Victor Valley Transit Authority

Parent	City of Barstow, San Bernardino Associated Governments
Headquarters	1612 State St.,
Locale	Barstow, CA
Service area	northern Mojave desert
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Routes	3
Annual ridership	144,000
Operator	MV Transportation
Website	Barstow transportation[permanent dead link‍]

Victor Valley Transit
	Victor Valley Transit Vehicle in Fontana in 2022
Parent	Victor Valley Transit Authority
Headquarters	17150 Smoke Tree St.; Hesperia, California
Service area	Victor Valley
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Routes	32
Hubs	1 maintenance, 1 bus storage facility
Fleet	64 active
Annual ridership	1,476,600 (2023)
Operator	Keolis
Website	vvta.org

Victor Valley Transit Authority (VVTA), the second largest transit operator in San Bernardino County (with over 1,020,119 passengers a year), is a transit agency providing bus service in the Victor Valley, California area.^[4] ^[5] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 1,476,600.

In June 2015, VVTA was designated as a Consolidated Transportation Services Agency (CTSA) for the High & North Desert regions of San Bernardino County. This represented an expanding role and commitment to the Authority's already established Mobility Management department and increased the VVTA service area from 425 to 950 square miles.^[6]

History

Origins of the VVTA

VVTA operates local fixed-route, county commuter (discontinued in 2005), and ADA complementary paratransit bus services in the Victor Valley area. It has a maintenance facility located in Hesperia. The service structure consists of 23 local fixed and deviated routes, 3 County routes and ADA complementary paratransit service. VVTA was established through a Joint Powers Authority in 1991. The JPA includes the four cities of Adelanto, Apple Valley, Hesperia and Victorville and certain unincorporated portions of the County of San Bernardino including Oro Grande, Helendale, Lucerne Valley, Phelan, Piñon Hills, Wrightwood. Service is also provided to Barstow and Fort Irwin. The Fort Irwin service is branded as the NTC Commuter. The Board of Directors includes council members from the above cities and the San Bernardino 1st District Supervisor. Since 1998, the Board has held a management contract with McDonald Transit Associates, Inc. for administration of the system. In January 2005, the operations contract for all transit service in the Victor Valley area was consolidated under a separate contract with ATC (later Veoila, now Transdev).^[7] In 2018, National Express Transit became the system operator.^[8]

Barstow Area Transit

Barstow Area Transit formerly ran the transportation service in Barstow and surrounding areas of San Bernardino County, including the communities of Hinkley, Lenwood, Grandview, Yermo, Harvard, Daggett and Newberry Springs. It was merged into VVTA in 2015.^[10]^[11]

MV Transportation, Inc. was contracted by the city to operate Barstow Area Transit. Barstow Area Transit operated Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and on the weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m; the system carried more than 144,000 passengers each year.

The system featured three routes: Central Barstow, which was called Route 1 while running as a clockwise loop and Route 2 while running counterclockwise; West Barstow/Grandview/Lenwood, which was called Route 3 while running clockwise and Route 4 while running counterclockwise; and Hwy 58 which traveled crosstown as Route 5.

Transition to Fuel Cell Buses

In May 2023, the board of directors voted to replace its Battery Electric buses in favor of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses due to not meeting range requirements. Current plans are for eleven fuel cell buses^[12]

Governance

Victor Valley Transit Authority is administered by a Board of Directors, consisting of Seven Members (each with an alternate). The five board members from the cities are elected council persons assigned to VVTA by their respective city councils. The two board members are the San Bernardino county Supervisors^[13] (generally a staff person or the supervisor represents the county as the alternate). The Board is required under the JPA Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to meet at least one time each quarter of each fiscal year. Board meetings are generally monthly in Hesperia, with every third meeting in Barstow. All meetings are held in compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act. Board meetings are presided by the Board-appointed Chair. The board of directors is responsible for such acts as adopting the budget, approving route and schedule changes, public hearings as required, appointing the CEO/General Manager, appointing a technical advisory committee, establishing policy, and adopting rules and regulations for the conduct of business. The VVTA Technical Advisory (TAC) committee is the working group for the VVTA Board. It is composed of a staff member from each of the cities and County who is generally appointed by the City Manager, County Supervisor. The TAC takes direction from the Board to make recommendations on policy issues. In addition, TAC reviews monthly all suggested Board agenda items and decides on what actions to recommend to the Board for approval.^[14]

Routes

VVTA routes include Fixed, County, Intercity, and Commuter. County routes and some Fixed Routes can deviate as far as 3/4 mile to pick up passengers. County routes serve outlying rural areas. In August 2021, all routes at Lorene and 7th were moved to the Victor Valley Transportation Center (VVTC). On Sunday, October 2, 2022 VVTA returned to full-service.

Routes 1-9 are Barstow routes; 10-19 are Intercity routes; 20-29 are County routes; 30-39 are Routes primarily in Adelanto; 40-49 are Apple Valley, 50-59 are Victorville, 60-69 are Hesperia, and 100 series are the NTC Commuter. All routes operate 7 days a week except 50X (Monday-Thursday) and 111-118 (Weekdays only).

Route	Terminals		Via	Notes
1	Barstow Mountain View St & Belinda Av	Barstow Montara Rd & Armory Rd	Main St
2	Barstow Mountain View St & Belinda Av	Barstow Barstow Community College	Barstow Rd
3	Barstow Mountain View St & Belinda Av	Barstow Lenwood Rd & Hampton Inn	Main St, Lenwood Rd
6	Barstow Mountain View St & Belinda Av	Barstow Barstow Community College	Armory Rd
15	Barstow Mountain View St & Belinda Av	San Bernardino San Bernardino Transit Center	I-10, I-15
21P	Hesperia Main St & Cataba Rd	Pinon Hills Pinon Hills Community Center	Phelan Rd
21W	Hesperia Main St & Cataba Rd	Wrightwood Wrightwood Community Center	Phelan Rd
22	Victorvilla Victor Valley Transportation Center	Silver Lakes Vista Rd & Helendale Rd	National Trails Hwy
23	Apple Valley Apple Valley Post Office	Lucerne Valley Old Woman Springs Rd & Moss MHP	Old Woman Springs Rd
25	Hesperia Main St & Cataba Rd	Hesperia G Ave & Olive St	Mesquite St
28	Barstow Mountain View St & Belinda Av	Silver Lakes Vista Rd & Helendale Rd	National Trails Hwy
29	Barstow Mountain View St & Belinda Av	Newberry Springs National Trails Hwy & Bagdad Cafe	I-40, Yermo Rd
31	Victorvilla Victor Valley Transportation Center	Adelanto Hwy 395 & Crossroads Way	I-15, Palmdale
32	Victorvilla Victor Valley Transportation Center	Adelanto Muskrat Av & El Mirage Rd	Air Base Rd
33	Adelanto Bartlett Av & Greening St	Adelanto Hwy 395 & Crossroads Way	Bellflower St
40	Apple Valley Apple Valley Post Office	Apple Valley Hwy 18 & Bass Hill Rd	Thunderbird Rd
41	Apple Valley Apple Valley Post Office	Victorvilla Victor Valley Transportation Center	Outer Hwy 18
42	Victorvilla Victorvilla Valley College	Apple Valley Navajo Rd & Johnson Rd	Apple Valley Rd
43	Victorvilla Victorvilla Valley College	Apple Valley Apple Valley Post Office	Bear Valley Rd
47	Apple Valley Apple Valley Post Office	Apple Valley Bear Valley Rd & Navajo Rd	Kiowa Rd
50	Victorvilla Victor Valley Transportation Center	Hesperia Olive St & G Av	I Av
50X	Victorvilla Victor Valley Transportation Center	Victorvilla Victorvilla Valley College	Hesperia Rd	Express Service
52	Victorvilla Victor Valley Transportation Center	Victorvilla Victor Valley Mall	Mojave Dr
53	Victorvilla Victor Valley Mall	Victorvilla Victorvilla Valley College	Bear Valley Rd
54	Victorvilla Victor Valley Mall	Adelanto Hwy 395 & Crossroads Way	Bear Valley Rd
55	Victorvilla Victor Valley Transportation Center	Victorvilla Victorvilla Valley College	3rd Av
56	Victorvilla Victor Valley Transportation Center	Victorvilla Lorene Dr & 7th St	7th St
64	Hesperia Olive St & G Av	Hesperia Muscatel St & Malibu Av	Willow St
66 (Loop)	Hesperia G Av & Olive St		C Av
68	Hesperia G Av & Olive St	Hesperia Main St & Cataba Rd	Main St
111	Fort Irwin Fort Irwin Bus Lot	Barstow Wiliams Park & Ride	South Loop Rd
114	Fort Irwin Fort Irwin Bus Lot	Hesperia Smoke Tree St - VVTA	South Loop Rd
115	Fort Irwin Fort Irwin Bus Lot	Silver Lakes Vista Rd & Helendale Rd	South Loop Rd
118	Fort Irwin Fort Irwin Bus Lot		South Loop Rd	To Smoke Tree St - VVTA Only

Micro-Link

On Monday, October 3, 2022, Micro-Link was introduced in three zones - Zone 1 South Victorville; Zone 2 North Victorville, and Zone 3 Hesperia.

Bus fleet

Active fleet

Make/Model	Fleet Numbers	Year	Engine	Transmission
New Flyer XE40	301-307	2019	Siemens ELFA2
New Flyer XE40	308-312	2022	Siemens ELFA2
NABI 40-LFW CNG	603-609	2008	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R
NABI 40-LFW CNG	610-615	2010	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R
ElDorado National Axess BRT 40' CNG	616-624	2014	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R
ElDorado National Axess BRT 40' CNG	625	2015	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R
ElDorado National XHF 35' CNG	626-627	2016	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R
ElDorado National Axess BRT 35' CNG	628-629	2018	Cummins Westport ISL G NZ	Allison B3400 xFE
ElDorado National Axess BRT 40' CNG	630-636	2018	Cummins Westport L9N	Allison B3400 xFE
ElDorado National Axess BRT 35' CNG	637-638	2018	Cummins Westport L9N	Allison B3400 xFE
ElDorado National Axess BRT 40' CNG	639-643	2018	Cummins Westport L9N	Allison B3400 xFE
MCI D4500CT CNG	812-816	2015	Cummins Westport ISX12 G	Allison B500R
ElDorado National Axess BRT 40' CNG	817-819	2016	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R
ElDorado National E-Z Rider II BRT 32' CNG	2022-2027	2021

References

^ ^a ^b "San Bernardino County Measure I Boundary Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
^ "page 21 in report" (PDF). Vvta.org. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
^ "VVTA – Public Transit for Victor Valley". Vvta.org. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "look in page 44" (PDF). Vvta.org. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "VVTA BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WITH INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2018" (PDF). VVTA. Retrieved 4 Jan 2022.
^ "look in page 23" (PDF). Vvta.org. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Meeting Agenda – August 20, 2018 – VVTA". Retrieved 2018-11-29.
^ San Bernardino Associated Governments information on Barstow Area Transport Archived December 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "VVTA, Barstow Area Transit Merger Formalized". Mass Transit. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^ Staff Reports. "VVTA / Barstow Area Transit Merger Formalized, Two New Board Members Join VVTA – High Desert Daily". highdesertdaily.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^ "Victor Valley Transit Authority Regular meeting of the board of directors, may 15, 2023" (PDF). VVTA. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ "Victory Valley Transit Authority public hearing and regular meeting of the board of directors, June 20, 2023" (PDF). VVTA. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ "board members". Vvta.org. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

External links

[auto-1] "San Bernardino County Measure I Boundary Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2009-09-20.

[2] "page 21 in report" (PDF). Vvta.org. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[APTA_Ridership_Report-3] "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.

[4] "VVTA – Public Transit for Victor Valley". Vvta.org. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[5] "look in page 44" (PDF). Vvta.org. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[6] "VVTA BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WITH INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2018" (PDF). VVTA. Retrieved 4 Jan 2022.

[7] "look in page 23" (PDF). Vvta.org. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[8] "BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Meeting Agenda – August 20, 2018 – VVTA". Retrieved 2018-11-29.

[9] San Bernardino Associated Governments information on Barstow Area Transport Archived December 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[10] "VVTA, Barstow Area Transit Merger Formalized". Mass Transit. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[11] Staff Reports. "VVTA / Barstow Area Transit Merger Formalized, Two New Board Members Join VVTA – High Desert Daily". highdesertdaily.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[12] "Victor Valley Transit Authority Regular meeting of the board of directors, may 15, 2023" (PDF). VVTA. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

[13] "Victory Valley Transit Authority public hearing and regular meeting of the board of directors, June 20, 2023" (PDF). VVTA. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

[14] "board members". Vvta.org. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

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