AppalCART (Appalachian Campus Area Rapid Transit) is a
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Boone, North Carolina
Boone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the home of Appalachian State University and the headquarters for the disaster a ...
. It provides fare-free fixed route and
paratransit
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service throughout
Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dough ...
and Boone, as well as low-fare van service to other towns within
Watauga County
Watauga County ( ) from the North Carolina Collection's website at the . In 2013, AppalCART reported a ridership of 1,712,873 passenger trips.
AppalCART is governed by an 8-member board. The current chairman of the board is Quint David. It receives its funding from a mix of federal, state, local, and Appalachian State University funds.