Monroe County Transit Authority

Monroe County Transit Authority

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Founded	1979
Headquarters	1 MCTA Drive Swiftwater, Pennsylvania
Locale	Swiftwater, PA
Service area	Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Service type	Bus, Paratransit
Routes	5
Fleet	19 Fixed Route, 42 Paratransit
Daily ridership	1,600
Fuel type	Diesel, Gas, Hybrid Diesel
Website	www.gomcta.com

The Monroe County Transit Authority, known as the Pocono Pony, is a public transportation service located in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It provides rural and inter-city fixed route bus and paratransit service within the county. MCTA is funded in part by PennDOT, the Federal Transit Administration, local match and farebox revenue.

In 2013, East Stroudsburg was designated an Urbanized Zone and became a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Monroe County Transit Authority is now considered an urban transit system by the Federal Transit Administration.

MCTA had over 318,709 riders in 2012 on both the fixed route bus and paratransit programs.

Fixed Route Service

MCTA provides fixed route service along Monroe County's primary roadways. Service is generally hourly during weekdays, varied on Saturday in East Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg, Stroud Township, Bartonsville, Tannersville, Mt. Pocono and Coolbaugh Township. The Red Route provides service to East Stroudsburg University and Pocono Medical Center. The Blue Route has service to Northampton Community College, Monroe Campus, the Crossings Premium Outlets in Tannersville, Mt. Pocono and Coolbaugh Township. There is no service on Sunday.

In 2013, MCTA launched a Live Bus View for patrons to view the actual location of the buses. In November 2013, MCTA will be launching a new fare system that will use state of the art contactless fare cards. The new fare cards will be called "MoGo" as in "Miles to Go." Miles is the official mascot of the Monroe County Transit Authority.

Route Name	Places Served	External links
Red Route	East Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg, Stroud Township	Schedule
Blue Route	Stroud Township, Bartsonville, Tannersville, Mt. Pocono, Coolbaugh Township	Schedule
Orange Route	Stroud Township, Bartsonville, Snydersville, Chestnuthill Township, Brodheadsville, Mt. Effort, Sierra View, Indian Mountain Lakes	Schedule
Yellow Route	Stroud Township, Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg, Delaware Water Gap Borough, Marshalls Creek, Middle Smithfield Township, Fernwood	Schedule
Green Route - Interboro Link	Bartonsville, Stroadsburg, East Stroadsburg	Schedule
Tobyhanna Express	East Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg, Stroud Township, Bartonsville, Coolbaugh Township, Tobyhanna Army Depot	Schedule

The Monroe County Transit Authority schedule can be found via Google Transit.

Shared Ride Service

Curb to curb paratransit service is available at a discounted cost to eligible populations. Examples of eligible groups are senior citizens, 65 years or older, persons with disabilities and Medical Assistance Transportation Program participants.

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Transit in the Park

MCTA, with funding from a Transit in the Park pilot grant from DEWA, began providing summer weekend service to areas within the park. In 2013, MCTA is providing free weekend service between Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend to Delaware Water Gap borough, Shawnee Inn, Smithfield Beach, Fernwood Resort, Bushkill Boat Launch and Dingmans Boat Launch. This is an external link to the schedule.