page_title: Capital District Transportation Authority
section_title: Albany Division
hierarchical_section_title: Capital District Transportation Authority / Fixed route services / Albany Division
caption_attribution_description: English: A bus stop sign outside Albany, NY.
context_page_description: The Capital District Transportation Authority is a New York State public-benefit corporation overseeing a number of multi-modal parts of public transportation in the Capital District of New York State. CDTA runs local and express buses, including an express bus service called BusPlus between Albany and Schenectady, and day-to-day management of three Amtrak stations in the Capital region–the Albany-Rensselaer, Schenectady and Saratoga Springs Amtrak stations.
  Created as an act of the New York State Legislature in August 1970, CDTA was formed similarly to agencies in Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. In 1970, CDTA purchased and took over management of the United Traction Company and Schenectady Transit.
  CDTA bus operators, dispatchers, and supervisory staff are organized in Local 1321 of the Amalgamated Transit Union.
context_section_description: Before CDTA, many of these routes belonged to the Albany-Nassau Bus Company (Routes 32/33) and United Traction. Buses run from Capital Depot next to CDTA's headquarters on 110 Watervliet Avenue in Albany.
  In early 2011, CDTA announced its plans to restructure the Albany County bus routes in two phases. Phase 1 involved reconstructing routes within the city of Albany, with a public input campaign held until August 2011. The results were five new neighborhood routes and three commuter routes. Its goal was to have a more uniformed bus system without any route deviation. Phase 1 of the reconstructing went into effect on November 13, 2011. In August 2012, CDTA revealed the draft plan for Phase 2 of the reconstructing. Phase 2 involved reconstructing routes within the western and northern portions of Albany County, with a public input campaign held until September 2012. Phase 2 of the reconstructing went into effect on November 11, 2012.
  Former bus routes that were part of the Albany Division include:
  #2 - West Albany (discontinued in November 2011 during Phase 1 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #3 - Quail Street (discontinued in November 2011 during Phase 1 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #4 - Pine Hills (discontinued in November 2011 during Phase 1 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #5 - Northern Boulevard (discontinued in May 2009 due to low ridership; merged with Route #6)
  #8 - Arbor Hill (discontinued in November 2011 during Phase 1 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #9 - Whitehall Road (discontinued in November 2011 during Phase 1 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #14 - Rensselaer Third Street - Amtrak (merged with Route #15 to form Route #214 in May 2009)
  #15 - Rensselaer East Street (merged with Route #14 to form Route #214 in May 2009)
  #16 - Downtown Albany Circulator (discontinued in January 2009 due to low ridership)
  #17 - Four Mall Circuit (merged with Route #90 Troy/Latham in November 1999)
  #19 - Voorheesvile Express (discontinued in November 2012 during Phase 2 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #20 - Downtown Albany Circulator East Parking Garage (discontinued on May 23, 2004 due to low ridership)
  #21 - Altamont Express (discontinued in November 2012 during Phase 2 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #23 - Albany-Troy via Menands Bridge (discontinued in 2002 due to low ridership)
  #24 - Albany/Troy via Rensselaer (renumbered Route #224 in September 2009)
  #25 - West Sand Lake/Averill Park (discontinued during the 1990s)
  #26 - Albany-Cohoes via Broadway (merged into Route 82 during the 1990s)
  #26 - Shuttle Fly (Unnumbered before January 2010; renumbered Route #610 in November 2010)
  #27 - Corporate Woods (Merged into Route 4 in January 2010; resplit in April 2011 discontinued in November 2011 during Phase 1 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #27 - Shuttle Bug (Unnumbered before January 2010; split into Route #611 and Route #612 in November 2010)
  #29 - Albany/Cohoes via Route 9 (renumbered Route #129 in November 2012 during phase 2 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #30 - Hackett Blvd (discontinued in November 2011 during Phase 1 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #31 - Albany Shaker Road (discontinued in November 2011 during Phase 1 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #32 - Hampton Manor (renumbered Route #232 in May 2009)
  #33 - Albany/Nassau (renumbered Route #233 in May 2009)
  #33x - Albany/Nassau express (renumbered Route #520 in May 2009)
  #34 - Albany/Castleton (discontinued in May 2009 due to low ridership)
  #116 - Mt Hope / Albany South End (renumbered Route #716)
  #232 - Hampton Manor (discontinued in May 2012 due to low ridership)
  #610 - Shuttle Fly (Colonie Center, Wolf Rd to Rt. 7 - discontinued in November 2012 during Phase 2 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #611 - Shuttle Bug (Crossgates Mall to Twenty Mall - discontinued in November 2012 during Phase 2 of the Albany County Route Restructuring)
  #612 - Shuttle Bug (Crossgates Mall to Central Ave - discontinued in November 2012 during Phase 2 of the Albany County Route R
caption: A bus stop sign in Delmar (older style)
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