The Santa Rosa Transit Mall is a major transfer point for several bus routes serving the city of

Santa Rosa, California Santa Rosa ( Spanish for " Saint Rose") is a city and the county seat of Sonoma County, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area in California. Its estimated 2019 population was 178,127. It is the largest city in California's Wine Country and ...

, located in

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, north of

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, in the

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. From the Transit Mall, passengers can travel throughout Santa Rosa and Sonoma County, plus destinations that connect the city with the rest of the

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and the

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Description

250px, Overview of the Transit Mall. Map is not to scale. Santa Rosa Transit Mall serves as a transit hub for two major bus companies serving Sonoma County: * Santa Rosa CityBus - mainly serving within Santa Rosa's city limits *

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- serves Santa Rosa with several other communities in the county Other agencies that serve the Transit Mall include: *

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- to Marin County and

* Mendocino Transit Authority - to the Sonoma Coast and

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Location

The Santa Rosa Transit Mall is located along Second Street (between B Street and Santa Rosa Avenue), configured as a set of bus stops within the city block. Its location being close to downtown and across from Santa Rosa Plaza allows passengers to work, shop, dine, and relax within the Transit Mall's vicinity. Its proximity also to

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and CA 12 allows commuters from Sonoma County and other locations to drive to the Transit Mall for commuter buses beyond Santa Rosa.

Agencies and routes serving the transit mall

Valley of the Moon Commute Club website
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, which provides connections between Santa Rosa and the rest of the country, and Sonoma County Airport Express that provides connections between Santa Rosa and two Bay Area airports ( SFO and

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), do not stop at the Transit Mall; instead, these services stop at a hotel south of downtown. The city is also on the main route of the future

Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) is a rail line and bicycle-pedestrian pathway project in Sonoma and Marin counties of the U.S. state of California. When completed, the entire system will serve a corridor between Cloverdale in north ...

service, but, the railway station will not be built at the Transit Mall; instead, it will be built at Historic Downtown (Railroad Square),SMART - Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit : Santa Rosa
/ref> in which service from the Transit Mall is currently provided by Santa Rosa CityBus.

Features

Being the main transfer point in Santa Rosa, the transit mall offers two area platforms on either side of Second Street, being the North Platform and South Platform, which allows passengers to transfer between buses easily. A multi-story parking lot (

park-and-ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system (rap ...

) is available just next to the Transit Mall, allowing commuters and visitors to drive from Sonoma County and beyond to park and ride their commuter buses or shop at nearby downtown and Santa Rosa Plaza. Other features include: * Disabled access throughout the Transit Mall * Hotels, shops, banks, and services located at: ** Downtown ** Historic Downtown ** Santa Rosa Plaza ** Brickyard Shopping Center * Close proximity to: ** Juilliard Park **

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(at Santa Rosa Ave. & Charles) ** Santa Rosa City Hall (one block south) **

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(Santa Rosa Campus, three blocks north)

Notes

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Description

Location

Agencies and routes serving the transit mall

Features

See also

Notes