transit authority 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 . 1 mcta is funded in part by penndot the federal transit administration local match and farebox revenue . 2 3 in 2013 east stroudsburg was designated an urbanized zone and became a metropolitan statistical area . 4 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 . contents 1 fixed route service 2 shared ride service 3 delaware water gap national recreation area transit in the park 4 references fixed route service edit 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 edit 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 . 5 delaware water gap national recreation area transit in the park edit 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 . 6 this is an external link to the schedule . references edit http www.gomcta.com http www.dot.state.pa.us bptmap counties monroe.htm ftp ftp.dot.state.pa.us public bureaus publictransportation generalinformation bpt % 20annual % 20report % 20final % 202007 08 4 % 2028 % 2009.pdf http www.census.gov geo maps data maps pdfs thematic 2010ua ua2010 newuas map.pdf http www.gomcta.com sharedride.php http www.gomcta.com trip.php v t e greater new york region bus transit transportation in new york city mass transit in new york city operators new york public 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