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Join YCAT for an awesome tour of holiday lights around Yuma for one and half hours. Buses depart from Downtown Yuma Transit Center at 7:00 p.m. This year service will operate on Friday, December 20, Saturday, December 21 and Sunday, December 22, 2013.

Green Route 4 and Purple Route 6/6A  will  NO LONGER serve the former inside Sonora Sunset bus stop.  The nearest bus stop for Purple Route 6/6A is on eastbound 24^th Street @ nearside Sonora Sunset driveway.  The nearest bus stop for Green Route 4 is on westbound 24^th Street @ across the street from the Sonora Sunset driveway.  We aplogize for any inconvenience this change may cause.

New trolleys are here!  Look for them on Red Route 1, Orange Route 2, Brown Route 3, Green Route 4 or Purple Route 6.  If you board a trolley on these routes in December, your ride is FREE!  Trolleys will also be used on HolidayCAT and special events.  We hope you enjoy your ride on YCAT's new trolley vehicles.

Yuma County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority (YCIPTA) and Yuma Community Food Bank  will partner on holding the 2nd Stuff the Bus food drive to drive away hunger in Yuma County.  Starting on Monday, November 4, 2013 through Saturday, December 20, 2013, any time someone brings a non-perishable food donation on board a Yuma County Area Transit (YCAT) bus, a free ride would be provided.

The Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization (YMPO) and the Yuma County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority (YCIPTA) are conducting an online survey to determine where future transit service will best meet the needs of the Yuma County community, and to make service more attractive to more people.

YCATPasses can now be purchased at all APS office locations in San Luis and Yuma, all Circle K locations throughout Yuma County including Yuma, Somerton, Wellton and San Luis and Gonzo's Super Save USA in Winterhaven.

Passes that can be purchased at these vendors include 10-Ride and 31-Day YCATPasses as well as YCAT OnCall 10-RidePasses.

More details available by visiting this webpage.

YCIPTA has mulitple items for sale for a great low price.  Please visit http://www.ycipta.org/procurement-opportunities.html for more details or visit YCIPTA's ebay site at http://myworld.ebay.com/ycipta.  In addition, you can find many YCIPTA surplus items on Craigs List located here: http://yuma.craigslist.org/sss/.

If you have any questions - contact Francisco Navarro at (928) 539-7076 ext 107 or email fnavarro@ycipta.az.gov.

Before 1998, only private transportation companies operated any type of transit service in Yuma County, with taxis serving the urbanized areas and private van services providing transportation between San Luis and Yuma.

To celebrate 15 years of public transit service in Yuma County that was started by the Yuma Metropoltian Planning Organization (YMPO), YCIPTA and Yuma County Chamber of Commerce is having a mixer to celebrate!  We invite you to join us!

Starting July 1, 2013, Transportation Concepts is the new transit operator for Yuma County Area Transit services.  There are no changes to routes or services at this time.  If you are interested in employment opportunties with Transportation Concepts, please contact George Coliangeli, Regional Manager at 760-296-9965 or email paloverdebus@yahoo.com.

Yuma County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority (YCIPTA) will hold a public hearing regarding the YCIPTA transit operations and capital budget and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Fiscal Year 2013 Program of Projects for the Yuma Urbanized Area on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 1:30 p.m. at Aldrich Hall, located at the Yuma County Department of Development Services, 2351 West 26th Street, Yuma. This location is accessible via YCAT Red 1, Green 4, Purple 6/6A, Yellow 95 and YCAT OnCall by making a reservation to 928-783-2235.