KART is the branded service operated by the Kings County Area Public Transit Agency (KCAPTA) since June 1980; KCAPTA has contracted with MV Transportation to provide operations and maintenance for KART.

The Kings County Area Public Transit Agency is a joint powers agency that began operations in June 1980, formed by the four cities of Avenal, Cororan, Hanford, and Lemoore in partnership with the County of Kings.

[3]: 13 KCAPTA also was responsible for operating vanpool programs in Kings County between 2001 and 2012.

The vanpool programs were transferred to a new joint powers agency, CalVans in 2012.

[3]: 3 The KART Transfer Center (504 W 7th St) is west of the railroad tracks, near the Hanford station serving Amtrak and the planned Cross Valley Corridor; KCAPTA have acquired 4 acres (1.6 ha) in the block bounded by 7th, Brown, 8th, and Harris, approximately 1⁄2 mi (0.80 km) to the east and plan to construct a new Hanford Transit Center and administration building there.