georgia united states service area athens clarke county service type fixed route the bus on demand paratransit the lift routes 18 stops 500 1 hubs athens multi modal transportation center primary georgia square mall north ave. piggly wiggly lounge athens multi modal transportation center daily ridership 6 905 during uga school year 4 291 may july 2 fuel type diesel operator unified government of athens clarke county 3 unified city county government unified government of athens clarke county 3 website http www.athenstransit.com athens transit is a public bus system in athens georgia united states . the system was started in 1976 and today 18 routes operate throughout the city . the standard fare is 1.75 . university of georgia students faculty and staff and piedmont college students ride fare free with a valid i.d. however in the case of uga part of the student transportation fee goes to athens transit as reimbursement for each ride taken . most bus routes have the buses stop at a given location once per hour during operating hours . most routes are designed as loops with outbound buses on a given route not returning on the same streets . this can prove confusing but major streets generally have two routes serving them one outbound and one inbound . most routes terminate at the athens multi modal transportation center which was built in 2006 on a brownfield near the north oconee river . the multi modal center was a winner of the 2007 innovative design in engineering and architecture award from the american institute of steel construction and it is designed to accommodate a future brain train to atlanta . 4 athens transit and uga campus transit buses were part of an early trial of biodiesel fuel during the 1996 olympics . 5 external links edit real time athens transit bus tracking references edit http www.athenstransit.com miscfacts.html http www.athenstransit.com ridership.html a b http www.athenstransit.com historyofats.html citizen funded transit station in athens ga. wins national design award goodrum j. w. biodiesel bus demonstration in atlanta 96 olympics . 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 the u.s. state of georgia is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title athens transit & oldid 687249399 categories bus transportation in georgia u.s. state transportation in athens georgiatransit agencies in georgia u.s. state bus operating company stubsunited states bus transportation stubsunited states transportation company stubsgeorgia u.s. state 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 24 october 2015 at 08 53 . 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