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Mason Transit Authority
Public transit operator in Washington / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mason Transit Authority (MTA), formerly the Mason County Transportation Authority, is the public transit authority of Mason County, Washington, United States. It operates free bus service within the county, connecting the city of Shelton, Hoodsport, Grapeview, Allyn, Belfair, the native tribal reservations of the Skokomish and Squaxin people, and paid commuter service to Olympia in Thurston County, Brinnon in Jefferson County, and Bremerton in Kitsap County. The agency also provides general public dial-a-ride service, operates a vanpool fleet, a worker/driver program that provides commuter service to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, volunteer driver program for senior transportation, a supplemental service that is an after school activity bus and a community van program.
![]() MTA bus on route 6 in Olympia | |
Commenced operation | December 1, 1992 (1992-12-01) |
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Headquarters | 790 E Johns Prairie Road Shelton, WA 98584 |
Locale | Mason County, Washington |
Service type | Bus service |
Routes | 9 |
Fleet | 18 buses, 23 minibuses and 40 vans[1]: 29 |
Annual ridership | 585,534 (2014)[1]: 9 |
Fuel type | Diesel and Gasoline |
General Manager | Danette Brannin (Interim)[2] |
Website | masontransit.org |