VINE Transit is a

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service in

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; it is managed under the Napa Valley Transportation Authority and operated by

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. The system offers extensive service throughout the

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along with providing connections to other public transportation systems in adjacent counties. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .

Service coverage

The Napa VINE provides services to the following cities, towns, and communities:

: *

American Canyon American Canyon (previously known as Napa Junction) is a city located in southern Napa County, California, northeast of San Francisco, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. The 2020 census reported the city's population as 21,837. Its ZIP Code ...

* Napa * Yountville *

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* Calistoga

Solano County Solano County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 453,491. The county seat is Fairfield. Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which i ...

: * Vallejo * Fairfield * Suisun

Sonoma County Sonoma County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 488,863. Its county seat and largest city is Santa Rosa. It is to the north of Marin County and the south of Mendocino ...

: * Sonoma Contra Costa County: * El Cerrito

Schedules

All Napa VINE services do not operate on the following holidays: * New Year's Day *

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* Independence Day (July 4) * Labor Day *

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* Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, if it falls on a Sunday However, these services operate on Saturday schedules on other holidays, including: *

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* Day after Thanksgiving * Christmas Eve * New Year's Eve On other holidays, (i.e.

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), trips operate on normal weekday schedules.

Fleet and livery

The VINE Transit branded fleet is made of the following types of coaches:

Active

Discontinued

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RTS-03 (phased out in early 2013) *

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Diesel-electric hybrid 35' Restyled

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( DE35LFR) and Diesel-electric 40' low-floor (DE40LF) Newer buses are grey colored with the current VINE logo displayed along the middle of the bus. Most buses are painted white with the previous VINE logo printed on the side of the bus. However, the DE40LF buses offer artwork promoting VINE's environmentally friendly features; these buses were also wrapped to promote the Spare the Air program. In addition, a number of

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buses exclusive to Route 21 are wrapped in advertising promoting that route. Previously, the livery was simply a green bordered red horizontal stripe with " City of Napa" written near the front in white letters. VINE Go and the Calistoga Shuttle uses

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-based ElDorado National Aerolite cutaways. The Yountville Trolley features a Hometown Trolley Mainstreet

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that is painted green on red.

Routes

VINE Transit in Napa County currently operates a hybrid fixed-route an
on-demand system
in the City of Napa and five regional routes which provides connections between other bus systems and

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an
Amtrak
Express routes are subject to additional fares.

Shuttle brands

VINE manages and operates a number of deviated fixed-route or

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bus services in other cities and towns in the county using different brand names. * '
American Canyon Transit
'' (ACT) is a deviated fixed-route service in

that operates two routes; one for peak service and another for normal service. ACT connects with SolTrans Route 1, and VINE Routes 11 and 29. * '
Calistoga Shuttle
'' is an on-demand

dial-a-ride Demand-responsive transport (DRT), also known as demand-responsive transit, demand-responsive service,
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service that operates within Calistoga. It connects to VINE Route 10 * '
St. Helena Shuttle
'' is an on-demand dial-a-ride service that operates a route within the city of

. It connects to VINE Route 10. * '
Yountville Trolley
'' is a deviated fixed route service that operates a north-south route in the city of Yountville. It connects to VINE Route 10.

Fares, transfers, and passes

To board a VINE

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, a passenger must either present a

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, transfer slip or pay a cash fare. VINE offers discount passes in 31-day and 20-ride formats. A 31-day pass offers unlimited rides for 31 consecutive days from the first day of use on regular routes (1 through 25); there are two separate types of 31-day passes for Route 29. For 20-ride passes, one use is used to board a regular bus, while uses differ on Routes 29 and 21. Transfer slips are issued to passengers who pay cash fare or use punch passes. They are used to transfer from one regular route to another without the need to pay an additional fare or punch; however a transfer is not valid between Routes 10 and 11. They can be used on express buses for an additional charge. Since 2014, Clipper Cards are accepted and various 31-day passes can be loaded onto the card. If nothing is presented, a cash fare must be paid.

References

External links

* {{Transdev Bus transportation in California Public transportation in Napa County, California Public transportation in Sonoma County, California Public transportation in Solano County, California St. Helena, California Yountville, California Transdev 1998 establishments in California