The Tuscaloosa Transit Authority is governed by a seven member board, and employs a staff of 27 full-time employees as of February 2008.

[2] Beginning in 1999, the TTA's fleet consists of El Dorado Transmark RE buses that are designed to resemble historic trolleys that have been absent from Tuscaloosa since 1941.

A year later, the Tuskaloosa Belt Railway began service of a seven mile steam dummy line.

This company of six buses and seven routes would finally be replaced by the current Tuscaloosa Transit Authority in 1971.

[6] Prior to this project being finalized, the city had been interested in converting the former train depot on Greensboro Ave. into a transit center.