Dutchess County Public Transit

Dutchess County Public Transit

#420 arrives in Beacon on former LOOP 3, now route B.
Parent	Dutchess County Division of Public Transit
Founded	Early 1970s
Headquarters	14 Commerce Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Locale	Dutchess County
Service area	Entire Dutchess County with service focused in the Central, southern and western part of the county
Service type	Local and rural bus service
Routes	16 fixed routes, 6 dial-a-ride services, 4 flex routes and 3 RailLink shuttles
Hubs	Beacon Intermodal Center, Poughkeepsie Transit Hub
Fleet	58 [1] (2009 figures)
Daily ridership	3,500 [2]
Fuel type	Diesel, Diesel-Hybrid
Operator	First Transit
Chief executive	John C. Andoh, CCTM
Website	Dutchess County Division of Mass Transit

The Dutchess County Public Transit is the bus service provided by the Dutchess County Division of Public Transit in Dutchess County, New York. Dutchess County Public Transit provides a variety of bus services throughout Dutchess County ranging from fixed-route services, centered primarily along the Route 9 corridor, rail shuttles to/from Hudson Line stations, and demand response/deviated flex services.

LOOP (the previous name), and the Division of Public Transit, was created in the early-1970s as the assumption of a variety of private line runs that had served various parts of the county.