Diagram of the bus route that connects Rio Vista, CA with Fairfield, CA
(9/144) Delta Breeze (Rio Vista, CA)
2024 Ridership: 2,147
December 2025 "One Route Wonders" entry
Diagram of the singular, animal-shaped bus route that serves Ridgecrest, CA
(8/144) Ridgerunner (Ridgecrest, CA)
2024 Ridership: 1,524
November 2025 "One Route Wonders" entry
A diagram showing the bus, train, and shuttle routes serving Denton, TX
Something different this time...
Denton County Transit Authority (DCTA)
2024 Ridership:
Bus: 1,785,296
Train: 261,518
Fun Fact: The UNT shuttles comprise about 70% of DCTA's fixed-route ridership.
Diagram of the singular bus route serving Escalon, CA
(7/144) eTrans (Escalon, CA)
2023 Ridership: 717
September 2025 "One Route Wonders" entry
A diagram of the I-Line shuttle serving Inglewood, CA
Happy October!
On the first of every month, I will feature a "One Route Wonder"- an agency featuring only one route. These will be pulled from the NTD's "reduced reporters" rather than the full reporters we have usually been posting.
(6/144) I-Line Shuttle (Inglewood)
2023 Ridership: 292 (!)
A schematic diagram of bus routes in the Napa Valley in California
(5/144) The Vine (Napa Valley)
June 2025 Ridership
Local: 32,976
Regional: 4,123
Fun Fact: Napa is the only county in the San Francisco Bay Area that lacks regularly scheduled passenger rail service (barring the heritage Napa Valley Wine Train).
From Wikipedia: “Established in 2005, Beach Cities Transit was created to assume operation of lower-ridership routes previously managed by Los Angeles Metro.”
Oh I didn’t know that! I guess Wikipedia was wrong on this one…
A diagram illustrating bus and rail routes around Redondo Beach, CA
(4/144) Beach Cities Transit
June 2025 Ridership: 18,728
Fun Fact: Beach Cities Transit was created to take over the operation of two former LA Metro routes.
(3/144) Turlock Transit
June 2025 Ridership: 25,402
Fun Fact: Although Amtrak serves the nearby city of Denair, Turlock retains a historic train depot built by the Southern Pacific Railroad. It is currently being used as a bar.
A map of the four bus routes that serve Fairfield, CA Fun Fact source: https://web.archive.org/web/20201123110619/https://www.dailyrepublic.com/featured-stories/new-community-column-kicks-off-with-memories-of-famed-fart/attachment/fart-bus/
(2/144) Fairfield and Suisun Transit (FAST)
June 2025 Ridership: 11,124
Fun Fact: FAST's predecessor was known as Fairfield Area Rapid Transit... yeah...
Ridership in June 2025 was 24,711
EDIT: 144 bus agencies
A diagram of the five bus routes that serve Petaluma, CA.
According to the USDOT's National Transit Database, there are 141 bus operating agencies in California.
For Transit Month 2025, I will begin posting selected diagrams from various agencies.
(1/144) Petaluma Transit
Fun fact: they are the 2nd bus agency in CA to eliminate fares
Happy Labor Day!
Hello! If you saw one of our bus maps outside and scanned the funny QR code on it, it would mean a lot if you filled out a quick survey on how we can improve!
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