The Fairfield Transportation Center or FTC is a bus station in Fairfield, California, United States. The facility serves as a bus hub for transportation on local, commuter, and long-distance bus services. There are plans to expand the center. Casual carpooling is also practiced here.

Transit

The hub is served by

Fairfield and Suisun Transit Fairfield and Suisun Transit (FAST) provides general public fixed route bus service through eight local and two intercity/commuter routes. All FAST buses are wheelchair accessible and most are equipped with bike racks. In , the system had a ride ...

(FAST) bus service predominantly.

Solano Express SolanoExpress is a public transit network of regional express buses connecting Solano County, California to Contra Costa County (across the Carquinez Strait) and the Sacramento Valley. It is managed by the Solano Transportation Authority and ope ...

intercity commuter routes also stop here. FAST operates the Blue Line north to Sacramento (Davis on weekends) and south to

Walnut Creek station Walnut Creek station is an elevated Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in Walnut Creek, California, served by the . The station is located north of downtown Walnut Creek, adjacent to Interstate 680 and near the Ygnacio Valley Road and Calif ...

Monday through Saturday. FAST also operates the Green Express Line south to

El Cerrito del Norte station El Cerrito del Norte station (''North Hillock'' in Spanish) is a BART station located off Cutting Boulevard near San Pablo Avenue and Interstate 80 in El Cerrito, California. The station serves as a regional transit hub for local AC Transit bu ...

Monday through Friday.

SolTrans SolTrans, officially Solano County Transit, is a Joint Powers Authority that provides public transportation service to the southern Solano County cities of Vallejo and Benicia. SolTrans was established in 2011 and is the result of a merger bet ...

operates the Red Line to El Cerrito del Norte BART via Vallejo Monday through Saturday.

Rio Vista Delta Breeze Rio Vista Delta Breeze is a bus transit service based in Rio Vista, California. Service and operations It offers flex fixed-route local service in the cities of Rio Vista and Isleton in addition to commuter service to the Fairfield Transportati ...

operates Line 50 to the towns of Rio Vista and

Isleton Isleton is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States. The population was 804 at the 2010 census, down from 828 at the 2000 census. It is located on Andrus Island amid the slough wetlands of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, o ...

. Lastly

Napa VINE VINE Transit is a public transportation service in Napa County, California, United States; it is managed under the Napa Valley Transportation Authority and operated by Transdev. The system offers extensive service throughout the county along with ...

runs express bus route 21 to Napa.

History

The center was designed to "instill civic pride" and provide transit alternatives for the surrounding community. Parking is in high demand here and some people park in nearby shopping centers risking being towed. In 2012 the City of Fairfield planned on expanding the site by adding 1,000 more parking spaces and moving the

vanpool Vanpools or Vanpooling is an element of the transit system that allow groups of people to share the ride similar to a carpool, but on a larger scale with concurrent savings in fuel and vehicle operating costs and thus usually a lower cost to the ...

ing to a site 1/3 miles away. In 2015 parking fees were debated to mitigate overcrowding at the park and ride lot. There was even a petition by citizens to protested the US$50 a month parking fees with $5 daily parking; the city council was split on the decision. There is electric vehicle charging here provided by Tesla. In 2016 it was reported that a colorful glass styled 1,200 space parking garage was to be added by 2019. The city has struggled to find land that the public is approving of as fit for development of additional parking.Land sale could help transportation center
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References

External links

Transit Center MapTransit Unlimited
{{SFBAtransit, state=collapsed Fairfield, California Bus stations in Solano County, California Public transportation in Solano County, California