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Cambria County (PA) Transit Authority Unit IDs

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Urban Division

Portables

  • Portable 1 - Never Heard but believed to exist
  • Portable 2 - Dispatcher Use (see Note 2)
  • Portable 3 - Mainteance
  • Portable 4 - Garage/Mechanics
  • Portable 5 - Operations Supervisor
  • Portable 6 - Dispatcher Use (see Note 2)
  • Portable 7 - Director, Safety, Security, & Risk Management (Director of Ops)
  • Portable 8 - Operations Manager
  • Portable 9 - Retired Roads Supervisor
  • Portable 10 - Believed to be for Dispatcher Use (see Note 2)
  • Portable 127 - Mechanics (Portable 4) Supervisor
  • Portable 128 - Bus Cleaners & Transit Center Maintenance Supervisor
    • Note 1: Portable numbers are mainly used only Urban only. Also the Cambria County Area Agency on Aging also has a Portable 10 and shares Rural channels, so normally Portable 10 on Rural is theirs not CamTran's.
    • Note 2: Dispatcher Use is when a Dispatcher goes on the road (each has their own number) to do road detour work or some special assignment.

Chain of Command (Highest to Lowest)

  • Executive Director (not yet sure if has Portable number)
  • Portable 7
  • Portable 8
  • Portable 5
  • Portable 2, 6, and 10

Vehicles

  • 124 & 125 - Renaissance Trolleys used for Downtown Shuttle
  • 2xx - Buses (rarely used except for bus replacements when nothing else is avaible)
  • 5xx - Buses
  • 6xx - Buses
  • 7xx - Buses (Buses with Security Cameras, though don't seem to be on)
  • 8xx - Buses (Buses with Security Cameras, though don't seem to be on)
  • CXX - Rural Division buses except C7 (Normally used on Rural channels but some buses stay in Johnstown so use Urban and others use it when in Johnstown to talk to Johnstown Dispatch or Johnstown Drivers)
  • C7 - Mechanics/Portable 4 Vehicle
  • C11 - Rural Division Ford Van that's part Rural but also used by Urban for driver reliefs, picking up passed up passengers, and more. Never seems to leave the Johnstown area.
  • T88 - Service Truck (Portable 4)
  • T89 - Maintenance Pick-up Truck

Common Abbreviations

  • Barn - Moxham Garage/Office
  • Bus Stop Shop - Store located in the Transit Center that sells food and passes, plus contains one of the lost and founds.
  • Down - Late, i.e. 5 minutes down
  • Helper - Can either be a shuttle bus when a detour is in effect or just a bus that's covering part of a run for another driver
  • Reporter - Driver (normally new person) that waits at the Moxham Office and responds when need for covering a run, doing a helper, and more
  • Run - Single trip, i.e. 8:30AM Route #15
  • TC - Short for Transit Center, located on Main St in Downtown Johnstown
  • WC - Wheelchair