facility construction update

photo's by Chris Turner

On-site Visit to New Facility

May 5, 2010, AppalCART's Director Chris Turner and Secretary Joanna Wilcox made an on-site visit at the new facility location.

Director Chris Turner, Contractor Arturro, and McCarroll Construction's Site Supervisor Terry Davis

Folks keep asking us

how the new AppalCART facility is coming along but...

I ran into Marie Freeman on campus, guess what she was doing? Taking pictures.

Appalachian State University Smoking Policy

At the present AppalCART facility, we can barely see out the lobby window.

Drivers Dennis Dotson and Tommy Melody

2.10.10 blizzard

snowfall in Boone over the weekend

Some areas of the High Country saw up to around a foot of snow after this weekend’s snowstorm. Here are photo's taken by Director Chris Turner. With the blade on the shop truck, Chris and Trainer Tim Townsend scraped AppalCART's parking lot on Sunday January 30th.

new photo's and stats by Director Turner

AppalCART authorities reported nearly a six percent increase in ridership from 2008 to 2009, setting a record for annual ridership.

AppalCART’s director, Christopher Turner, said over1.2 million passenger trips in over 661,000 miles of service were logged in 2009.

Turner said, “The 5.9 percent increase amounted to an additional 67,466 recorded trips over the total for 2008.” Turner added that he believes the AppalCart saw an increase in ridership because the service purchased newer buses, a second bus was added on the Orange Route, and the continuation of fare free program on the AppalCART’s bus routs. The service’s ridership may also have increased because AppalCART’s hours of operation also increased by two percent over the past year.