It is operated by Downeast Transportation and is largely intended to serve visitors to Acadia National Park as a means to reduce area traffic within the park and in area communities, including the Schoodic Peninsula.
It typically runs from mid-June through the beginning of October, departing from Kennebec Street to the west of Bar Harbor's Village Green.
Regular operations are funded from a variety of sources, including a dedicated portion of Acadia National Park entrance fees from the National Park Service, the Maine Department of Transportation, L.L.
Bean, municipal governments, the group Friends of Acadia, as well as local businesses directly served by the service.
[3] Downeast Transportation, the operator, plans to resume limited service on fewer routes in 2021.