Capital Area Transportation Authority

Area Served	Lansing, MI
Founded	1972
Number Of Routes	32

History

• Previous operators were
  • Capitol Area Transit (1969-1971)
  • City Transport Corporation (1933-1939)
  • Inter City Coach Line Company (1939-1959)
  • Lansing Metro Lines (1959-1969)
  • Metropolitan Lansing Mass Transportation Corporation (1971-1972)

Routes

Maps & schedules

Fares

Current

Facilities

Garage/Office

• Address: 4615 Tranter St., Lansing, MI 48910
• Email: info@cata.org
• Phone:
  • Customer Service: 517-394-1000
  • Office: 517-394-1100

Transit Center

• Address: 420 South Grand Ave., Lansing, MI 48933

Roster

Active

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
402		?	Gillig	Low Floor 29'			Full fleet # range unknown Ex-?
510-557		2001	NFI	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50 Cummins ISL	Allison B400R	512, 518, 520, 523, 526, 530, 531, 538, 544, 546, 549-551 & 554 were retrofitted with Cummins ISL engines. Still active?
559-566		2003	NFI	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 40	Allison B400R	Still active?
572-574		2006	NFI	DE40LFR	Cummins ISL	Allison EP40 hybrid system	First 40-foot hybrid buses in Michigan.
575-578		2006	NFI	DE40LFR	Cummins ISL	Allison EP40 hybrid system
579-585		2009	NFI	DE40LFR	Cummins ISL	Allison EP40 hybrid system
586-587		2010	NFI	DE40LFR	Cummins ISL9	Allison H 40 EP hybrid system
588-590		2011	NFI	XDE40	Cummins ISL9	Allison H 40 EP hybrid system
591-594		2012	NFI	XDE40	Cummins ISL9	Allison H 40 EP hybrid system
595-604		2013	NFI	XDE40	Cummins ISL9	Allison H 40 EP hybrid system	2012 models.
605-610		2014	NFI	XDE40	Cummins ISL9	Allison H 40 EP hybrid system
611-619		2015	NFI	XDE40	Cummins ISL9	Allison H 40 EP hybrid system
620-626		2016	NFI	XDE40	Cummins ISL9	TBD	Piggybacked from an unknown transit agency's options.
627-631		2005	NFI	D40LF	Cummins ISL	Allison B400R	Ex-COTA 2520-2524; purchased in 2018.
632-633		2004	NFI	D40LF	Cummins ISL	Allison B400R	Ex-COTA 2402-2403; purchased in 2018.
635-636		2007	Gillig	Low Floor 35' (G27B102N4)	Cummins ISL	Allison B400R	Full fleet # range unknown Ex-Central Ohio Transit Authority 2718-2719 in July 2019
700-718		2019	Nova Bus	LFS	Cummins L9	TBD
719-730		2020	Nova Bus	LFS	Cummins L9	TBD
1916-1917		2009	NABI/Optima	American Heritage Streetcar	Cummins	Allison	Used for the Entertainment Express Trolley.
6007-6009		2007	NFI	DE60LFR	Caterpillar C9	Allison EP50 hybrid system
6010-6011		2009	NFI	DE60LFR	Cummins ISL	Allison EP50 hybrid system
6012-6015		2019	Nova Bus	LFS Artic	Cummins L9	TBD
6016-6018		2020	Nova Bus	LFS Artic	Cummins L9	TBD

Retired

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
90-91		1985	OBI	Orion II (02.501)		Allison AT-545
121-124		1972	GMC	T6H-4523A	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison
150-176		1975	GMC	T6H-4523A	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison
177-179		1976	GMC	T8H-5307A	Detroit Diesel 8V71N	Allison
300-317		1979	GMC	RTS-03 (T8H-203)	Detroit Diesel 8V71N	Allison V730
318-323		1983	GMC	RTS-04 (T8J-604)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V730
324-327		1983	GMC	RTS-04 (T7J-204)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V730
3XX		1981	GMC	RTS-04 (T8J-204)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V730	Ex-LACMTA buses sold to Michigan State University in the 1990s; adopted when MSU abandoned independent transit service. Numbered in the 300 range.
400-409		1988	Flxible	Metro "B" (40102-6T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA
450-461		1988	Flxible	Metro "B" (30102-6T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA		7 units to Metro Transit (MI).
462-469		1990	Flxible	Metro "B" (40102-6T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA
470-473		1991	Flxible	Metro "C" (35102-6T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA
500-509		1996	NFI	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50
567-571		2005	NFI	D40LF	Cummins ISL	Allison B400R
6000-6003		2003	NFI	D60LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50 EGR	Allison B500R	To be retired in late 2019.
6004-6006		2005	NFI	D60LF	Cummins ISL	Allison B500R
9502		2008	ElDorado National	E-Z Rider II MAX 30'	Cummins ISB		Full fleet # range unknown 9502 auction, retired 8/2020, VIN 1N9MLAC658C084101

Demonstration units

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
7300		2013	Nova Bus	LFS Artic HEV 60102	Cummins ISL9	Allison H 50 EP hybrid system	Parallel HEV demo. SEPTA specification Demonstrated in January 2019.

External Links

• CATA website
• 1996 CATA website