transit authority current livery slogan ride the e founded september 14 1966 headquarters 127 east 14th street erie pennsylvania united states service area erie county service type bus routes 31 fleet 70 buses annual ridership 3 408 171 1 2012 8.3 % from 2011 fuel type diesel cng chief executive michael tann website www.ride the e.com the erie metropolitan transit authority emta is the transit authority that owns and operates the public transport system in the city of erie and around erie county pennsylvania which includes the e the area s transit buses ; lift the county paratransit service ; and bayliner trolley the downtown circulator . contents 1 history 2 the e 2.1 routes 3 bus fleet 3.1 list of emta s fleet 4 lift 5 other programs 6 see also 7 notes 8 references 9 external links history edit a newspaper photograph of an early emta bus and streetcar . the first public transportation system in erie was established on march 1 1897 as the erie city passenger railway company . on october 8 1888 the erie electric motor company took control of the erie city passenger railway . 2 the conneaut and erie railway traction company was formed in 1903 and ran trolleys to east of the city . 3 on december 24 1906 the buffalo and lake erie traction company took control of the erie electric motor company and completed its 92 mile 148 km line to buffalo new york in 1909 . 3 when the conneaut and erie was abandoned on september 16 1922 the west ridge transportation company was started the next year to run buses along the abandoned trolley route . 3 the buffalo and lake erie was reorganized into the buffalo and erie railway company on september 5 1924 and the streetcar system in erie was split from the buffalo and erie to form the erie railways company . 4 unable to expanded to invest in an expansion of the streetcar system four yellow coach z s were acquired and were operated by the erie coach company a newly formed subsidiary of the erie railways company in 1925 . 4 the last of its trolleys ran between erie and new york on december 1 1932 . 5 the streetcars were put out of service in 1935 . the city and county took over the erie coach company and formed the erie metropolitan transit authority on september 20 1966 . 6 the erie metropolitan transit authority renamed its bus service the e on june 11 2010 . 7 the e edit routes edit an emta new flyer d35lf route mon fri sat sun inbound terminus destinations served notes 1 glenwood yes yes no glenwood downtown glenwood millcreek mall 3 peach steet summit yes yes yes peach street downtown intermodal millcreek mall peach street summit township 4 liberty street yes no no liberty street downtown intermodal millcreek mall liberty street interline with 26 11 harborcreek no wed fri only no no harborcreek township 12 albion no mon thu only no no 7th french millcreek mall fairview girard lake city albion 13 corry no fri only no no millcreek mall waterford union city corry 14 edinboro yes yes no downtown erie millcreek mall mckean edinboro edinboro university of pennsylvania 16 northeast yes yes no northeast mercyhurst mercyhurst university harborcreek township mercyhurst north east 17 mercyhurst briggs ave yes yes no millcreek mall downtown mercyhurst university 17 mercyhurst sun only no no yes millcreek mall penn state erie 18 penn state yes no no penn state erie 19 gannon yes no no gannon university shuttle 20a downtown loop yes no no intermodal center 20b upmc hamot lincoln ave yes no no park & ride 20c courthouse loop yes no no park & ride 21 lawrence park yes yes yes lawrence park downtown erie lawrence park township interline with 28 22 tacoma yes yes no tacoma downtown tacoma walmart interline with 31 and 32 23 belle valley yes no no downtown intermodal belle valley 24 mcclelland yes no no mcclelland downtown mcclelland 41st rice ave 25 wesleyville yes yes yes wesleyville downtown wesleyville saltsman road penn state erie interline with 30 26 e. 26th street yes yes yes intermodal center east 26th street penn state erie 26l e. 26th st walmart limited service yes no no intermodal center east 26th street 27 state street yes yes yes state street downtown intermodal state street va medical ctr presque isle downs 28 erie heights yes yes yes erie height downtown erie heights west 38th caughey inerline with 21 29 asbury yes yes no asbury downtown asbury fortis inst . 30 west millcreek yes yes yes west millcreek downtown west millcreek legion road interline with 25 31 frontier yes yes no frontier downtown erie international airport frontier fortis interline with 22 32 westlake yes no no westlake downtown erie international airport via west lake fortis interline with 22 105 corry loop yes no no corry 229 fairview yes no no fairview 20l cultural loop no yes no intermodal center erie insurance arena warner theater 62 edinboro express yes no no millcreek mall edinboro university of pennsylvania 7 night owl no fri and sat only no no l a bayliner trolley replica bus bus fleet edit list of emta s fleet edit obi ii 02.502 vii 07.501 3rd generation nfi d35lf d40lf c35lf cng 8 gillig lf 35 trolley replica lf 40 optima ah 28 american heritage streetcar trolley replica buses twelve cng buses only alternative fuel in fleet lift edit lift is emta s paratransit program in that provides door to door transportation services to people who have physical disabilities are senior citizens or anyone who lives beyond the bus routes or are unable to utilize bus services . 9 some passengers qualify for free rides while others may have to pay a minimum of 1.10 to ride . other programs edit until 2008 emta offered a trackless trolley that could be rented for special occasions ; while the rental program has been discontinued 10 this type of vehicle is still used for route 20 . another program from emta is their bike on the bus program for bicyclists that allows them to take the bus to a destination while carrying their bike on a rack on the front of the bus for free . emta has a bayliner trolley route 11 using trackless trolleys that takes the place of the park and ride service in erie . currently there is no fare on the bayliner route . an emta ford e 450 bus see also edit transportation in erie pennsylvania erie portal notes edit erie metropolitan transit authority emta pdf . national transit database . federal transit administration . 2010 . retrieved october 29 2013 . mcgraw electric railway manual 1913 p. 250 a b c meier 1985 p. 4 . a b meier 1985 p. 5 . springirth 2006 p. 55 . meier 1985 p. 8 . lewis erin june 11 2010 . emta changes its name to the e . erie times news . retrieved june 11 2010 . greener trucks and bus fleets compressed natural gas cng . pennsylvania department of environmental protection . retrieved 2008 03 20 . lift program emta types of transit bayliner trolley service . erie metropolitan transit authority . retrieved 2015 10 19 . references edit meier albert e january 1985 . erie . motor coach age . west trenton nj motor bus society . mcgraw electric railway manual . new york mcgraw publishing . 1913 . retrieved august 6 2009 . springirth kenneth c 2006 . greater erie trolleys . charleston sc arcadia publishing . isbn 0 7385 3938 4 . retrieved march 27 2007 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to erie metropolitan transit authority . erie metropolitan transit authority retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title erie metropolitan transit authority & oldid 744431132 categories bus transportation in pennsylvaniacompanies established in 1966transit authorities with natural gas busesmunicipal authorities in pennsylvaniatransportation in erie county pennsylvaniagovernment of erie county pennsylvaniatransit agencies in pennsylvania1966 establishments in pennsylvaniaparatransit services in the united stateshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 04 58 . 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