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===Public transit=== {{Further|Capital Area Transit (Harrisburg)}} [[File:CAT bus 1902 at Market Square Transfer Center.jpeg|thumb|A [[Capital Area Transit (Harrisburg)|Capital Area Transit]] bus at the Market Square Transfer Center in Harrisburg]] Harrisburg is served by [[Capital Area Transit (Harrisburg)|Capital Area Transit]] (CAT), which provides [[bus|public bus]] and [[paratransit]] service throughout the greater metropolitan area. Construction of a [[commuter rail]] line designated the [[Capital Red Rose Corridor]], previously named CorridorOne, was planned to link the city with nearby [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]] until plans went dormant in 2011.<ref>[http://www.mtptransit.org/assets/pdf/Legislative%20Update%206%20-%2008%20Cap%20Red%20Rose.pdf New Name Unveiled for Harrisburg to Lancaster Proposed Rail Service]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220052311/http://mtptransit.org/assets/pdf/Legislative%20Update%206%20-%2008%20Cap%20Red%20Rose.pdf |date=February 20, 2009 }} Modern Transit Partnership, accessed February 5, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Southcentral PA's Multi-Modal Transportation Efforts |url=http://www.mtptransit.org/projects/corridors.html |website=Modern Transit Partnership |accessdate=February 7, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207114500/http://www.mtptransit.org/projects/corridors.html |archivedate=February 7, 2016}}</ref> Long-term plans for the region called for the commuter rail line to continue westward to [[Cumberland County, Pennsylvania|Cumberland County]], ending at [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]]. In early 2005, the project hit a roadblock when the Cumberland County [[County commission|commissioners]] opposed the plan to extend commuter rail to the West Shore. Due to lack of support from the county commissioners, the Cumberland County portion, and the two new stations in Harrisburg have been removed from the project. In the future, with support from Cumberland County, the commuter rail project may extend to both shores of the [[Susquehanna River]], where the majority of the commuting base for the [[Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area]] resides.<ref name="tcrpc">{{cite web |url=http://www.tcrpc-pa.org/SRTP/SRTP_Chapter_05/corridorone.htm |year=2006 |title=CorridorOne in the Harrisburg Region |publisher=Tri-County Regional Planning Commission |access-date=January 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101164656/http://www.tcrpc-pa.org/SRTP/SRTP_Chapter_05/corridorone.htm |archive-date=January 1, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006, a second phase of the rail project designated CorridorTwo was announced to the general public. It was planned to link [[Downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|downtown]] Harrisburg with its eastern suburbs in [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin]] and [[Lebanon County, Pennsylvania|Lebanon]] counties, including the areas of [[Hummelstown, Pennsylvania|Hummelstown]], [[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey]] and [[Lebanon, Pennsylvania|Lebanon]], and the city of [[York, Pennsylvania|York]] in [[York County, Pennsylvania|York County]].<ref name="tcrpc"/> Other planned passenger rail corridors also included [[US Route 15|Route 15]] from the Harrisburg area towards [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|Gettysburg]], as well as the Susquehanna River communities north of Harrisburg, and the Northern [[Susquehanna River|Susquehanna Valley]] region.<ref name="tcrpc"/>
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