Gold Coast Transit

Gold Coast Transit District

Gold Coast Transit bus at Oxnard Transit Center in 2015
Founded	1973
Headquarters	301 East Third Street Oxnard, California
Service area	Ventura County, California
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Routes	20
Fleet	57 transit buses 24 paratransit vans
Daily ridership	12,100 (weekdays, Q3 2024)
Annual ridership	3,380,300 (2023)
Website	goldcoasttransit.org

Gold Coast Transit District, formerly known as South Coast Area Transit (SCAT), is a local bus operator in western Ventura County, California, serving Ventura, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Ojai, and the adjoining areas of unincorporated Ventura County. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 3,380,300, or about 12,100 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.

History

Gold Coast Transit District was founded in 1973 as South Coast Area Transit with the merger of the Ventura City Transit Lines and the Oxnard Municipal Bus Lines. Until 1994, SCAT also served Santa Paula. Service to Santa Paula has since been replaced with VCTC Intercity fixed-route and dial-a-ride services. The system adopted the name Gold Coast Transit effective July 1, 2007. This accompanied a change in bus livery and the acquisition of 26 new buses.

In October 2013, California Assembly Bill 664 was chartered as the enabling legislation to transition Gold Coast Transit from a joint powers authority to a special purpose transit district. On July 1, 2014, the agency officially became Gold Coast Transit District. The district's founding member jurisdictions include the cities of Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, and Ventura and the County of Ventura. The bill allows other cities in Ventura County to subsequently join the district.

In 2014, GCTD leadership was recognized with the District being honored as the “Transit Agency of the Year” at the Small Operators award ceremony hosted by the California Transit Association (CTA) as part of its 49th Annual Conference and Expo in Monterey, California.

On May 10, 2017 Gold Coast Transit District broke ground on a new operations and maintenance facility in Oxnard. The facility opened in July 2019.

Service area

Gold Coast Transit District provides bus service to these cities and communities:

• Oxnard
• Ventura
• Port Hueneme
• Ojai
• El Rio
• Saticoy
• Oak View
• Mira Monte

Routes

As of July 2015, Gold Coast Transit District operates 19 fixed-route lines as well as paratransit service.

Fixed Routes

Route	Terminals		Via	Headway	Notes
1A	Oxnard Transit Center 4th St and Meta St	Port Hueneme	C St, Saviers Rd	20 minutes daily	Clockwise loop along Hueneme Rd, Surfside Dr, Ventura Rd, Ponoma St, and Bard Rd Serves Centerpoint Mall and Oxnard DMV
1B					Counter-clockwise loop along Bard Rd, Ventura Rd, Ponoma St, Surfside Dr, and Hueneme Rd Serves Centerpoint Mall and Oxnard DMV
2	Oxnard Transit Center 4th St and Meta St	Colonia	3rd St, Colonia Rd, 1st St	45 minutes daily	Clockwise loop Interlined with Route 3
3	Oxnard Transit Center 4th St and Meta St	Naval Base Ventura Rd and Bard Rd	J St, C St Transfer Center	45-50 minutes daily	Clockwise loop after C St along Teakwood, Ventura Rd, and Channel Islands Bl Interlined with Route 2
4A	Oxnard Transit Center 4th St and Meta St	North Oxnard (loop)	4th St, Doris St, Ventura Rd, Gonzales Rd, Rose Av	50 minutes daily	Clockwise loop
4B				30 minutes daily	Counter-clockwise loop
5	Oxnard Transit Center 4th St and Meta St	Seabridge Victoria Av and Wooley Rd	5th St, Ventura Rd, Wooley Rd	45 minutes daily	Clockwise loop beginning at Novato Dr along Hemlock St and Victoria Av
6	Oxnard Transit Center 4th St and Meta St	Ventura Ventura Av and Seneca Av	C St, Victoria Av, Telegraph Rd, Main St, Ventura Av	25 minutes weekdays, 15-20 minutes peak 25-35 minutes Saturday 25-35 minutes Sunday	Serves Government Center, Ventura College, Pacific View Mall and Downtown Ventura 5 minute walk to Ventura–East station from Grand/Bristol stop Late night services (weekdays only): last trip departs OTC toward Ventura at 9:00 pm, last trip departs Ventura toward Oxnard at 9:12 pm
7	C St Transfer Center Centerpoint Mall	South Oxnard Butler Rd and Pleasant Valley Rd	Saviers Rd, Pleasant Valley Rd, Bard Rd	45 minutes daily	Serves Oxnard College and Oxnard DMV Performs loop around mobile home parks
8	Oxnard Transit Center 4th St and Meta St	C St Transfer Center Centerpoint Mall	Rose Av, Bard Rd, Saviers Rd	45 minutes daily	Serves Oxnard College and Oxnard DMV
9	Lemonwood San Mateo and El Dorado	Cal Giesler Giesler Av and Date St	Saviers Rd, Giesler Av, Channel Islands Bl, Rose Av	50 minutes daily	Performs loop at both ends of the line along Ash St, Gisler Av, and Laurel St on the west end and Ives, San Mateo, and El Dorado on the east end
10	Ventura Transfer Center Pacific View Mall	Wells Center Wells Rd and Carlos St	Telegraph Rd	60 minutes daily	Serves Ventura College Performs loop in Saticoy along Darling Rd, Campanula Av, Violeta St, and Los Angeles Av Interlined with Route 16
11	Ventura Transfer Center Pacific View Mall	Wells Center Wells Rd and Carlos St	Telephone Rd	30 minutes weekdays 40 minutes weekends	Serves Ventura DMV and Government Center
15	Esplanade Shopping Center West Esplanade Drive and Wagon Wheel Rd	St John's Regional Medical Center Rose Av and Gonzales Rd	Vineyard Av, Simon Way, Alvarado St, Auto Center Dr, Rose Av, Nyeland Acres	60 minutes daily	Serves El Rio and Nyeland Acres Performs a loop around Auto Center Shopping Plaza Interlined with Route 17
16	Ventura Transfer Center Pacific View Mall	Downtown Ojai Ojai Av and Fox St (Park & Ride)	Thompson Blvd, Ventura Av, HWY 33, Ojai Av	60 minutes daily	Serves St. Bonaventure High School Interlined with Route 10
17	Esplanade Shopping Center West Esplanade Drive and Wagon Wheel Rd, Oxnard Blvd and Clyde River (The Collection)	Oxnard College The Collection (Riverpark) Rose Av and Gonzales (St. John's), Rose and Westar, Rose Av and Bard Rd	Ventura Boulevard, Rose Av	60 minutes daily	Serves Channel Islands High School
19	Oxnard Transit Center 4th St and Meta St	Central Oxnard (loop)	5th St, Victoria Av, Gonzales Rd, Rice Av, 3rd St, Sturgis Av	60 minutes daily	Performs clockwise loop
20					Performs counter-clockwise loop Route 20 operates on weekdays only
21	C St Transfer Center Centerpoint Mall	Ventura Transfer Center Pacific View Mall	Channel Islands Bl, Victoria Av, Telegraph Rd	60 minutes daily 30 minutes weekday peak periods	Serves C St Transfer Center, Ventura College, Naval Base and Government Center

School Trippers

Gold Coast Transit District operates four "school trippers" that supplement school bus service to local high schools. While intended to serve students with service only on school days, these routes are open to the general public.

Route	Terminals		Via	Notes
18A	Oxnard High School Gonzales Rd and Merion Way	C St Transfer Center	M St, Doris St	Performs a loop along Victoria Av and Patterson Rd
18C	Oxnard High School Gonzales Rd and Merion Way	5th St and Ventura Rd	J St, Wooley Rd, Ventura Rd, Vineyard Av	Performs a loop along Victoria Av and Patterson Rd
18F	Ventura High School Main St and Catalina St	Ventura Av and Norway Drive	Main St and Figueroa St	Morning trip continues on to Ventura Transfer Center
18G	Rio Mesa High School Central at Rio Mesa HS	Vineyard at St. Mary's, Ventura Rd at Gonzales	5th St, H St, Ventura Rd, Vineyard Av, Gonzales Rd, Rice Av, 3rd St	Morning trip goes along H St and M St No afternoon trip as of August 24, 2014

External links

• Official website