Ithaca, NY Metro Area has a wide variety of public transportation options available to its residents, including bus and taxi services. The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) is the region's bus system that operates out of Ithaca. It provides various routes throughout Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, Groton, Newfield, Lansing, Trumansburg and Danby. TCAT also offers a Dial-A-Ride service providing door-to-door transit for seniors and persons with disabilities. Additionally, Taxi Ithaca provides reliable car service throughout the area. For those travelling on longer distances outside of the metro area there are Greyhound and Shortline buses that have stops in Ithaca providing connections to different parts of the state as well as other regions in the Northeast United States. With all these different transportation options available it has become easier for people living in Ithaca to get around and enjoy all that the region has to offer!
The typical American commute has been getting longer each year since 2010. The average one-way commute in Ithaca Metro Area takes 18.6 minutes. That's shorter than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
How people in Ithaca Metro Area get to work:
- 61.3% drive their own car alone
- 9.4% carpool with others
- 6.3% work from home
- 6.5% take mass transit