Transfort is the public transportation operator for the metro area of Fort Collins, Colorado. Transfort currently offers twenty-two regular routes, with 20 providing all-day service Monday through Friday. Six-day intercity service is provided by the FLEX to Loveland, Berthoud, and Longmont. Additionally, five routes for transporting Colorado State University students, faculty, and staff run throughout the school year.
Since 2014, Transfort has operated a bus rapid transit service, known as MAX, between South Transit Center and Downtown Fort Collins.
Route details
Other routes
FLEX
FLEX is a regional route with local and express service connecting Fort Collins, Loveland, Berthoud, and Longmont.
MAX BRT
The Mason Corridor Express (MAX) BRT opened on May 10, 2014.
MAX Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service runs along the Mason Corridor to connect and serves major activity and employment centers throughout our community including Midtown, CSU and Downtown. MAX links with other Transfort bus routes, Park-n-Rides, the City's bicycle/pedestrian trail system, and other local and regional transit routes to provide seamless service for passengers.
MAX's system has a dedicated transit-only guideway (its own road) that runs parallel to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway between the South Transit Center (south of Harmony Road) and Horsetooth Road, then again between Drake Road and University Avenue (CSU). The exclusive guideway is an integral part of MAX BRT service. Whether traffic gets worse, or if there's an accident, MAX's travel time will not be controlled by what is on the road. MAX stations are spaced further apart than regular local-service bus routes, cutting transit commute times by half or more.
Fleet
Transfort has a fleet of around 30 buses.
- Gillig Low Floor 30'
- Gillig Phantom 35'
- NABI LFW 35' (CNG powered), the majority of the fleet
- NABI LFW 40' (CNG powered), used for FLEX regional bus service
Transfort also has 6 new NABI 60' BRT buses for MAX service.
Transit centers
- Downtown Transit Center (Cherry and Mason Streets)
- CSU Transit Center (Lory Student Center)
- Mall Transfer Point (Foothills Mall)
- South Transit Center (Harmony and College)
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