Fun Facts

Learn more about the buses, routes, and fascinating trivia that makes TCAT unique.

Fun Fact #1

Route 81 accumulates more than 550 miles a day--that's the length of over 8,000 football fields.

Fun Fact #2

Route 81 accumulates over 52 vehicle hours per day--that's the time it would take to watch 19 baseball games back-to-back.

Fun Fact #3

Our vehicles are on the road for over 126,000 hours--that's the equivalent of 42,000 football (NFL) games.

Fun Fact #4

We have 49 vehicles in our fleet--that's more than one and a half times the teams in the MLB (30).

Fun Fact #5

Route 30 carries 643,864 riders a year--that's 8 times the amount of people it would take to fill Giants Stadium.

Fun Fact #6

We transport more than 3 million riders each year--that's more than the population of Panama.

Fun Fact #7

We transport over 311,000 riders each month--that's more than the population of the Bahamas.

Fun Fact #8

The length of one of our new hybrid busses is almost double that of the Cassini-Huygens space craft.

Fun Fact #9

We have more diesel buses (46) than there have been US Presidents (43).

Fun Fact #10

In 2006 TCAT buses drove over 30,000 miles--that's like driving around the equator once then going from Dallas TX to London, England.

Fun Fact #11

We have 37 routes--that's the same number of home runs Willie Mays hit in 1966.

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About Us

TCAT, Inc (Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc.) is a not-for-profit corporation that provides public transportation for Tompkins County and portions of Tioga County.

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Fun Facts

Learn more about the buses, routes, and fascinating trivia that makes TCAT unique. 

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