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History
Transit has been important to Pulaski County's growth since the 1880's. What began with horse-drawn cars and steam-powered vehicles soon gave way to the popular electric trolley.
Buses were in local use by 1918, bringing riders to streetcar lines.
By 1956, all streetcars and trolleys had been replaced by buses. In 1972, the Urban Mass Transit Administration granted funding to Metroplan, the local planning organization, to purchase the assets of the Twin City Transit Company.
TCT Company was a private corporation that, like so many others of its kind during that time, was struggling to operate. To better support the transit system, the Central Arkansas Transit Authority as it is known today was created in 1986 by an Interlocal Government Agreement chartering CAT as a public corporation.
Governed by a 13-member board appointed by local elected officials, CAT serves the jurisdictions of Little Rock, North Little Rock, Cammack Village, Maumelle, Sherwood and portions of Pulaski County. CAT has 175 full-time employees, four part-time employees, and operates a fleet of 55 buses and 22 vans. Eighteen of the vans are LINKS Paratransit vehicles. CAT also operates the River Rail Electric Streetcar Line using three replica vintage streetcars.
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