authority . for other possible meanings of embark see embarkment disambiguation . embark slogan forward together . founded 1966 from 1992 as metro from 2014 as embark locale oklahoma city service area metropolitan area service type bus service paratransit express bus service routes 22 hubs downtown oklahoma city operator central oklahoma transportation and parking authority chief executive jason ferbrache website embarkok.com embark styled all caps as embark is the public transit authority of the cotpa central oklahoma transportation and parking authority trust the largest transit agency in the state of oklahoma . embark has 20 interconnecting routes covering the oklahoma city metropolitan area including a weekday express route to downtown oklahoma city from norman and the oklahoma spirit trolleys a trolley replica bus network . contents 1 history 2 link 3 fares 3.1 oklahoma city local fare 3.2 express service 3.3 passes 4 routes 5 references 6 external links history edit the central oklahoma transportation and parking authority was established on february 1 1966 by the oklahoma city council to continue transit service as private operator oklahoma transportation company which provided bus service to the community as city bus company had announced it would discontinue transit service due to low ridership . there were initially only 18 buses all leased from otc . 1 the system was rebranded as masstrans in 1975 2 and used that name until 1992 when it was rebranded as metro transit 3 though the official name remains in use as well . cotpa was reorganized in 1989 when the city established a transit services division to provide senior management through an inter local operating agreement . cotpa also bought union station which serves as headquarters to this day . 4 in september 2013 it was announced metro transit will change its name to embark which will take effect on april 28 2014 which will include a new bus route system . on october 15 2015 embark announced that they will be offering free wi fi on all buses on all routes . 5 6 in august 2016 embark has received the award for north america s outstanding public transportation system by the american public transportation association for systems providing less than 4 million annual passenger trips . 7 link edit an unusual aspect of embark is the link program which is a combination of owl service and paratransit service . since regularly scheduled routes operate only until about 8pm local time and not at all sundays link provides nominally fixed route service from 7 pm until 12 midnight monday through saturday and sunday from 7 am until 7 pm . the four routes may however deviate by as much as three quarters of a mile from the fixed route if the customer notifies embark by 4 pm the day before or by 12 noon saturday for monday service . an additional fee will be charged in that instance but customers using the fixed stops will be charged the normal fare . fares edit no fare to kids below 7 with fare paying rider ; limit 3 . line 50 the downtown discovery is free . oklahoma city local fare edit regular 1.75 special patron 0.75 express service edit regular 3 special patron 1.50 one express route serves norman on monday through friday only . service in the city of edmond will no longer be provided by embark effective june 30 2009 . the city of edmond s new citylink service began july 1 2009 . passes edit all passes are for both local & express and for unlimited travel . 30 day passes regular 50 special patron 25 1 day passes regular 4 special patron 2 7 day passes regular 14 special patron 7 routes edit 2 coltrane 3 n kelly 5 memorial rd 7 n may 8 n penn nw 63rd 9 reno crosstown 10 n portland 11 29th st crosstown 12 s may 13 s western i 240 crosstown 14 se bryant sunnylane 15 midwest city 16 s pennsylvania 18 lincoln 19 spencer 22 martin luther king 23 23rd st crosstown 23n 23rd st night 24 norman 38 10th st crosstown 40 s walker 50 downtown discovery references edit http www.gometro.org history 3 http www.gometro.org history 3 http www.gometro.org history 4 http www.gometro.org history 3 okc transit gets smarter embark . embarkok.com . retrieved 2015 10 18 . okc transit gets smarter mass transit . mass transit . retrieved 2015 10 18 . http www.news9.com story 32789531 embark wins national award this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message external links edit embark retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title embark & oldid 743590417 categories bus transportation in oklahomatransportation in oklahoma cityhidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2009all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 09 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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