page_title: Spokane Transit Authority
section_title: Services
hierarchical_section_title: Spokane Transit Authority / Services
caption_attribution_description: English: The STA Plaza in Downtown Spokane.
context_page_description: Spokane Transit Authority, more commonly Spokane Transit or STA, is the public transport authority that serves Spokane, Washington and its surrounding urban areas. STA was organized in 1980 as the Spokane County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority, and began operating service in 1981 after acquiring the assets of the city-operated Spokane Transit System. The agency can trace its roots to a number of private transit operators extending back to 1888. Its service area has a population of approximately 436,000 across 248 square miles of the Spokane County Public Transportation Benefit Area, which includes the cities of Spokane, Spokane Valley, Cheney, Liberty Lake, Airway Heights, Medical Lake, the Town of Millwood, and unincorporated areas in and around those cities.
context_section_description: Spokane Transit provides multiple services:
  Fixed Route Bus Service.  Spokane Transit operates 43 bus routes throughout its service area on published schedules. Most routes run 365 days a year. Additionally, STA operates routes during major community events such as the Lilac Bloomsday Run.
  Paratransit.  Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Spokane Transit provides accessible transportation to persons with disabilities within ³⁄₄ mile (1 km) of every fixed route.
  Vanpool.  A service which matches people traveling to or from similar locations and provides a publicly owned van at a fixed price per mile.
caption: Most of Spokane Transit's bus routes run through The Plaza in Downtown Spokane.
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