The Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority is the primary provider of

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in a six county region of northeastern

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. The agency was established in 1974 as the state's first public transit agency that was managed by a multi-county board instead of a single municipality. Originally, the bureau's duty was to provide demand response service for qualified workers, but in 1988, the first fixed routes were established in

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. Currently, six routes run through the urban areas of that city, and in March 2010, service expanded from weekday-only to Monday through Saturday. In addition to the urban routes, the agency offers two lines in other areas of its jurisdiction. A weekday commuter route connects Lake City with

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. In 2008, the PDRTA instituted a fixed route line for several small

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cities.

Routes

*1 West Evans-Magnolia Mall *2 North Florence *3 South Florence-East Florence *4 Second Street Loop-DSS Building *5 Palmetto Street-Florence Mall *6 South Florence-Savannah Grove *125 Chesterfield-Cheraw-Bennettsville *912 Lake City-Myrtle Beach

References

External links

PDRTASaturday Schedules
Bus transportation in South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-transport-stub