Vallejo Transit

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locale = Vallejo, California
service_area = Solano County, California, Contra Costa County, California
service_type = Bus, Ferry
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website = http://www.vallejotransit.com/

Vallejo Transit or VT is a public transportation service in Solano County, California.

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VT provides local, express, and school bus service to the Solano County cities of Vallejo and Fairfield. It also provides express bus service to Contra Costa County, allowing connection to the regional Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) rail system. Service operates to the El Cerrito del Norte station in El Cerrito. Vallejo Transit provides a bus service for physically disabled customers, offering pick-up-from-home busing called the Vallejo Runabout. Its inter-city express buses and ferries are branded as Baylink while local buses are marketed as Vallejo Transit.

It provides ferry service south across San Pablo Bay and San Francisco Bay to San Francisco's Ferry Building. All VT ferry services operate from the Vallejo Ferry Terminal in downtown Vallejo.cite conference
first = Valerie
last = Brock
title = Section 3: Summary of Existing Transportation Services and Known Transit Gaps: Vallejo Transit
booktitle = Vallejo Community-Based Transportation Plan
pages = 15-19
publisher = Solano Transportation Authority
date = July 2008
url = http://www.solanolinks.com/pdfs/Programs/Lifeline/Final%20Vallejo%20CBTP%20Report%20Maps%20FINAL.pdf
accessdate = 2008-09-25] In October 2007, State of California legislation (SB 976) initiated a State acquisition of Baylink service, which would be overseen by the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority. [" [http://www.baycrossings.com/news_archive_view_next.asp?id=1892&mon=10&yea=2007 Q&A: Emergency Needs Prompt Ferry Changes] ," "San Francisco Bay Crossings" October 2007.]

Vehicles

Local buses consist of Gillig Phantoms and Orion V High Floors, painted white with a wavy blue gradient which blends into the logo on the front end of the bus. Supplemental school routes use TMC 102-A3s. Baylink buses are MCI D-4500 buses, painted white with a wave shaped stripe separating a graphic of the San Francisco skyline on rear and the Baylink logo on the front, or wrapped in advertising. All buses on both Vallejo Transit and Baylink are wheelchair accessible. [Motor Bus Society, [http://www.motorbussociety.org/conventn/05spr/index.html Convention Report, Spring 2005] ; April 18, 2005]

Routes

's main campus then Solano Mall before reversing its path. Route 200 travels between Vallejo and San Francisco. As of September 2003, Vallejo Transit also provides seven supplemental routes for students of the city's public schools.cite web|url=http://www.jessebethel.net/transit/index.html|title=Special Vallejo Transit Services of interest to Vallejo students|last=Malchiodi|first=Alfredo|coauthors=Jose Bazurto|date=2003-09-2|work=Jesse Bethel High School|accessdate=2008-09-26]

References

External links

* [http://www.vallejotransit.com/ Official Vallejo Transit website]
* [http://www.baylinkferry.com/ Baylink Ferry website]
* [http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_976&sess=CUR&house=B&author=torlakson SB 976: San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority]
* [http://www.transitunlimited.org/Vallejo_Transit List of Vallejo Transit bus routes and descriptions]
* [http://www.transitunlimited.org/Vallejo_Baylink_Ferry Baylink Ferry description]