Gorge Translink providers Columbia Area Transit (CAT) and The Link have announced that they are expanding service, starting new service, and adjusting current service to better meet the needs of the community.

Spend a day on a public bus in the gorge and you’re bound to meet all kinds of people. The Gorge TransLink motto is “Everybody rides”, after all but why do they ride? CCCNews spent a day on the CAT Bus in Hood River to find out.

Take a spin on the bus with CCC News to find out how spending even a single hour on the bus can reveal a lot about the community, its needs, and how public transit acts as a great equalizer for creating access to numerous services both locally and regionally.