and the Cataño Ferry. Most bus stops are identified with a "Parada" (English: stop) green sign.

Fares

The regular service fare is $0.75 per ride. The only bus routes with a different fare are Routes E20 and E30 with a $2.00 cost per ride. Reduced fares are available for students, seniors, and people with disabilities. All buses require exact change in coins or the use of a magnetic fare card available at Tren Urbano stations.

Routes

ATI manages the operation of thirty-two bus routes in the San Juan metropolitan area; twenty-four operated by AMA and eight by First Transit. The design of the bus network includes four service categories to guide the customers and improve the coordination between buses, ferry, ''públicos'', municipal buses, and Tren Urbano.Folleto Informativo Reestructuración ATI 2015
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Transit hubs

* Bo. Campanilla Terminal: E20, municipal buses * Carolina Terminal: T6, T7, 44, municipal buses * Cataño Terminal: T4, 37, municipal buses, públicos * Hato Rey Transfer Center: TU Roosevelt, T2, T4, 1 * Iturregui Terminal: T5, T6, T41, 43, municipal buses * Río Piedras (Capetillo) Transfer Center: T7, T9, T41, 1, 15, 26, municipal buses, públicos * TU Bayamón Bus Terminal: E20, T2, 37, 91, 92, municipal buses, públicos, Inter American University Bayamón trolley * TU Centro Médico Transfer Center: 17, 19 * TU Cupey Bus Terminal: E30, T7, T9, 15, 17, 18, 31, Inter American University Metro trolley * TU Martínez Nadal Bus Terminal: T8, 19, 27, municipal buses * TU Piñero Bus Terminal: E40, T4, T8, T41, 26 * TU Sagrado Corazón Bus Terminal: E10, T2, T3, T9, T21, 1, 15, 22, 35, 36, 45, municipal buses, públicos, Dolphy-Universidad del Sagrado Corazón * Viejo San Juan (Covadonga) Terminal: E10, T3, T5, T9, T21, 53, municipal buses, públicos

Active bus fleet

AMA has a total of around 100 buses in its active fleet, with the oldest active fleet model being

Orion V The Orion V was a line of rigid high-floor transit buses available in 32', 35', and 40' lengths manufactured by Ontario Bus Industries (renamed Orion Bus Industries in 1995) between 1989 and 2009. The conventionally powered buses, either with lon ...

built in 2004–2005 and 2007, and the newest being the NovaBus Smart LFS built in 2013. In addition, AMA also operates a large fleet of

Orion VII The Orion VII was a line of low-floor transit buses available in 30' rigid, 35' rigid, and 40' rigid lengths manufactured by Orion Bus Industries between 2001 and 2013 in three generations. The conventional powered buses, either with longitudinal ...

NG built in 2010 and a subfleet of New Flyer DE35LF built in 2005 and 2007.

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, which operates seven routes under contract, works with a fleet of

Gillig Low Floor The Gillig Low Floor (originally named Gillig H2000LF and also nicknamed Gillig Advantage) is a transit bus manufactured by the Gillig Corporation. The second low-floor bus introduced in the United States (after the New Flyer LF), the Low Floor ...

s built in 2009, and

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42-BRT and 60-BRT for ''Metro Urbano'' (E20 route) built in 2012. The 60-BRT will be AMA's first low-floor articulated bus. This will mark only the second-time articulated buses have been used on the island; in 1984 AMA receive their first fleet of articulated buses, the

MAN SG-310 The MAN SG 220 was a VöV-Standard articulated bus designed and manufactured by Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (M.A.N.) in Germany between 1978 and 1983, available with two, three, or four doors in two different lengths. The bus was also ...

. In 2015, AMA introduced the first suburban bus fleet with 33 Ford Super Duty Glaval buses.

Inactive bus fleet

References

External links

Guawa App

First Transit Puerto Rico
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