Origins of the VVTA
VVTA operates local fixed-route, county commuter (discontinued in 2005), and ADA complementary paratransit bus services in the Victor Valley area. It has a maintenance facility located in Hesperia. The service structure consists of 23 local fixed and deviated routes, 3 County routes and ADA complementary paratransit service. VVTA was established through a Joint Powers Authority in 1991. The JPA includes the four cities of Adelanto, Apple Valley, Hesperia and Victorville and certain unincorporated portions of the County of San Bernardino including Oro Grande, Helendale, Lucerne Valley, Phelan, Piñon Hills, Wrightwood. Service is also provided to Barstow and Fort Irwin. The Fort Irwin service is branded as the NTC Commuter. The Board of Directors includes council members from the above cities and the San Bernardino 1st District Supervisor. Since 1998, the Board has held a management contract with McDonald Transit Associates, Inc. for administration of the system. In January 2005, the operations contract for all transit service in the Victor Valley area was consolidated under a separate contract with ATC (later Veoila, now Transdev). In 2018,Barstow Area Transit
Barstow Area Transit formerly ran the transportation service in Barstow and surrounding areas of San Bernardino County, including the communities of Hinkley, Lenwood, Grandview, Yermo, Harvard, Daggett and Newberry Springs. It was merged into VVTA in 2015. MV Transportation, Inc. was contracted by the city to operate Barstow Area Transit. Barstow Area Transit operated Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and on the weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m; the system carried more than 144,000 passengers each year. The system featured three routes: Central Barstow, which was called Route 1 while running as a clockwise loop and Route 2 while running counterclockwise; West Barstow/Grandview/Lenwood, which was called Route 3 while running clockwise and Route 4 while running counterclockwise; and Hwy 58 which traveled crosstown as Route 5.Routes
VVTA routes include Fixed, County, Intercity, and Commuter. County routes and some Fixed Routes can deviate as far as 3/4 mile to pick up passengers. County routes serve outlying rural areas. In August 2021, all routes at Lorene and 7th were moved to the Victor Valley Transportation Center (VVTC). On Sunday, October 2, 2022 VVTA returned to full-service. Routes 1-9 are Barstow routes; 10-19 are Intercity routes; 20-29 are County routes; 30-39 are Routes primarily in Adelanto; 40-49 are Apple Valley, 50-59 are Victorville, 60-69 are Hesperia, and 100 series are the NTC Commuter. All routes operate 7 days a week except 50X (Monday-Thursday) and 111-118 (Weekdays only).Routes
* 1 - Barstow City Hall-Walmart * 2 - Barstwow City Hall-Barstow College * 3 - Barstow City Hall-Lenwood * 15 - Barstow-VVTC-San Bernardino * 21P - Hesperia Super Target-Pinon Hills via Phelan * 21W - Hesperia Super Target-Wrightwood via Phelan * 22 - Helendale-VVTC * 23 - Apple Valley-Lucerne Valley * 25 - Hesperia Post Office-Hesperia Super Target via Ranchero Rd * 28 - Barstow City Hall-Helendale * 29 - Barstow City Hall-Newberry Springs * 31 - VVTC-Highway 395 & Palmdale via South Adelanto * 32 - VVTC-North Adelanto * 33 - Highway 395 & Palmdale-Bartlett & Greening (Deviation) * 40 - Apple Valley Post Office-Walmart (Deviation) * 41 - Apple Valley Post Office-VVTC * 42 - Victor Valley College-Publioc Safety Training Center * 43 - Apple Valley Post Office-Victor Valley College * 47 - Apple Valley Post Office-Bear Valley & Kiowa (Deviation) * 50 - VVTC-Hesperia Post Office * 50X - VVTC-Victor Valley College Express * 52 - VVTC-Victor Valley Mall * 53 - Victor Valley College-Victor Valley Mall * 54 - Highway 395 & Palmdale-Victor Valley Mall (Deviation) * 55 - VVTC-Victor Valley College * 56 - VVTC-Lorene & 7th * 64 - Hesperia Post Office-Super Target * 66 - Hesperia East Deviation * 68 - Hesperia Post Office-Super Target via Main St * 111 - Barstow-Fort Irwin * 114 - Hesperia/Victorville-Fort Irwin * 115 - Helendale-Fort Irwin * 118 - Fort Irwin-Victorville/HesperiaMicro-Link
On Monday, October 3, 2022, Micro-Link was introduced in three zones - Zone 1 South Victorville; Zone 2 North Victorville, and Zone 3 Hesperia.Fleet
155-209, 1003-1009. 8188-8195 are used on Direct Access. 1011-1013 are used on the new Micro-Link service.Governance
Victor Valley Transit Authority is administered by a Board of Directors, consisting of five Members (each with an alternate). The four board members from the cities are elected council persons assigned to VVTA by their respective city councils. The fifth Board member is the San Bernardino 1st District Supervisor (generally a staff person or the supervisor represents the county as the alternate). The Board is required under the JPA Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to meet at least one time each quarter of each fiscal year. Board meetings are generally monthly in Hesperia, with every third meeting in Barstow. All meetings are held in compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act. Board meetings are presided by the Board-appointed Chair. The board of directors is responsible for such acts as adopting the budget, approving route and schedule changes, public hearings as required, appointing the CEO/General Manager, appointing a technical advisory committee, establishing policy, and adopting rules and regulations for the conduct of business. The VVTA Technical Advisory (TAC) committee is the working group for the VVTA Board. It is composed of a staff member from each of the cities and County who is generally appointed by the City Manager, County Supervisor. The TAC takes direction from the Board to make recommendations on policy issues. In addition, TAC reviews monthly all suggested Board agenda items and decides on what actions to recommend to the Board for approval.References
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