In 2022, the system had a ridership of 13,109,300, or about 48,600 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2023.Ĭreated as an act of the New York State Legislature in August 1970, CDTA was formed similarly to agencies in Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. CDTA runs local and express buses, including four lines of an express bus service called BusPlus (one between Albany and Schenectady, two between Albany and either Waterford and Cohoes, and another one between Albany and Crossgates Mall), and day-to-day management of three Amtrak stations in the Capital region–the Albany-Rensselaer, Schenectady and Saratoga Springs Amtrak stations.
The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) is a New York State public-benefit corporation overseeing a number of multi-modal parts of public transportation in the Capital District of New York State ( Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Montgomery counties). Amsterdam NYīrown Transportation (Thruway Express only)
Saratoga Springs NYīrown Transportation: 50 Venner Rd. Upstate Transit of Saratoga: 207 Geyser Rd. 1970 (previously United Traction Company in 1890)Īlbany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Saratoga, and Montgomery countiesĪlbany Depot: 110 Watervliet Avenue, Albany NY
