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 A Hydrogen Fuel Bus at the CSUB Transit Center | |
| Parent | Golden Empire Transit District |
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| Founded | 1973 |
| Headquarters | 1830 Golden State Avenue |
| Locale | Bakersfield, California |
| Service area | Greater Bakersfield |
| Service type | bus service |
| Routes | 16 |
| Stops | 1,600 |
| Hubs | Downtown Transit Center Southwest Transit Center Bakersfield College CSUB |
| Fleet | 90 standard CNG buses 10 Hydrogen Buses 49 On-Demand vehicles |
| Daily ridership | 11,800 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[1] |
| Annual ridership | 3,531,400 (2023)[2] |
| Fuel type | CNG, Hydrogen fuel |
| Website | getbus |
Golden Empire Transit is the operator of mass transportation in Bakersfield, California. There are 16 routes serving Greater Bakersfield, which includes both the City of Bakersfield and adjacent unincorporated communities. Since 2005, almost the entire bus fleet has been powered by compressed natural gas. In 2021, 5 hydrogen buses were added to the fleet, with an additional 5 planned for purchase in the future. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 3,531,400, or about 11,800 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.
The government agency is an independent transit agency and is not directly associated with either the City of Bakersfield or the County of Kern. However, it co-ordinates with both the city and county, as well as the Kern Council of Governments (which represents most local governments in the county). It is also the direct descendant of the Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway, which originally provided streetcar service to the city.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.