Transportation Lincoln County (TLC) is a consolidated transportation system operating in Lincoln County, NC.  TLC offers subscription route and demand/response transportation by contractual agreement with the following human service organizations:

• Lincoln County Department of Senior Services
• Lincoln County Department of Social Services
• Lincoln County Health Department
• Lincoln County Veterans Services
• Lincoln County Head Start
• Gaston Skills/Salem Industries

Transportation Lincoln County serves all of Lincoln County including the municipalities within its borders. Lincoln County is a rural county located near the western piedmont of North Carolina encompassing 316 square miles.  The ridership of TLC is comprised mainly of the clients and consumers of the participating organizations.  Destination points are at the discretion of the participating agency and include transportation services to points outside Lincoln County.

Rural General Public (RGP) service is available on all of our subscription routes if the route deviates no more than 0.5 miles.  RGP services are also available in the city of Lincolnton.  All service is accessible to persons with disabilities.

The vehicle fleet of TLC consists of eight (8) eight passenger vans, two (2) eleven passenger vans and eight (8) fourteen passenger vans.  Seventeen (17) of the vans are lift equipped.

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