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In observance of the upcoming holiday season, changes in CATA’s CENTRE LINE, CENTRE RIDE, LOOP and LINK services will take effect as follows:
CATA’s Administrative and Downtown Pass Sales offices will both be closed Tuesday, December 25, and Tuesday, January 1. The Downtown Pass Sales Office will also be closed from Monday, December 24, through Friday, December 28.
For additional information on CATA’s holiday service schedule, please visit the CATA website at www.catabus.com or call (814) 238-CATA (2282).
Spring/Summer
2008 CATA Ride Guides will be available in the CDT on Friday, January 12!
CATA 2007 Holiday Lights Tour Sponsored by WOWY 97.1 FM and B94.5 FM
CATA will hold its ninth annual Holiday Lights Tour Monday, December 17, through Sunday, December 23, with tours at 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The Holiday Lights Tour, sponsored this year by WOWY 97.1 FM and B94.5 FM, visits various neighborhoods in the Centre Region and surrounding areas, giving riders the opportunity to view the community’s best outdoor holiday lights displays. CATA staff spends time designing a route full of spectacular displays and then takes hundreds of local Centre Region residents - and some not so local - on the 70 minute bus tour.
Again this year will be the naming of four “Starlight” homes along the Tour - the best of the best as determined by CATA staff. Those families whose homes have been designated will be honored by a $200 donation to the Centre County United Way or participating agency given in their name by area businesses.
Fare for the Tour is $4.00 per person ($2.00 for children 12 and under and for seniors 65 and over with a valid CATA Senior Transit Identification Card or U.S. Medicare Card).
Seating is limited and the pre-purchase of tickets is REQUIRED. (No reservations will be taken by telephone). Tickets may be purchased starting Monday, December 4 at the CATA Downtown Pass Sales Office, 108 E. Beaver Avenue (please note this change in ticket venue), State College, Monday - Friday, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
For additional information on this year’s Holiday Lights
Tour, please visit www.catabus.com.
For the eleventh year, CATA will
be offering the Holiday Bus, a festive bus full of candy canes, holiday lights,
tinsel and candy, as a special “thank you” to its loyal riders.
The bus will operate on various CENTRE LINE routes Saturday, December 1st, through
Monday, December 31st. If the Holiday Bus operates on your route for the day,
the ride is free!
The First Night® State College Shuttle, sponsored by the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts™, will provide free service between the major Downtown State College and Campus First Night® event sites at the Schlow Centre Region Library, the Greenberg Sports Complex (Ice Pavilion), the Nittany Lion Inn (via the Pattee Transit Center stop on Curtin Road), and Beaver Avenue near the Atherton Hotel. Service will begin at the Schlow Library bus stop at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, December 31, and operate every 10 minutes until 11:30 p.m.
CATA will also be opening the doors of its Downtown Pass Sales Office (located at 108 East Beaver Avenue, at the Schlow Library bus stop) to those participating in First Night® State College activities. The Office will remain open from approximately 5:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. to provide a warm respite from the weather - and free hot chocolate! Restroom facilities will also be available.
For additional information
on First Night® State College Shuttle service, including a printable schedule
and timetable, please visit the CATA website at www.catabus.com.
Libraries and ITS Partner to Offer Late-Night LOOP Bus Service
To accommodate end-of-semester study needs, operating hours throughout Pattee and Paterno Libraries will be extended until 2:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 12, Thursday, December 13, and Sunday, December 16, through Wednesday, December 19. Concurrently, the University Libraries and ITS (Information Technology Services) are partnering to sponsor extended CATA LOOP service to help students and others return to their apartments, residence halls, or homes after these late-night study hours.
During the semester, bus service on the BLUE and WHITE LOOP ends at 12:30 a.m., Sunday through Wednesday, and at 2:30 a.m., Thursday through Saturday. The sponsorship will extend one bus on each of the routes Wednesday, December 12 and then again the following week Sunday, December 16, through Wednesday, 19 helping those staying late at the Libraries or working in the ITS 24-hour computer labs to make it safely home. The free service will run approximately every 20 minutes with the last trip leaving from the Pattee Library stop on Curtin Road at approximately 2:21 a.m. on the BLUE LOOP and from the stop across the street at approximately 2:15 a.m. on the WHITE LOOP.
For more information on this extended
LOOP service, please visit the CATA website at www.catabus.com or call (814)
238-CATA(2282). For more information on library hours during finals week, visit
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/hours/special.html or call 814-865-3063. For information
on ITS computer labs, visit http://clc.its.psu.edu/labs/Locations/.
CATA Gift Certificates and Cuddle Buses Make Great Gifts!
Looking for a holiday or birthday gift for that person who seems to have everything? How about a CATA gift certificate (available in any amount over $15.00) or a stuffed CATA Cuddle Bus ($8.00)!?!
CATA gift certificates and CATA Cuddle Buses are available at either CATA office, Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. For more information, please call (814) 238-CATA(2282).