Capital Area Transportation Authority Capital Area Transportation Authority The Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) is the public transit authority that operates mass transit bus service and paratransit within the metro Lansing, Michigan area, including service on the campus of Michigan State University. CATA operates both bus transit and paratransit service across a area throughout metro Lansing including Michigan State University. CATA logged 10,241,340 riders in fiscal year 2017, an overall ridership decline of 6.0% from the previous fiscal year. CATA has approximately 300 employees, of which nearly 200 are bus operators. It does not operate on these seven major holidays: In 2016, 46% of
East Lansing High School dedicated in September 2005. On June 21, 2017, Andrew Wells (ELHS class of 1976) was named principal, replacing Colby Fletcher. The school's official mascot is the Trojan and its colors are navy blue and white. The athletic teams compete as members of the Capital Area Activities Conference. The school district that is now East Lansing Public Schools was established in 1900, seven years before the city of East Lansing itself. All grade levels were taught in the original Central School, which was built in 1901. When that building burned down in 1916, classes were held in the old Peoples Church