 In 1971, Florida Transit Management, Inc. began service with 20 buses on seven routes.In 1980, this service was expanded to over 60 buses in 22 routes, then renamed CoTran, short for "County Transportation".Finally, in 1996, CoTran was completely restructured to over 150 buses in over 30 routes, then renamed Palm Tran, its fleet repainted to the present white and teal design scheme, and has been that way since.