The GoSudbury Catch Connect shuttle is a new, grant-funded*, pilot program sponsored by the Sudbury Transportation Committee and the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA). This new microtransit on demand service will start in Sudbury on July 1, 2024 and is targeted to serve the same population as the subsidized Uber program, although the shuttle is open to everyone as seating is available.
Service will be offered Mondays through Fridays, from 12:00 – 6:00 PM and will be provided by a wheelchair accessible van from the MWRTA. Riders will be able to request a ride as they need it and potentially get picked up
within a few minutes to ½ hour.
Rides will be within Sudbury and destinations will include stops along Route 20 and nearby to the Target Store in Marlborough. Riders will download the MWRTA Catch Connect Sudbury app onto their smart phones and request rides through the app. (There will be a phone line available for those unable to use the app.) Sudbury and the MWRTA will offer Catch Connect services free for the first month, to
attract users and showcase the new option. After that period, the cost per ride will be $2. That is $1 less than the in-town cost of subsidized Uber rides ($3), and there is no cap on rides.