Manchester Transit Authority

Most MTA buses originate at Veterans Park in downtown Manchester. This is indicated on timetables and maps as Veterans Park, Double Tree (the hotel across the street). Routes are organized into four zones. Zone 1 routes are standard fare local routes (routes 1 through 12), Zone 2 routes are intercity routes and require a day or month pass to ride (routes 21 and 22), Zone 3 routes are special excursions (such as Hampton Beach in the summer or the Deerfield Fair), and Zone 4 routes are free to ride (DASH and Salem Shopper Shuttle). ==Circulators and Shopper Shuttles==

• The Green DASH downtown circulator operates for free as a weekday, figure-eight loop through the Millyard and Downtown every ten minutes during peak hours and every twenty minutes during off-peak hours. Originally, the buses were wrapped with historical images of Manchester. In an effort to boost ridership and publicize the service, the downtown circulator was rebranded as the Green DASH in 2011, and the buses were given a new, green color scheme that no longer obscures the windows and clearly marks them as a free loop bus. The free service is funded through a combination of federal grants and parking revenue. This marks the second attempt by the MTA at offering free transit downtown, following a fourteen-block free-ride zone that began in 1974 but has since been discontinued. • Route 1 operates as a Healthcare Shuttle connecting Elliot Hospital, Doctors Park on Tarrytown Road, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Veterans Administration Hospital and the Manchester Mental Health, and is funded through a grant from the FTA. • The MTA also operates several Shopper Shuttles, which run only on select days of the week and are funded by private retailers, but which offer free service mostly targeted at senior citizens. ==Millyard People Mover==

Several groups in Manchester are currently advocating for the creation of a streetcar/rail system for the Downtown and Millyard areas. The idea was first raised in the early 1990s and was resurrected in 2012 when Dean Kamen proposed it. More concrete plans, proposing a public-private partnership with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, were put together in 2018 by Kamen's company DEKA, proposing the name Millyard People Mover. The MTA has not yet allocated money for planning or studies as of 2021. ==References==