SolTrans
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 Headquarters at the Vallejo Transit Center. |
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| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | 311 Sacramento Street, Vallejo, CA |
| Locale | Vallejo and Benicia, California |
| Service area | Solano County, California, Contra Costa County, California |
| Service type | bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 16 |
| Hubs | 3 |
| Stations | 3 |
| Web site | Solano Transportation Authority |
SolTrans, officially Solano County Transit, is a Joint Powers Authority that provides public transportation service to the southern Solano County cities of Vallejo and Benicia. SolTrans was established in 2011 and is the result of a merger between Vallejo Transit and Benicia Breeze.[1]
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[edit] Services
SolTrans provides local and express bus service to the Solano County cities of Vallejo, Benicia, and Fairfield, California. It also provides express bus service to the Contra Costa County communities of El Cerrito and Walnut Creek, providing regional connections to BART. SolTrans also provides complementary ADA paratransit.
Baylink Ferry service from Vallejo to San Francisco, which was operated by Vallejo Transit, is now provided by WETA.[2]
[edit] Vehicles
SolTrans operates a mixed fleet of buses. The Vallejo-based fleet features Gillig low-floor hybrid buses with the SolTrans logo shown in various places.[3] Supplemental school routes in Vallejo use TMC 102-A3 and Orion V High Floor buses painted white with a wavy blue gradient that blends into the Vallejo Transit logo on the front of the bus. The Baylink fleet consists of MCI D-4500 buses painted white with a wave-shaped stripe separating a graphic of the San Francisco skyline on the rear and the Baylink logo on the front of the bus. All buses are wheelchair accessible.[4]
[edit] Routes
As of 6 October 2011, SolTrans operates 16 routes. Seven routes are branded as SolTrans and operate within Vallejo. Five routes operate primarily in Benicia. Four routes are intercity routes branded as Baylink.
| Route | Service Information |
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| 1 | South Vallejo - Rancho Vallejo |
| 2 | Northeast Vallejo - Downtown |
| 3 | Glen Cove - Georgia Street |
| 4 | Tuolumne Street - Downtown |
| 5 | Redwood Parkway - Gateway Plaza - Springs Road |
| 6 | Tennessee Street - Beverly Hills |
| 7 | Redwood Parkway - Gateway Plaza - Springs Road |
| 15 | Benicia High and Middle Schools via Western Rose/Solano Drive |
| 17 | Benicia High and Middle Schools via Hastings Drive |
| 21 | Benicia City Park - Northwest Benicia |
| 22 | Benicia City Park - Northeast Benicia |
| 76 | Diablo Valley College/Sun Valley Mall |
| 78 | Vallejo - Benicia - Pleasant Hill BART - Walnut Creek BART |
| 80 | Vallejo - El Cerrito del Norte BART |
| 85 | Vallejo - Fairfield - Solano Community College |
| 200 | Vallejo - San Francisco Ferry Building |
As of September 2003, Vallejo Transit also provides seven supplemental routes for students of the city's public schools.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Rohrs, Sarah (26 July 2011). "Huge deficit already saddles merged SolTrans bus system serving Benicia and Vallejo". Vallejo Times Herald. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/60fajLQPG. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ SB 976: San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority
- ^ http://www.mtc.ca.gov/news/current_topics/8-11/soltrans.htm
- ^ Motor Bus Society, Convention Report, Spring 2005. April 18, 2005
- ^ Malchiodi, Alfredo; Jose Bazurto (2003-09-02). "Special Vallejo Transit Services of interest to Vallejo students". Jesse Bethel High School. http://www.jessebethel.net/transit/index.html. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
