Putnam Area Rapid Transit
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Putnam Area Rapid Transit (PART) is the provider of bus transit in Putnam County, New York. An agency of the Putnam County government, PART came into service in the mid-1970s as a startup system in the wake of growing suburbanization of Putnam County and rising gas prices.
[edit] Routes
PART currently operates four routes, all of which meet at various points during the day at Putnam Plaza, a strip mall in the county seat of Carmel.
- PART 1: Serves Brewster and Putnam Lake, service runs weekdays 5:00 a.m-7:00 p.m, Saturdays 8:00 a.m-4:00 p.m.
- PART 2: A line route serving Mahopac, Baldwin Place, Mahopac Falls, then running pickup/dropoff -only service to Jefferson Valley Mall in Yorktown Heights.
- PART 3: Serves the town of Kent, New York and the village of Patterson via Routes 22 and 311. Service is weekday-only, 8:00 a.m-5:00 p.m.
- PART 5: A loop route serving Carmel and Lake Carmel, operates weekdays 5:00 a.m-8:00 p.m, Saturdays 8:00 a.m-5:00 p.m.
PART also operates paratransit service for those unable to use regular route service due to disabilities and senior citizens. Until the end of 2006, a fifth route (PART 4) ran three days a week from Carmel to Jefferson Valley Mall, Cortlandt Town Center, then continuing on Route 9 through western Putnam County and then serving the commercial strip on that route in southern Dutchess County before ending at Poughkeepsie Galleria.
[edit] Connections
PART has connection points with several transit agencies from adjacent areas.
- Bee-Line Bus System: PART 2 terminates at Jefferson Valley Mall in Yorktown Heights, connecting with Bee-Line routes 12 and 16. PART buses also meet buses on Bee-Line route 77, an express route from White Plains to Mahopac.
- Housatonic Area Regional Transit: PART 1 connects with, depending on time of day, HART's Danbury-Brewster shuttle or HART route 3 in Brewster.
- Metro-North Railroad connections can be made via PART 1 at Brewster or PART 3 at Patterson.
