Capital District Transportation Authority
An articulated bus on CDTA route 10 | |
| Founded | 1970 (previously United Traction Company in 1890) |
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| Headquarters | 110 Watervliet Avenue Albany, New York |
| Locale | Capital District |
| Service area | Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Saratoga, Montgomery, Washington, and Warren counties |
| Service type | Local bus service express bus service commuter coach service bus rapid transit paratransit (STAR) |
| Routes | 63 |
| Stops | 2,640 |
| Depots | Albany Depot: 110 Watervliet Avenue, Albany NY Troy Depot: 40 Hoosick Street, Troy NY, Schenectady Depot: 2401 Maxon Rd. Schenectady NY Upstate Transit of Saratoga: 207 Geyser Rd. Saratoga Springs NY Brown Transportation: (Only for storing #560 MCI's):50 Venner Rd. Amsterdam NY, Warren and Washington Counties (Glens Falls/Hudson Falls) Depot: 495 Queensbury Ave, Queensbury, NY 12804 Amsterdam Division (for 600 and 601) 1430 NY-5S Amsterdam NY 12010 |
| Fleet | 292 |
| Daily ridership | 56,600 (weekdays, Q4 2025) |
| Annual ridership | 18,238,800 (2025) |
| Fuel type | Diesel, diesel-electric hybrid, Battery electric |
| Operator | CDTA (all except Northway Express) Upstate Transit (Northway Express only) Brown Transportation (Thruway Express only) |
| Chief executive | Frank Annicaro |
| Website | cdta |
The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) is a New York State public-benefit corporation providing transit services across the Capital District of New York State (Albany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, and Washington counties). CDTA runs local and express buses, including four lines of an express bus service called BusPlus (905, 910, 922, 923), and manages three Amtrak stations in the Capital region–the Albany-Rensselaer, Schenectady and Saratoga Springs Amtrak stations. In 2025, the system had a ridership of 18,238,800, or about 56,600 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2025.
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 (ATU).