Community Connector Fixed Route Public Transit System          

****IMPORTANT SERVICE CHANGES DUE TO COVID-19****

Public transportation passengers are MANDATED to wear a face mask per President Biden's Executive Order on Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel. In May, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extended the face mask requirement for all transportation networks, including public transportation, through September 13, 2021.

Passengers MUST wear masks that completely cover BOTH the MOUTH and NOSE while awaiting, boarding, disembarking, or traveling on airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, and ride-shares as they are traveling into, within, or out of the United States. PASSENGERS REFUSING TO COMPLY WILL BE DENIED SERVICE.

Passengers will board through the front of the bus, and exit using the rear door.

The Community Connector is a fixed route public transit system operated by the City of Bangor for the communities of the Greater Bangor Urbanized Area. These include Bangor, Brewer, Veazie, Orono, Old Town, and Hampden. The bus also provides service to Husson University, NESCOM (New England School of Communications), Eastern Maine Community College and the University of Maine. The City of Bangor supplies service to these communities on a contractual basis. Our base of operation is 475 Maine Avenue, Bangor, Maine 04401. The City of Bangor has been operating public transportation since December 1972.

The Community Connector owns a total of 22 transit vehicles. The motorbus fleet is 100 percent wheelchair lift equipped. In FY 2008, BAT Community Connector provided 814,643 rides, covered 590,855 vehicle revenue miles with 3,311,545 passenger miles, and operated 40,156 vehicle revenue hours using 14 active vehicles. This translates into 20.29 passengers per vehicle revenue hour, 209 passengers per day per vehicle, or 2654 passengers per day.

The Community Connector operates within the urbanized area of the six member communities. The routes are within walking distance of 75% of the population of the six communities. The service area covers 103 miles of roadway (measured one-way only).

The Community Connector provides service system-wide Monday through Friday. Saturday service is offered for all routes. No Sunday service is provided. The basic hours of operation are from 6:15 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. The first time that all routes converge at the downtown Bangor depot is 6:45 a.m. The final time all buses converge is 5:15 p.m. with most converging finally at 5:45 p.m.

Major Arterial services includes the following:

• Route 1A area of Hampden, Bangor, and Brewer
• Route 2 area of Old Town, Orono, Veazie, and Bangor
• Route 15 area of Bangor and Brewer
• Route 222 area in Bangor
• Route 9 area in Brewer

*Download the 2019 Bangor Transit Study here*

*Download the 2014 Transit Hub Alternatives Analysis Report Here*