Housatonic Area Regional Transit, known popularly as HARTransit (formerly as HART), is the provider of public transportation for Danbury, Connecticut and surrounding communities. HARTransit was founded in 1972 as the Danbury-Bethel Transit District by the two municipalities. The name was changed to Housatonic Area Regional Transit in 1979 after the addition of other municipal members. The agency receives funding from municipal contracts, the Connecticut Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration and (on a limited basis) the New York State Department of Transportation. Prior to HARTransit's establishment, Danbury had gone without transit service since 1967 when the privately owned ABC Bus Company which had replaced the Candlewood Bus Company a few months before, ceased operations. The first local bus transit operator in the area, Danbury Power & Transportation Company, operated bus services in Danbury and Bethel from 1926 to 1965. HARTransit provides service to a greater number of towns than its predecessors. In 2009, HARTransit was recognized as the Urban Community Transportation System of the Year by the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA). The municipalities served by HARTransit are as follows:

Services

HART currently provides the following services:

Fleet

HARTransit's fleet is made up of Gillig fixed-route buses (35' BRT Low Floor series and a single low floor trolley) and Ford cutaway minibuses with Goshen Coach and StarTrans bodies. In past, Orion buses were also a part of the fleet, specifically the Orion V (some of which were formerly owned by Bee-Line Bus System in Westchester County, New York) and the Orion VII. In addition, HARTransit formerly operated RTS buses.

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