Chatham Area Transit (CAT) is the provider of public transportation in the Savannah, Georgia , metropolitan area. The Authority was founded in 1987, evolving from previous transit providers. Services operate seven days a week.
10-522: The downtown shuttles are known as the dot ( do wntown t ransportation). CAT's Intermodal Transit Center, opened in 2013, is named for Joe Murray Rivers Jr. , a transit advocate who transformed public transit in Georgia . As of 2024, CAT has a fleet of sixty buses, including ten running on electricity. Its annual ridership is around 17,000. There are currently 14 fixed routes: There are currently three free downtown (dot) shuttles: The Downtown Loop
20-463: A 50% discount program. Some parents had concerns that their children would be sharing buses with the general population. Pooler , Thunderbolt and Port Wentworth opted out of receiving CAT's services upon its 1986 chartering. This article related to bus transportation in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about transportation in
30-595: Is a historic 384-bed hospital currently located at 5353 Reynolds Street in Savannah, Georgia . It was originally founded in 1804 as a Seamen's Hospital and poor house and eventually became known as Savannah Hospital. It is the second oldest hospital in America in continuous operation. In 1931 the hospital was endowed by Coca-Cola founder, Asa Griggs Candler and renamed after his brother Warren Akin Candler , who led
40-689: The Metropolitan Planning Organization, and served as Region III president from 1991 to 1992. He received a Special Achievement Award from the Coastal Area District Development Authority (CADDA), and served on CADDA's board of directors. He served on the board of directors for Chatham Area Transit , whose Intermodal Transit Center is now named for Rivers. It opened in 2013. He wanted to make sure transportation could be provided to all people. He and I used to go to Washington all
50-602: The Olympic Sports shop in downtown Savannah, originally located on Drayton Street but later moved to Broughton Street . Rivers is noted for transforming Savannah's transit system from one of the worst in Georgia to one of America's best, a transformation which resulted in his winning an American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Award in 1989. He served as chairman of the Countywide Transit Taskforce between 1985 and 1991, served on
60-492: The U.S. state of Georgia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Joe Murray Rivers Joseph Murray Rivers (1939 – April 5, 2017) was an American businessman and transit advocate. He served on the Chatham County Commission beginning in 1985, and served as its commissioner between 1985 and 2004. The Intermodal Transit Center in Savannah, Georgia , is now named for him. Rivers
70-523: The hospital to become affiliated with the Methodist Church. Candler Hospital later merged St. Joseph's Hospital , another hospital also located in Savannah. The Candler campus is now home to the 62,000 sq ft Nancy N. and J.C Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, the region's National Cancer Institute selected cancer center, a national destination for cancer care. Candler Hospital also houses
80-555: The time to try to get funding from our legislators — anybody who would listen to us. Joe Murray Rivers was a person who did not give up. For people who did not have means to have a car, he really believed in public transportation. — James Holmes Murray died, aged 78, at Savannah's Candler Hospital in April 2017 after a short illness. He was interred in Savannah's Oak Grove Cemetery. He was survived by his fiancée Virgie Williams. Candler Hospital (Savannah) Candler Hospital
90-488: Was amended in January 2022 to incorporate sections of Abercorn Street , East Liberty Street and East Oglethorpe Avenue , with new stops added at Price and East Liberty Streets and East Broad Street near East Bryan Street . It would no longer serve the eastern end of Bryan and Congress Streets . In January 2024, CAT began a four-month pilot program offering students fare-free rides around Chatham County. It replaces
100-531: Was born in Savannah, Georgia , in 1939, to Joe Murray Rivers Sr. and Sarah Frazier. Growing up in Savannah's "Old Fort" neighborhood, near Emmet Park , he attended Savannah's Beach High School , and graduated from the U.S. Air Force Institute ( University of Maryland ), City College of New York and Savannah State University . He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and the Merchant Marines . In business, he co-owned, with his friend James Holmes,
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