Tell the driver where you want to go and where to drop you off. It’s entirely free.
A TART Connect shuttle picks up passengers in North Lake Tahoe. The shuttle is part of a new microtransit program that officials hope will make a dent in Tahoe's traffic woes.Rather than order an Uber or Lyft on your next visit to, try calling up one of the local, on-demand shuttles for a ride that’s entirely free. In case you missed that: Yes, on-demand microtransit is free in Tahoe. You don’t have to drive and you don’t have to pay. It even helps reduce pollution.
Microtransit has been on the rise in Lake Tahoe in recent years as an innovative solution to alleviate the region’s traffic gridlock and reduce greenhouse gases. The free shuttles have been picking up passengers throughout North Lake Tahoe, from Incline Village to Tahoma, and out to Northstar and Olympic Valley. This summer, microtransit programs are expanding to Truckee and South Lake Tahoe.
Local officials hope that microtransit will play a key role in making public transportation in Tahoe what it hasn’t been before: convenient and easy. “It keeps cars parked in driveways,” said Andy Chapman, president and CEO of the Incline Village Crystal Bay Visitors Bureau, in anEspecially on the Fourth of July, Lake Tahoe’s busiest weekend, local transportation agencies are promoting the use of
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