Yet, although headquarters may soon be moving to a bigger, more improved location off Highway 89 outside Truckee, successfully supplying the backbone of public transportation is exactly what TART employees have been doing since the early 1970s. The only day we don't run is Christmas Day. TART is part of the Placer County Department of Public Works, said Grover. It has a 30 percent recovery rate through its fare boxes, but is mostly funded through taxes. The routes run from Meeks Bay to Incline Village and from Tahoe City to Truckee via Highway 89.
Passengers can expect a bus approximately every hour.
TART didn't start out that way. Drivers used to pick up hitchhikers, anyone who would pop in. It may have started off slowly, but the community started to respond. Most of TART's riders are folks going to and from work, Grover pointed out. In the summer that changes, but the passengers they are hoping to attract are still tourists.