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Invitation for Bids (IFB) #901-2017 Bus Stop Signage Installation Services
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc. (TCAT, Inc.), an Ithaca, NY-based public transit agency, is welcoming bids for sign installation services for the areas primarily in Tompkins County. TCAT, Inc. has compiled general conditions and requirements details below within the attachment. TCAT, Inc. has an annual ridership of nearly 4.2 million annual trips and travels 1.6 million miles a […]
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Red Cross lauds TCAT for helping tenants displaced by apartment fire last winter
TCAT was honored by the American Red Cross Southern Tier Chapter at its annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner in Apalachin, NY, on Wed., Sept., 27, with a Good Neighbors Award for helping evacuate tenants at an apartment building fire in Slaterville Springs last winter. It all stemmed from a freezing cold night on Fri., Dec, […]
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Request for Proposal # 1101-2017 Strategic Planning
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc. (TCAT, Inc.), an Ithaca, NY-based public transit agency, is welcoming proposals for consultant services for the development of a strategic plan. TCAT, Inc. has compiled general conditions and requirements details below within the attachment. TCAT, Inc. has an annual ridership of nearly 4.2 million annual trips and travels 1.6 million miles a year. TCAT, […]
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TCAT officially rolls out real-time information to give riders info on trips at their fingertips
TCAT this week announced the official release of real-time information to its passengers via mobile apps and on its web site as part of a $1.5 million Information Technology/ Intelligent Transportion System (IT/ITS) project. TCAT contracted with Avail Technologies, Inc., based in State College, Pa., for the project, which was launched in February, 2016. The […]
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Request for Proposal # 1201-2017 Bus Lifts and Bus Wash Replacement
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc. (TCAT, Inc.), an Ithaca, NY-based public transit agency, is welcoming proposals for Bus Lifts and Bus Wash Replacement. TCAT, Inc. has compiled general conditions and requirements details below. Important note: You are not required to bid on both the bus lifts and bus wash. Bid on the elements in which your company supports, […]
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Scot Vanderpool to take over the helm at TCAT
After a 15-month and extensive nationwide search, the TCAT Board of Directors in a special board meeting today announced that it has selected Scot Vanderpool, shown above, as TCAT’s general manager, effective Fri. Aug. 11. Vanderpool, who was hired in January as TCAT’s operations manager, came to TCAT with 34 years of transportation experience at […]
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TCAT-Cornell work in unison to formalize CU’s annual fare payment through 2021
ITHACA, N.Y. – Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc. (TCAT) and Cornell University signed a second Memorandum of Understanding in late June formalizing Cornell’s annual fare payments to the transit agency through June 30, 2021. The most recent agreement increases Cornell’s approximately $3.1 million annual fare payment by 1.5 percent each fiscal year from 2019 through […]
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TCAT 2017 Board Reorganization 1/26/17
David Howe took over the gavel as chairperson of the TCAT Board of Directors at its first meeting of the year on Thurs., Jan. 26. Howe, assistant dean of finance and administration at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, replaces TCAT Board Member Bill Gray, who served as chair in 2016. Howe has served on […]
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TCAT invites passengers to weigh in on different set demo seats
Since August, passengers on the TCAT Bus No. 1118 have noticed two rows of seats that look out of place. Now there are three sets of seats from a different manufacturer that also look different from the rest on the very same bus. TCAT Interim Maintenance Manager Jim Caco’s team recently installed state-of-the-art seats, manufactured […]
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TCAT invites passengers to weigh in on demo seating
Passengers who board TCAT Bus No. 1118 may notice two rows of seats that look a little out of place. TCAT Interim Maintenance Manager Jim Caco, shown above, and his team this week installed state-of-the-art seats, manufactured by Michigan-based American Seating Co., for riders to test out and give their feedback. The seats will be […]
