Founded | 1986[1] |
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Headquarters | 901 Maple Street |
Locale | North Little Rock, Arkansas |
Service area | Little Rock Metro Area |
Service type | Fixed Route Paratransit Streetcar |
Routes | 21 Fixed Bus Routes 4 Express Bus Routes 2 Streetcar Lines |
Stops | 1,455 (Bus) 15 (Rail) |
Destinations | College Station Hensley Jacksonville Little Rock Maumelle Natural Steps North Little Rock Roland Sherwood Sweet Home Woodson Wrightsville |
Hubs | River Cities Travel Center (Little Rock) |
Fleet | 59 Buses 24 Paratransit Vans 5 Streetcars |
Daily ridership | 5,908 (2022)[2] |
Annual ridership | 1,750,545 (2022)[2] |
Fuel type | Diesel, Electric |
Website | rrmetro.org |
Rock Region Metropolitan Transit Authority (also known as Rock Region Metro, stylized as Rock Region METRO), is the largest transit agency in Arkansas. It was formerly known as the Central Arkansas Transit Authority. Rock Region Metro provides public transportation services within Pulaski County, Arkansas, seven days a week.
The system has 25 bus routes, including four express commuter routes. A demand response ADA paratransit service, known as LINKS, operates alongside the fixed route hours and coverage area. A heritage streetcar system, known as the Metro Streetcar, operates 3.4 miles (5.5 km) of track throughout the downtown areas of Little Rock and North Little Rock. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 1,315,600, or about 6,900 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.