Systems usually run buses on regular fixed routes with fixed schedules and stops. Buses may run anywhere from every 10 minutes to every 60 minutes depending upon the time of day and the area being served. VANS Yancey County TA provides transportation to seniors for shopping, doctor visits, etc. Vans are often used in rural communities to provide transportation. A conversion van is a passenger van that has been altered to allow the addition of a wheelchair lift and securement stations within the vehicle.
Most systems provide human services transportation only.
This means that users of the service must be clients of an agency that contracts with the system. Although there are none operating yet in North Carolina, there are plans to have the state's first regional rail transit system operational by 2004. There are several types of rail transit. The primary types are light rail, heavy rail, and commuter rail. Light rail vehicles are driven electrically with power being drawn from an overhead electric line via a trolley or a pantograph.