Established in 1975, Votran is the Volusia County s public transportation system. It provides transportation services to all urban areas of the county with a fleet of more than 50 revenue-producing fixed route buses, four trackless trolleys and over 40 paratransit vehicles. Votran offers a variety of other services through contracts. It has a staff of more than 200 people. McDonald Transit, a Texas-based professional transportation management firm, contracts with Volusia County to provide the system s management services. Votran has been awarded as the outstanding public transit system in North America by the American Public Transit Association in 1993.