The Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST) is taking steps toward expanding transit services to include express routes in the City and services to the surrounding areas within Cumberland County.
In 2025, FAST conducted a Feasibility Study to evaluate opportunities for regional transit expansion while ensuring the system’s facilities and operations can support growth.
With the goal of becoming a service of choice, FAST has continued positive momentum, increasing passenger trips by six percent, even as many transit systems have faced ridership declines over the past seven years.
A commuting patterns assessment was conducted that examined daily travel in surrounding areas, including both employment and non-employment trips. Findings show that approximately 1.3 million non-employment trips and 388,000 employment trips occur on an average weekday in the region…