Rider Alerts

Pick up your new turquoise YCAT Rider's Guide effective October 21, 2013 for 50 cents on board all YCAT buses.  If you would like a free Rider's Guide, please visit the YCAT office or the following locations shown on the list, by clicking here, or download from the website by clicking here.

YCAT is committed to providing exceptional service to the riders of Yuma County.  Listed below are some minor service modifications that will take effect on Monday, December 2, 2013 as well as other news of interest.

At the request of the Cocopah Indian Tribe, Purple Route 6A will operate on weekdays as defined below until further notice. This route may be subject to discontinuance at any anytime, unless ridership patterns improve.  Passengers are strongly advised to plan for alternative transportation.  Download Purple Route 6A Schedule

The Yuma County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority (YCIPTA) will make service changes to adjust for seasonal demand, poor ridership, on time performance issues and ridership requests. The following routes/services are anticipated to change on Monday, October 21, 2013: Red Route 1, Orange Route 2/2A, Brown Route 3, Blue Route 5, Purple Route 6 with elimination of Purple Route 6A/weekdays, Violet Route 7, Gold Route 8 with new Gold Route 8A, Silver Route 9, Turquoise Route 10, Yellow Route 95 (Saturday), NightCAT and YCAT OnCall.

Starting Tuesday, September 2, 2013 – YCATPass will launch!  This new electronic card will replace paper 31-Day and 10-Ride passes.  This new card will also allow passengers to store money on the card (up to $300) and after riding the bus 2 times per day, the card will automatically turn into a DayPass.                 

No more over paying for bus trips!

Please take note of the following errors as defined below:

With the continuing high gas prices, the Yuma County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority (YCIPTA)  announced today that it will join with other public transportation systems across the nation and throughout Arizona to participate in the 8^th Annual National Dump the Pump Day on Thursday, June 20^th.  The slogan for this year’s Dump the Pump Day is “Dump the Pump. Save Money. Ride Transit.”  Yuma County Area Transit – commonly known as YCAT is encouraging local residents to get out of their cars and use YCAT--it’s time to Dump the Pump Yuma!

If you currently have a Spring 2013 (SP13) sticker on your ID, it will expire on June 30th and will no longer be accepted on any YCAT buses. You will need to replace your sticker before July 1, 2013 with the Fall 2013 (FA13) stickers to ride YCAT buses.

Due to construction on 24th Street and Pacific Avenue in Yuma, delays may occur to Red Route 1, Orange Route 2/2A, Green Route 4 and Yellow Route 95. In addition, the eastbound 24th Street @ Pacific Avenue bus stop is closed due to the location being inaccessible.

Yuma County Area Transit (YCAT) will be making a few minor service revisions effective Monday, April 15, 2013 to Purple Routes 6/6A, Silver Rotue 9, Turquoise Route 10, NightCAT and WelltonCAT.