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Cherriots

Cherriots, officially the Salem Area Mass Transit District, is a public transit operator based in Salem, Oregon, United States. The agency, whose name refers to the city's nickname (The Cherry City), provides bus and paratransit service in Salem and neighboring Keizer. It was founded in 1979 as the Salem Area Mass Transit District, replacing municipal…

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Founded
November 6, 1979
Headquarters
555 Court Street NE Salem, Oregon, US
Annual ridership
3,407,600 (2025)
Daily ridership
20,000 (weekdays, Q1 2026)
Fleet
64 (Cherriots) 15 (Regional Contracted) 46 (CherryLift Bus) 5 (Cherriots Shop and Ride)
Fuel type
Diesel, CNG (Natural Gas), Gasoline

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Cherriots

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples94
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
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related to Services · 25
Cherriots → Adult, Buses, Cherriots LIFT, Cherriots Regional, Courthouse Square, Dallas, Downtown Transit Center, Gates, Holiday, In, Keizer, Marion, Monday-Sunday, Oregon State Capitol, Paratransit, Polk, Salem, Saturday, September, SMART
related to Predecessors and formation · 20
Cherriots → August, Bus, Capital Transit, City Transit, City Transit Lines, Education, February, In, It, January, July, Kenneth Yost, On May, Oregon College, Salem, September, The, The Cherry City, The City, Under
related to history · 19
Cherriots → Andersen-Wyckoff Transit Mall, April, Courthouse Square, Del Webb Avenue, Governor Neil Goldschmidt, In, July, June, Keizer, May, Measure, On May, On October, Salem, Salem Area Transit District, Salem-Keizer Transit, Senator Mark Hatfield, The, Two
related to Governance · 9
Cherriots → Board, Directors, July, November, Senate Bill, The, The Board, The Cherriots Board, They
related to Budget and service cuts · 6
Cherriots → At, In, Moving Forward, Saturday, Service, The
related to Fleet · 4
Cherriots → Cherriots Regional, LIFT, Regional, Regular Cherriots
Annual ridership · 1
Cherriots → 3,407,600 (2025)
Daily ridership · 1
Cherriots → 20,000 (weekdays, Q1 2026)
Fleet · 1
Cherriots → 64 (Cherriots) 15 (Regional Contracted) 46 (CherryLift Bus) 5 (Cherriots Shop and Ride)
Founded · 1
Cherriots → November 6, 1979

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transit service salem bus system district area services tax keizer regional name voters city routes oregon board mass buses funding

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CherriotsAnnual ridership3,407,600 (2025)1.00infobox
CherriotsDaily ridership20,000 (weekdays, Q1 2026)1.00infobox
CherriotsFleet64 (Cherriots) 15 (Regional Contracted) 46 (CherryLift Bus) 5 (Cherriots Shop and Ride)1.00infobox
CherriotsFoundedNovember 6, 19791.00infobox
CherriotsFuel typeDiesel, CNG (Natural Gas), Gasoline1.00infobox
CherriotsGeneral managerAllan Pollock1.00infobox
CherriotsHeadquarters555 Court Street NE Salem, Oregon, US1.00infobox
CherriotsRoutes281.00infobox
CherriotsService areaSalem and Keizer, Oregon1.00infobox
CherriotsService typeBus service, paratransit1.00infobox
CherriotsWebsitecherriots.org1.00infobox
Cherriotsrelated to Budget and service cutsIn0.60section

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