by Arborwayfan
I don't know what Mr. Cahir might be trying to do, but it is not the CCRTA's mission to funnel people to the transportation center in Hyannis rather than to other towns.
"The Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA), is one of 15 Regional Transit Authorities within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has been providing public transportation services since 1976 to residents and visitors as well as consumers of state agencies and human service organizations for all 15 Cape Cod communities. Cape Cod (Barnstable County) towns include Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro" (CCRTA website).
RTAs are funded by assessments on the member towns (paid, IIRC, by the state out of their local aid allocations). The CCRTA wouldn't belong to Hyannis even if Hyannis were a town. (OK, maybe politically the Hyannis merchants are important, and maybe the outer Cape towns want to get more people to take train to bus and go stay our there, but theoretically and practically the CCRTA serves the whole Cape. Sandwich has a CCRTA bus route. Falmouth has one. Etc. And people without cars staying in Sandwich would be more likely to take the bus to Barnstable or Hyannis or whatever than people with a car.)
"The Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA), is one of 15 Regional Transit Authorities within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has been providing public transportation services since 1976 to residents and visitors as well as consumers of state agencies and human service organizations for all 15 Cape Cod communities. Cape Cod (Barnstable County) towns include Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro" (CCRTA website).
RTAs are funded by assessments on the member towns (paid, IIRC, by the state out of their local aid allocations). The CCRTA wouldn't belong to Hyannis even if Hyannis were a town. (OK, maybe politically the Hyannis merchants are important, and maybe the outer Cape towns want to get more people to take train to bus and go stay our there, but theoretically and practically the CCRTA serves the whole Cape. Sandwich has a CCRTA bus route. Falmouth has one. Etc. And people without cars staying in Sandwich would be more likely to take the bus to Barnstable or Hyannis or whatever than people with a car.)