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Southeastern Regional Transit Authority
	SRTA route 9X bus at the Fall River bus terminal in 2020
Founded	1974
Headquarters	700 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Service area	Bristol County and Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Routes	25
Stations	2 (Bus terminals)
Fleet	Gillig Standard Low Floor (29', 35' and 40'), Ford Paratransit Vans (E-350), Dodge Paratransit Vans
Annual ridership	2,236,844 (Year End Total as of Fiscal Year 2020)
Fuel type	Diesel, Diesel/Electric Hybrid, Gasoline
Chief executive	Erik B. Rousseau
Website	www.srtabus.com

Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) is a public transport authority in Bristol County and Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It serves 10 municipalities in Massachusetts' South Coast region: Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Fall River, Freetown, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport.^[1] Fixed-route bus services are offered to serve the cities of Fall River and New Bedford.^[1]

Funding sources edit

SRTA gets funding from a number of sources, including federal, state, local and farebox revenue. As of Fiscal Year 2019, the majority of SRTA's funding came from the federal government, after that being state, local and farebox revenue. ^[2]

Routes edit

SRTA operates 22 bus routes: ten Fall River local routes, ten New Bedford local routes, and two regional routes. After a route renumbering that took place on August 28, 2023, Fall River local routes are numbered in the 100s and New Bedford local routes in the 200s.^[3]

9: Fall River-New Bedford Intercity
101: South Main
102: North Main
103: Laurel Street
104: Robeson Street
105: Stafford Road
107: Bay Street
108: BCC
109: Bedford Street
110: Rodman Street
114: Swansea
201: Fort Rodman
202: Lund's Corner
203: Dartmouth Street
204: Ashley Boulevard
205: South Central
206: Shawmut Avenue
208: Mt. Pleasant Street
210: Dartmouth Mall
211: Fairhaven
221: North End Shuttle
Wareham–New Bedford Connection

References edit

^ ^a ^b "About Us – SRTA". www.srtabus.com. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
^ "SRTA Comprehensive Regional Transit Plan Update 2020" (PDF). www.srtabus.com. 2021-05-05. p. 15.
^ "Updated Route Schedules – Effective Monday, August 28, 2023". Southeastern Regional Transit Authority. August 28, 2023.