Santa Rosa CityBus is a public transportation agency providing bus service in the northern California city of Santa Rosa. It provides service for over 2.8 million passenger trips annually as of 2010.
Routes A total of 18 routes are operated by Santa Rosa CityBus, most of them operating in loops (usually in a clockwise direction). Note that streets and areas indicated in italics means that the area is served by a one-way loop, not a return service.
On May 21, 2017, Santa Rosa City Bus was scheduled to adjust its network significantly as a result of the agency's Reimagining Project, held in collaboration with the City of Santa Rosa and its residents.
The routes below are valid since May 2017.
Route Main road/area served Attractions served Primary terminal/s 1 Mendocino Avenue/Coddingtown Mall Santa Rosa Junior College, Mendocino Marketplace, Kaiser Hospital, Northside Transfer Center (for Coddingtown Mall) Santa Rosa Transit Mall, Northside Transfer Center2/2B Sebastopol Road/Corporate Center Railroad Square, Santa Rosa Industrial Park West, Stony Point Plaza, Northpoint Business Park, Corporate Center Santa Rosa Transit Mall Sebastopol Road/North Wright Road Santa Rosa Plaza, Railroad Square, Santa Rosa Industrial Park West, Stony Point Plaza, Sam Jones Hall 3 Santa Rosa Avenue Downtown, Santa Rosa Marketplace, Santa Rosa Town Center Santa Rosa Transit Mall 4/4B Rincon Valley/Mission Blvd/Calistoga Road Downtown, Eastside Transfer Station (for Montgomery Village), Montecito Shopping Center, St. Francis Shopping Center Santa Rosa Transit Mall 5 Petaluma Hill Road Downtown, Santa Rosa Marketplace Santa Rosa Transit Mall 6 Fulton Road Railroad Square, Stony Point Plaza, A Place to Play Park, Fulton Marketplace, Youth Community Park, Rosewood Village Shopping Center, Schulz Museum, Coddingtown Mall Santa Rosa Transit Mall, Northside Transfer Center 7 Montgomery Village/Coddingtown Mall Coddingtown Mall, Mendocino Center, Santa Rosa Junior College, Flamingo One Stop Center, Eastside Transfer Station, Montgomery Village Northside Transfer Center 8 Bennett Valley Santa Rosa YMCA, Flamingo One Stop Center, Eastside Transfer Station, Montgomery Village, Sutter Warrack Hospital, Annadel Shopping Center, Bennett Valley Shopping Center, Mayette Shopping Center Santa Rosa Transit Mall9/9E West Ninth Street/Finley Community Center Railroad Square, Westside Transfer Center (for Finley Community Center) Santa Rosa Transit Mall West Ninth Street/E Street Clockwise loop: Railroad Square, Westside Transfer Center (for Finley Community Center) 10 Coddingtown Mall/Coffey Lane Santa Rosa Plaza, Northside Transfer Station, Coddingtown Mall, Schulz Museum, KMART Northside Center, Round Barn Boulevard, Kaiser Hospital, Golden Gate Transit Terminal Santa Rosa Transit Mall, Northside Transfer Center 12 Roseland Railroad Square, Auto Mall, Department of Motor Vehicles, Southside Transfer Center, Santa Rosa Industrial Park West Santa Rosa Transit Mall, Southside Transfer Center 15 Stony Point Road Coddingtown Mall, Marlow Shopping Center, Finley Community Center, Westside Transfer Center, Stony Point Business Park, Stony Point Center, Southside Transfer Center Northside Transfer Center, Southside Transfer Center16 Oakmont Shuttle West Operates in the western part of Oakmont, shuttling passengers between Berger Center, West Recreation Center, and several malls (Saint Francis Center, Montgomery Village, Montecito Shopping Center, and CVS Pharmacy (at Farmers Lane)). Berger Center Oakmont Shuttle East Operates in the eastern part Oakmont, shuttling passengers between Berger Center, East Recreation Center, West Golf Course, and several malls (Saint Francis Center, Montgomery Village, Montecito Shopping Center, and CVS Pharmacy (at Farmers Lane)). 18 East Circulator Senior Center, Sonoma County Fairgrounds (Park-and-Ride), Farmers Lane Plaza, Eastside Transfer Center (for Montgomery Village), Mayette Shopping Center Santa Rosa Transit Mall 19 North Circulator/Chanate Rd/Guerneville Road Coddingtown Mall, Mendocino Center, Fountaingrove Golf Course, Westside Transfer Center, Marlow Shopping Center, Fulton Marketplace Northside Transfer Center
15-minute service on entire route. 15-minute service for a section of this route. 15-minute service where combined with route 5. 15-minute service where combined with route 3. Operates on weekdays only. Route 9E operates during school bell times only. Route 10 Round Barn Blvd. loop operates on weekdays only. Route 7 and 19 currently don't operate.
Transit Mall and transfer centers
The downtown Transit Mall, a segment of Second Street between Santa Rosa Avenue and B Street, is the main transfer point for several bus agencies, including Sonoma County Transit, Golden Gate Transit,transfers-within and Mendocino Transit Authority, and most CityBus routes begin and end their trips there.
In May 2000, the city opened the Westside Transfer Center as an additional transfer point, where Routes 3, 6, and 15 make stops. There are also several transfer centers within the city, including:
Northside Transfer Center - at Range Avenue & Steele Lane, near Coddingtown Mall. Transfer point for Routes 1, 6, 7, 10, 15, and 19. Eastside Transfer Center - at Sonoma Avenue & Farmers Lane, across Montgomery Village. Transfer point for Routes 4, 4B, 7, 8, and 18. Southside Transfer Center - at Hearn Avenue & Burbank Avenue, near Roseland. Transfer point for Routes 12 and 15. Westside Transfer Center - at Stony Point Road & W College Avenue, near Finley Community Center. Transfer point for Routes 9, 15, and 19.
Fleet Active Fleetnumber(s)ThumbnailBuilddateManufacturerModelEngineTransmissionNotes24113-241192011NFIXDE40Cummins ISL9BAE Systems HDS 200 hybrid system24403-244082014NFIXD40Cummins ISL9Allison B400R24606-246092016NFIXD40Cummins ISL9Allison B400R24504-245092025GilligLow Floor Plus EV 40'24817-24818 2017ElDoradoAxess BRTCummins L9Voith D864.624819-248202018ElDoradoAxess BRTCummins L9Voith D864.624200-242032022ProterraZX5 HVIP powered (hybrid and zero-emission) Inactive since late 202524419-244202024FordE-450 Cutaway vans serving Routes 16 and 1824918-249232019GilligLow Floor HEV 40'Cummins L9Allison hybrid systemex-Golden Gate Transit 1900 series, leased from August 2025
Retired This roster is incomplete. Fleetnumber(s)ThumbnailBuilddateManufacturerModelEngineTransmissionNotes001-0062000NFID40LFDetroit Diesel Series 50 EGRAllison B400R002, 003 & 005 pulled from service in 2017. 001, 004 & 006 returned to service in early 2018 and pulled from service in April 20190081999Thomas DennisSLF 230Cummins ISBAllisonAuctioned off as a non-runner on June 28, 2014. Bought by TransMetro Inc.; to San Francisco State University S02.021-0252002GilligLow Floor 40'(G27D102N4)Cummins ISLVoith D864.3E0262002GilligLow Floor 29'(G27E102R2)Cummins ISLVoith D864.3E1031960GMCTGH-3102GMC 2701051960GMCTGH-3102GMC 270106-1071964GMCTGH-3501GMC 451GMC Hydramatic1081966GMCTGH-3501GMC 451GMC Hydramatic1091968GMCTGH-3502GMC 4513402003OBIOrion VCummins ISMAllison B500R701-7022007CCWPhantom 35'Gasoline-Electric HybridFord Triton V10ISE ThunderVolt hybrid systemEx 911-912; refurbished 1991 Gillig Phantom (3596TB6V92TA).ci.santa-rosa.ca.us 702 was auctioned off as a non-runner on August 22, 2015; more than likely scrapped. 701 was also more than likely scrapped.814-8162008GilligBRT HEV 29'Cummins ISLAllison EP40Retired in 2025831-8391983Grumman Flxible870(35096-6T)Detroit Diesel 6V92TAAllison V730Delivered in May 1983. 831 & an unknown unit were bought by a private owner/GTMC Express and were used for the Watsonville County Fair. They were listed on Craigslist in Hollister, CA on 8/22/2018. 834 was bought by a private owner in Davis, CA. It was still regularly seen around the area as of 2016.www.flickr.comwww.facebook.com841-8461984GilligPhantom 35'(35TB966V92)Detroit Diesel 6V92TAAllison HT-747842 & 841 to Waukesha Metro Transit 139-140. 843 was bought by Academy of Truck Driving in Oakland, CA and became 7. It was last spotted active in April 2014;www.facebook.comwww.facebook.com however, it was spotted in their yard intact on 11/26/2017.871-8745/1987GilligPhantom 35'(3596TB6V92T)Detroit Diesel 6V92TAAllison HT-747911-9121991GilligPhantom 35'(3596TB6V92TA)Detroit Diesel 6V92TAAllison HT-748Both units became 701-702 around late 2007.914-9172009NFI GE40LFRFord Triton V10ISE ThunderVolt hybrid systemSold to Gardena Municipal Bus Lines 2915-2918 in 2013.9801-98131998NFID40LF Detroit Diesel Series 50Allison B400RRetired in 2014 & 2016. 9803, 9804 & 9809 to Petaluma Transit 43, 42, 41 in early 2014. 9806 retired in 2014 and was auctioned off as a non-runner on June 28, 2014; bought by Complete Coach Works in Los Angeles, CA for parts. 9802, 9807, 9808 & 9811 (damaged in an accident) were auctioned off as non-runners on June 25, 2016. 9801, 9805 & 9810 retired in July–August 2016 and were auctioned off on August 20, 2016. 9805 was bought by McCloud And Picchi Enterprises Inc. DBA Thunderstar Stages in Windsor, CA. It was painted grey and has been spotted multiple times in the Sonoma and Santa Rosa areas throughout 2017.safer.fmcsa.dot.govwww.facebook.com/ThunderstarStageswww.facebook.com 9812's & 9813's fates remain unknown.
Paratransit
Santa Rosa Paratransit, the paratransit arm of Santa Rosa CityBus and the city of Santa Rosa, provides dial-a-ride (i.e. curb to curb) transportation services within the Santa Rosa city limits and the unincorporated Roseland area.Santa Rosa Paratransit Eligibility requirements require the passenger's disability prevents him/her from using fixed route transit (Santa Rosa CityBus or other transit systems). MV Transportation is the contractor of all paratransit services in Santa Rosa.
One of CityBus' routes, Route 16 (Oakmont Shuttles), picks up Oakmont residents who are ADA Paratransit Certified at their homes for free to take them to and from locations within Oakmont. It also lets residents to get a ride home for free as well. They can go on the daily shopping trips to: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays - St. Francis Center (Safeway) Tuesdays - Montgomery Village Wednesdays - Montecito Shopping Center (Oliver’s Market) Thursdays - CVS Pharmacy (Farmer’s Lane)
It works as the Route 16 bus that serves Oakmont. However, as the bus travels along its regular route, it simply makes small detours to pick up ADA Paratransit Certified Oakmont residents at their homes, and then return to the regular route.
Reservations are accepted up to seven days in advance or between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. on the same day as the ride. Reservations are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.
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