navigation search headquarters 925 e street locale arcata california service type bus service routes 3 website arcatatransit.org arcata and mad river transit system amrts is a fixed route bus service for arcata california . the service is subsidized by humboldt state university and offers free rides to students . because of this relationship arcata has remarkably good transit service for its size . the transit service operates 3 routes gold red and express . the express route only operates when hsu is in session . hours for other routes are limited when hsu is out of regular session . amrts offers limited saturday service in 1974 the city council of arcata chose to use its allotment of sb 325 money for a public mass transit system . in april 1975 the new bus service within arcata city limits was inaugurated and named the arcata & mad river transit system . external links edit arcata and mad river transit system this article about a bus operating company in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about transportation in california is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arcata and mad river transit system & oldid 596046114 categories arcata californiabus transportation in californiapublic transportation in humboldt county californiabus operating company stubsunited states bus transportation stubsunited states transportation company stubscalifornia transportation stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 18 february 2014 at 16 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view