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Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Inc. (TCAT)

737 Willow Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850
United States
607.277.7433
607.277.9551

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TCAT Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation that provides public transportation for Tompkins County, N.Y.

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Matthew Rosenbloom-Jones.
Rosenbloom-Jones will stand in as general manager in place of Scot Vanderpool, who will be retiring at the start of March.
Feb. 26, 2024
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From left to right: Christine Mathewson, Matthew Rosenbloom-Jones and Merideth Stanton.
Matthew Rosenbloom-Jones is the agency's new service development manager, Merideth Stanton is TCAT's new controller and Christine Mathewson is TCAT’s new human resources manager...
Jan. 30, 2024
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Scot Vanderpool.
Vanderpool has served as TCAT general manager since August 2017.
Dec. 12, 2023
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The new services, which are part of the Ithaca Electric Transportation Access project, were supposed to launch in January 2024.
Nov. 29, 2023
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TCAT Board of Directors have approved a four-year contract with Cornell University.
Cornell University makes up 7o percent of TCAT's ridership and is the main provider of transportation for the university.
Oct. 17, 2023
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The project is supported by a $7 million award from the New York Clean Transportation Prizes program and aims at building a network of clean, electric transportation options for...
May 5, 2023
Departments include operations, planning, purchasing and IT.
Sept. 27, 2022
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The app-based, on-demand transportation service extends to Dryden and will provide weekday-only service will starting Aug. 9.
July 29, 2021
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The vandalism has caused inconvenience to riders and cost TCAT thousands in repairs.
Nov. 5, 2019
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Real-time information on the new buses will be available in October.
Sept. 20, 2019

Articles

Brandon Lewis
Richard Barrett (left), Tiffany Walker (middle) and Veronica Vanterpool (right).
Personnel updates from around the public transit industry.
July 3, 2025
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Matthew Rosenbloom-Jones in the driver’s seat demonstrating a farebox to a Cornell student who is designing informational materials to help Tompkins County newcomers with limited English proficiency to navigate TCAT’s system.
The purchase of the diesel replacement buses follows the indefinite suspension of its seven electric buses; Rosenbloom-Jones was named TCAT GM on April 12 after serving the role...
April 15, 2024
Clockwise from top left: CTDOT, Palm Tran, TCAT
Clockwise from top left: Benjamin Limmer; Fredlyn Johnson; Anthony McCabe and Douglas Jensen.
Personnel updates from around the transit industry.
April 13, 2023

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The board said the new structure will simplify fares and provide a much-needed financial break to low-income people who have been pushed to live outside the urban core due to ...
July 1, 2019
The TCAT Board of Directors and TCAT staff have been giving careful study to the impact fares have on low-income populations, who are increasingly forced to live outside the city...
June 19, 2019
Curious about TCAT’s planning process? Got a suggestion on how to make your ride easier? Wonder what’s going on with those electric buses you heard about on the news?
Oct. 12, 2018
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit expects little to no disruption of service at Green St. Station, adjacent to where the county’s intercity bus hub was relocated effective Mon...
Oct. 2, 2018
There were no injuries thanks to the quick reaction of TCAT Bus Operator Antoinette Briggs, Vanderpool said.
April 3, 2018
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Inc. General Manager Scot Vanderpool recently announced that Michael Smith will take over as TCAT’s new operations manager.
Jan. 12, 2018
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Inc. General Manager Scot Vanderpool recently announced that Michael Smith will take over as TCAT’s new operations manager.
Jan. 12, 2018
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TCAT thanked the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority for lending two buses to help it prevent missed trips due to bus shortages.
Syracuse-based Central New York Regional Transportation Authority has come to Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Inc.’s rescue by lending two buses to the Ithaca-based transit...
Dec. 4, 2017
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Scot Vanderpool, General Manager, TCAT
After a 15-month and extensive nationwide search, the TCAT Board of Directors in a special board meeting have announced that it has selected Scot Vanderpool as TCAT’s general ...
Aug. 4, 2017
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David Howe.
David Howe took over the gavel as chairperson of the Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Inc. (TCAT) Board of Directors at its first meeting of the year on Thurs., Jan. 26.
Jan. 31, 2017
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TCAT General Manager Joe Turcotte in December, 2013, after testifying in Albany before state lawmakers asking for better funding models for public transit.
TCAT General Manager Joseph J. Turcotte died Mon., May 2, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 51.
May 4, 2016
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TCAT Chairperson Bill Gray
Former top city of Ithaca official and long-time local transit proponent Bill Gray took over the helm as chairperson of the nine-member TCAT Inc. Board of Directors at its first...
Jan. 29, 2016
TCAT is teaming up with transit agencies across the state to protest what was a last-minute amendment to a long-term highway bill, approved Nov. 4 by the U.S. House of Representatives...
Nov. 10, 2015
TCAT will bring in up to 10 professional transit contract drivers in the coming weeks to bolster its ranks and to address a shortage of bus operators that is being experienced...
Oct. 23, 2015
Looking for a career that is both rewarding and offers great wages and benefits? If so, TCAT staff will be on hand in a series of job fairs at Green Street Station, to meet and...
Oct. 12, 2015
A TCAT passenger, a TCAT bus operator trainer and a TCAT bus operator trainee were treated and released at Cayuga Medical Center after the bus hit a retaining wall at the Ithaca...
Aug. 25, 2015
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TCAT Acting General Manager Alice Eccleston, fourth from left, holds a Learn to Swim poster with Commissioner Rose Harvey, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Joined by TCAT Acting General Manager Alice Eccleston and other dignitaries, Commissioner Rose Harvey, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, in...
July 15, 2015
Thanks to the Finger Lakes State Park Region, TCAT’s summer-only Route 22 now has better access to Lower Robert H. Treman State Park.The Finger Lakes State Park Region recently...
July 6, 2015
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Dillon Davis-Tirado
Ithaca resident Dillon Davis-Tirado won first place in TCAT’s “selfie” contest in celebration of the 10th Annual National Dump the Pump Day held June 18.The contest called for...
July 1, 2015
Former TCAT Accounting Assistant Pamela Johnson today pleaded guilty to a charge of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a Class C Felony, for embezzling nearly $248,000 from TCAT...
June 25, 2015
TCAT is asking local citizens in Tompkins County to contact their congressional leaders to renew funding for the federal transportation bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the ...
April 8, 2015
TCAT Transit Supervisors Mike Smith and Phil Smith on Dec. 24 lauded the actions of two TCAT bus operators who acted on a New York State Amber Alert, which led to the safe custody...
Dec. 29, 2014
TCAT will enlist the services of an independent forensic auditing firm to further examine the circumstances surrounding alleged larceny charges filed against a former TCAT employee...
April 17, 2014
In response to 2nd degree grand larceny charges filed April 2 by local authorities against TCAT accounts assistant Pamela Johnson regarding the alleged embezzlement of roughly...
April 3, 2014
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KyuJung Whang, Cornell University’s vice president for facilities, has recently been named chairperson of the TCAT Board of Directors for 2014.
KyuJung Whang, Cornell University’s vice president for facilities, has recently been named chairperson of the TCAT Board of Directors for 2014.
Jan. 28, 2014
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TCAT’s Dan Tome, left, at Green Street Station with Adil Griguihi who plans to open a café at the bus hub on Sept. 23.
TCAT announced the opening of a café on Sept. 23, at its flagship Green Street Station, 131 E. Green St.
Sept. 19, 2013
TCAT riders will get the chance to experience clean, green, cutting edge technology on hydrogen fuel cell bus that will be added to the Ithaca based transit agency’s fleet – likely...
Sept. 6, 2013