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Santa Barbara County Transit Services
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AMTRAK:
The Pacific Surfliner offers five trains a day coming into Santa Barbara
from the south, with two continuing to San Luis Obispo. It has modern
bi-level cars with panoramic windows, reclining seats with footrests,
outlets for laptops, and bike and surfboard racks (some trains may still
require bikes to be boxed). View Amtrak's latest
schedules
and
routes for Pacific Surfliner and
Coast
Starlight, or call 1-800-USA-RAIL. Efforts to improve rail include
Santa Barbara On-TRAC (short term) and
101 in Motion
(long term).
DISCOUNT TICKETS: Check out Amtrak's 50% discounted
10-Ride Multi-Ride discounts and
costs for
Oxnard/Ventura to SB/Goleta. Amtrak also offers one-time 20% discount
tickets for the Amtrak® Pacific Surfliner® and San Joaquins® trains
through
Santa Barbara Car Free. |
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Breeze:
Weekday commuter bus service linking Santa Maria, Vandenberg AFB and
Lompoc. 12 trips each weekday! $2 cash fare, $10 and $20 value
cards, and $75 monthly passes. Passes and value cards can be purchased in Santa Maria, VAFB,
and Lompoc, with additional value card sales on the bus. Call
1-800-417-2137 for more information. |
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Central
Coast Shuttle to LAX: Santa Maria,
Buellton, Santa Barbara, Ventura, LAX |
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Chumash
Casino Bus: Shuttles serving the Chumash
Casino from Santa Maria, Lompoc, and Goleta.
1-800-CHUMASH. |
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Clean Air Express: A weekday commuter bus
program serving residents of Northern Santa Barbara County (Lompoc
and Santa Maria) commuting to their jobs in Goleta and Santa Barbara,
providing a fast, convenient, and money-saving way to get to work.
Fares are $150 for a monthly pass, $50 for a 10-Ride pass, and $7 cash
for a single ride. Passes can be purchased at the City of Lompoc (COLT)
office, the Santa Maria Area Transit (SMAT) office, the MTD Transit
Center in Santa Barbara, or through the mail. For
more information, visit the CAE website or call 692-1902. |
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Coastal Express:
Provides daily
service between Oxnard, Ventura, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara and, during
peak hours, Goleta and UCSB. Fares are $90 per calendar month or $2.50 per ride. Call
800-438-1112 or visit
VISTA for complete
route and schedule information. A print friendly PDF
of the schedule will be posted soon. |
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COLT (City of Lompoc
Transit)
Serving Lompoc, Vandenberg Village
and Mission Hills. Regular one-way fares are $1.25
(within the City of Lompoc) and $2.00 (outside the City). Monthly
passes are available for $40 (unlimited use within the City) and $60 (unlimited
use outside the City). For more information call
736-7666.|
NEW -
Wine Country Express provides service between Lompoc, Buellton, and
Solvang for $2. |
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Easy
Lift:
Provides Dial-A-Ride service between Ellwood and
Summerland. Restricted to disabled individuals who are not able to
use MTD and fares are $2. To make reservations,
call 681-1181 |
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Greyhound:
Provides several inter-city bus trips
daily between San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and
Los Angeles. For fares and schedules click
here or call
1-800-231-2222. |
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Guadalupe Flyer:
Providing service between Guadalupe and Santa Maria. Regular one-way
fare is $1.50. Monthly passes are available for $45. For more
information, call 922-8476.
Guadalupe
Shuttle: Providing transportation anywhere within
the city of Guadalupe, Monday through Friday. Regular one-way far is
$0.50.
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MTD (Santa Barbara
Metropolitan Transit District):
Serving
Carpinteria, Summerland, Santa Barbara and Goleta.
Regular one-way fare is $1.75 and ten-ride passes may be
purchased for $11.50. MTD also operates the Downtown-Waterfront
Shuttle, with service along State Street and Cabrillo Blvd. The shuttle
fare is 25 cents each way. For more information, call 963-3366. |
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RTA-Route 10
(San
Luis Obispo): Serving Santa Maria, Nipomo,
Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo. Fares
range from $1 to $2.75, depending on distance traveled. For more information,
call 805-541-2228. |
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Santa Barbara Air Bus to LAX: Goleta, Santa
Barbara, Carpinteria, and LAX |
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Santa
Ynez Valley Transit:
Serving Santa Ynez,
Buellton, and Solvang. Regular one-way fare is $1.50.
Dial-A-Ride service for seniors. For more information, call 688-5452. |
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Silverado Coast Flyer (LAX/Cruise Ship
Shuttle)::3
trips per day, serving the Central and South Coast from Cal Poly to
Long Beach. Stops in Cal Poly, SLO, Pismo Beach, Santa Maria,
Buellton, Santa Barbara, LAX, San Pedro, and Long Beach. Fares
range from $19 - $59, depending on length of travel. |
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SMAT
(Santa Maria Area Transit):
Serving Santa Maria, Orcutt and Tanglewood. Regular passes are $1.25 ($1
for students and only $.60 for seniors and persons with disabilities). SMAT also provides
ADA paratransit services: $1.25 per ride, must be ADA eligible and submit
application. For more information, call 805-928-5624. |
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Smooth (Los Alamos Shuttle):
Departing from Ferrini Park and the East
Side Mobile Home Park on Tuesday and Saturday twice each day, the
Shuttle will take you ANYWHERE IN SANTA MARIA! Just tell the
driver where you want to go, sit back and relax! Call 922-8476
for more information. SMOOTH also has a
Health Shuttle
with service to Santa Barbara.
Download:
Flyer
English
Brochure
Spanish Brochure
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SuperRide |
SuperRide: Santa Barbara Airport shuttle and tours.
204 Moffett Place, Goleta, CA 93117
(805) 683-9636
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Valley
Express: MTD
also operates commuter express bus service between
Solvang & Buellton and the Hollister corridor in Goleta and downtown Santa Barbara.
The Valley Express is a comfortable commuter style coach and offers
a great way to save money for anyone commuting from the Santa Ynez
valley. The cash
fare is $5,
a 10-Ride Pass is $50,
and a
30-Day Pass is
$160 and valid on all MTD services. |
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NEW -
Wine Country Express provides service between Lompoc, Buellton, and
Solvang for $2. |
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