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{{Short description|Public transit bus service in Oregon, US}}
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| locale          = [[Canby, Oregon]]
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[[File:Canby Area Transit minibus at Oregon City TC (2024).jpg|thumb|right|A CAT [[minibus]] at [[Oregon City Transit Center]] in 2024]]
[[File:Canby Area Transit bus 14 in Oregon City.jpg|thumb|right|A larger CAT bus, of a type now retired, in 2011]]
'''Canby Area Transit''', or simply '''CAT''', is the [[public transit]] [[bus]] service provided by and for the [[United States|US]] city of [[Canby, Oregon]].  As of 2015, it operates one fixed route between [[Woodburn, Oregon|Woodburn]], Canby and [[Oregon City, Oregon|Oregon City]] along [[Oregon Route 99E]], complementary [[paratransit]], and a dial-a-ride service within the city of Canby.  It has a hub at the downtown Canby Transit Center.

CAT was established as a department of the City of Canby on January 1, 2002 upon Canby's withdrawal from the [[TriMet]] service area, and had an official dedication on August 20, 2002.<ref name="oreg-2002aug20">{{cite news |title=The CAT bus service lands with fanfare in Canby | newspaper=[[The Oregonian]] | last=Amick|first= Steven|date=August 20, 2002|edition=South Metro|page=B2|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F593B7281557C08?p=NewsBank|via=[[NewsBank]]|url-access=registration }}</ref>  Canby paid TriMet to continue service in the interim, and replaced TriMet's commuter runs in 2004, which received little ridership at the end.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020924073749/http://www.trimet.org/news/features/septchanges.htm TriMet September 2002 service changes]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=TriMet plans an early exit from Canbye [sic], launched in 2002, over TriMet's 12 daily trips | newspaper=[[The Oregonian]] |last=Mayes|first=Steve |date=January 19, 2004|at= South and Southwest Metro editions, p. B2|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/1003F81C8ED66DD2?p=NewsBank|via=[[NewsBank]]|url-access=registration }}</ref>  CAT also expanded service within the city of Canby, to Woodburn and to [[Wilsonville, Oregon|Wilsonville]], the latter in partnership with Wilsonville's [[South Metro Area Regional Transit]].  Canby replaced TriMet's payroll tax with its own within the city, but at a somewhat lower rate, and also receives state and federal grants.<ref name="oreg-2002aug20"/>

Due to the loss of state tax credits and recession-caused tax revenue decreases, CAT had to eliminate Saturday service, fixed-route service within Canby and trips to Wilsonville, as well as started charging a $1 fare.  In exchange, they started to allow the general public to use dial-a-ride service within Canby that was previously limited to eligible disabled riders, and SMART continued to operate its trips from Wilsonville.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.canbybusiness.com/survey_matls/CAT_History-FAQ.pdf |title=Canby Area Transit: Facts and Frequent Questions or Observations |access-date=2015-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134045/http://www.canbybusiness.com/survey_matls/CAT_History-FAQ.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/06/canby_reduces_transit_service.html |title=Canby reduces transit service by about one-third |newspaper=[[The Oregonian]] |author=Emily Fuggetta |date=June 8, 2011}}</ref>

==Connecting systems==
CAT connects to the following systems:
*[[TriMet]] at the [[Oregon City Transit Center]]
*[[South Metro Area Regional Transit]] (SMART) service to [[Wilsonville, Oregon|Wilsonville]] at Canby Transit Center
*[[South Clackamas Transportation District]] (SCTD) service to [[Molalla, Oregon|Molalla]] at Canby Transit Center
*Woodburn Transit System (WTS) at Woodburn
*[[Cherriots]] Regional to [[Silverton, Oregon|Silverton]] and [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] at Woodburn

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.canbyoregon.gov/area-transit CAT official website]

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[[Category:Transportation in Clackamas County, Oregon]]

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