view parent town of jackson founded 1987 locale teton county wyoming service area teton county wyoming teton county idaho lincoln county wyoming service type transit bus routes 10 stops 74 fleet 30 daily ridership 2 450 2013 average 1 fuel type diesel diesel electric hybrid operator town of jackson chief executive michael wackerly transit director website 1 start bus southern teton area rapid transit is a public bus system serving jackson wyoming and nearby areas including teton village star valley and teton valley idaho . it is owned and operated by the town of jackson with funding from local county and federal governments . start bus was founded in 1987 to provide transportation for skiers between downtown jackson and jackson hole mountain resort in teton village . today in addition to transporting skiers to the ski resort it serves commuters and provides bus service within the town of jackson . 2 start does not currently serve the jackson hole airport . the town of jackson instead offers free parking in its downtown parking garage and an 8 shuttle operated by alltrans through a partnership called ride2fly . this program ended december 1st 2015 leaving no public transportation option to and from the jackson hole airport . in november 2013 start bus was awarded 8 million from the united states department of transportation to build an indoor bus storage and maintenance facility . 3 contents 1 bus service 1.1 routes 1.2 fares 2 current fleet 3 references 4 external links bus service edit start gillig low floor in teton village routes edit start operates 8 bus routes during the peak winter season including 4 routes between the town of jackson and the jackson hole mountain resort in teton village . in the spring summer and fall start operates 4 routes with only one route to teton village . town shuttle a service within jackson city limits . operates every half hour year round . town shuttle b service in the core of jackson along snow king avenue . operates every half hour year round . town shuttle l late night service from the town square to residential neighborhoods . operates half hourly weekend nights during peak seasons . green line early morning and late night service between jackson and teton village in the winter and all day service in the spring summer and fall . blue line winter daytime service between jackson and teton village . red line winter daytime service between east jackson and teton village . yellow line winter daytime service between jackson and teton village . north route winter and summer daytime service between jackson and the national museum of wildlife art teton valley year round weekday commuter service over teton pass between jackson and driggs with stops at wilson and victor star valley year round weekday commuter service between jackson and etna with stops at hoback and alpine fares edit start buses are free within jackson city limits and between the teton village transit center at stilson ranch and teton village . from jackson to teton village the fare is 3 each way reduced to 1 for travel exclusively on moose wilson road . the commuter routes are 8 each way . multi ride and monthly passes are available and many employers provide free or reduced passes to their employees . 4 current fleet edit start s fleet consists of 35 buses . 5 number in fleet year manufacturer model passenger capacity propulsion fleet series notes 8 2009 2015 gillig 40 ft. low floor 39 diesel 201 207 210 equipped with wi fi 4 2009 2011 gillig 29 ft low floor 26 hybrid 272 273 276 277 first hybrid buses in wyoming . equipped with wi fi 4 gillig 40 ft phantom 39 diesel 251 254 purchased used in 2015 from eco transit . equipped with wi fi 10 2003 2006 blue bird 35 ft xcel 102 37 diesel 274 275 289 295 equipped with wi fi 3 2005 2008 blue bird 40 ft xcel 102 44 diesel 297 299 equipped with wi fi 1 2008 arboc mobility 8 diesel 321 ada service 2 2003 ford el dorado 20 diesel 323 324 1 2001 ford el dorado 18 diesel 326 1 2003 ford el dorado 10 gasoline 285 1 2007 motor coach industries d4500 57 diesel 1600 operates commuter routes 1 2009 motor coach industries d4500 55 diesel 1700 operates commuter routes references edit http www.startbus.com about start stats about start . start bus . retrieved march 23 2013 . http www.tetonwyo.org cc docs staffreports 2013 jim 12 02 12 02 iv e tiger5.pdf rider info . start bus . retrieved march 23 2013 . http www.startbus.com about the fleet external links edit start bus retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title start bus & oldid 715732951 categories transportation in teton county wyomingjackson wyoming 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 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