Public Transportation Services Defined

Fixed Route Bus and Rail

IBus and rail services provided on a repetitive, fixed schedule along a specific route with vehicles stopping to pick-up and deliver passengers to specific locations.

Fixed Route Bus

Bus services provided on a repetitive, fixed schedule along a specific route with vehicles stopping to pick-up and deliver passengers to specific locations.

Shared-Ride/Demand Response

Shared-Ride/Demand Response service offers the community door-to-door transportation services throughout Pennsylvania and subsidizes the cost of that service for senior citizens. Passengers must make trip requests at least one working day in advance of the trip, and must be willing to share the vehicle with other passengers.

Intercity Passenger Rail

Rail passenger service operated by Amtrak as part of its national passenger rail system.

Intercity Passenger Bus

Scheduled, fixed route service along routes which are considered essential links in the regional/statewide network of intercity bus services, but which cannot be financially supported solely from user fares.

Source: http://www.dot.state.pa.us