Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation (COAST)

The Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation, more commonly known as COAST, is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization and an innovative leader in providing a broad range of public transportation services, connecting and coordinating a robust network of options for those who live, work, and visit the Greater Seacoast region.

COAST’s mission is to champion and provide customer-focused public transportation with a commitment to excellence in safety and service. COAST connects people and communities in two primary ways: with fixed route buses that serve 10 communities; and by providing demand response paratransit services to 13 communities in the Greater Seacoast region of New Hampshire and Maine.

Central to our role of connecting the region’s network of services and social supports, is COAST’s membership and leadership of The Alliance for Community Transportation (ACT), the State-designated Regional Coordination Council (RCC) for southeastern New Hampshire. ACT is comprised of transportation providers, human service agencies, health care providers, municipalities, planning commissions, and individuals. ACT facilitates the implementation of coordinated community transportation across 38 communities, including all of Strafford County, eastern Rockingham County, and Wakefield and Brookfield in Carroll County.

COAST also operates TripLink, a regional transportation call center that is an information and referral resource. TripLink also takes trip requests and schedules rides on behalf of COAST, Community Action Partnership of Strafford County, Community Rides, Ready Rides, and Meals on Wheels of Rockingham County.

In addition, COAST serves as the fiscal agent of commuteSMART Seacoast, the regional Transportation Management Association (TMA), formed in 2013 and comprised of employer members. CommuteSMART’s mission is to promote smart commuting options—carpooling, vanpooling, taking transit, bicycling, walking, and teleworking—that support a more livable and economically vibrant greater Seacoast community.

Our vision is to be an innovative leader in providing a broad range of public transportation services, connecting and coordinating a robust network of transportation options for everyone.