Hazleton Public Transit

Hazleton Public Transit

Slogan	Making Life Easier[1]
Service area	Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Service type	Bus
Routes	14
Stations	Church Street Station 126 Mine Street
Website	www.ridehpt.com

Hazleton Public Transit (HPT) is a provider of public transportation and demand response service for persons with disabilities for the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania and its surrounding area.

Routes

All services originate at Church Street Station, an intermodal center located at 126 Mine Street in Downtown Hazleton. Services operate on a Monday through Friday schedule, however, a modified Saturday schedule, and a modified Sunday schedule operate into key travel locations on those days.

Route are as follows:^[2]

• 5: Humboldt Industrial Park
• 10: Hazleton Heights
• 20/30: McAdoo/Kelayres/Beaver Meadows/Weatherly
• 40: Freeland
• 50: Northeast Diamond
• 60: Northwest Diamond
• 70: West Hazleton
• 80: Hazle Marketplace
• 90: Penn State
• 95: Summer Loop
• 100: Sunday Loop
• 110: Saturday Loop
• Wilkes-Barre Shuttle

Bus Fleet

HPT operates with a mix of smaller cutaway style vans and conventional transit style buses to transport passengers.

Presently, HPT operates using Gillig Low Floor buses & Phantoms, and Ford E-450 cutaway vans for conventional bus service.

Connections with other agencies

HPT connects with the Luzerne County Transportation Authority at the Wyoming Valley Mall^[3][4] and Mohegan Sun Casino;^[5] Schuylkill Transportation System at McAdoo;^[6] and Susquehanna Trailways in Hazleton at the Church Street Station.^[7]

Proposed merger with Luzerne County Transportation Authority

PennDOT has proposed merging HPT operations with the Luzerne County Transportation Authority, creating a unified agency for Luzerne County. PennDOT makes recommendations that the merger would result in significant savings to both agencies with the merger, due to ending redundancies with upper management positions, an allegation that members of the Hazleton City Council dispute. PennDOT also assures that passengers would see no changes to services, possibly improvements with better coordination with one team creating schedules.^[8][9][10]

References

1. "Hazleton Public Transit". Hazleton Public Transit. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
2. "Bus services at Hazleton Public Transit". Hazleton Public Transit. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
3. "LCTA Route 17 - Steamtown-Dupont". Luzerne County Transportation Authority. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
4. "LCTA Route 18 - Shoppers Delight". Luzerne County Transportation Authority. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
5. "LCTA Route 1 - Miner Mills-Hudson". Luzerne County Transportation Authority. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
6. "STS Route 45 - McAdoo" (PDF). Schuylkill Transportation System. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
7. "Service Locations - Susquehanna Bus". Susquehanna Trailways. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
8. "City wants to meet with county, PennDOT on bus merger". Standard-Speaker. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
9. "City could nix bus merger". Standard-Speaker. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
10. "PA: Hazleton Administrators Oppose Transit Merger". Mass Transit. Retrieved 25 September 2013.