Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority

The Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority (EMTA) is the Municipal Authority that owns and operates the public transport system in Erie County, Pennsylvania which includes the 'e', the area's transit buses; LIFT, the county paratransit service; and Bayliner Trolley, the downtown circulator.

[2] The Conneaut and Erie Railway Traction Company was formed in 1903 and ran trolleys to east of the city.

[4] Unable to expanded to invest in an expansion of the streetcar system, four Yellow Coach "Z"'s were acquired and were operated by the Erie Coach Company, a newly formed subsidiary of the Erie Railways Company in 1925.

† Twentynine Gillig CNG buses, only alternative fuel in fleet, Eight more coming in Summer 2021.

Until 2008, EMTA offered a "trackless" trolley that could be rented for special occasions; while the rental program has been discontinued,[10] this type of vehicle is still used for Route 20.

A newspaper photograph of an early EMTA bus and streetcar.
An EMTA New Flyer D35LF
A Bayliner trolley-replica bus
An EMTA Ford E-450 bus