 | |
.JPG) | |
| Parent | San Mateo County Transit District |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 1, 1976 |
| Headquarters | 1250 San Carlos Ave. San Carlos, California |
| Locale | San Francisco Peninsula |
| Service area | San Mateo County |
| Service type | bus service, express bus, paratransit |
| Routes | 66 |
| Fleet | 296 |
| Daily ridership | 33,600 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[1] |
| Annual ridership | 9,487,600 (2023)[2] |
| Operator | |
| Website | samtrans |
SamTrans (stylized as samTrans; officially the San Mateo County Transit District) is a public transport agency in and around San Mateo, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It provides bus service throughout San Mateo County and into portions of San Francisco and Palo Alto. SamTrans also operates commuter shuttles to BART stations and community shuttles. Service is largely concentrated on the east side of the Santa Cruz Mountains, and, in the central county, I-280, leaving coast-side service south of Pacifica spotty and intermittent.[7]
SamTrans is constituted as a special district under California state law. It is governed by a board of nine appointed members; two county Supervisors, one "transportation expert" appointed by the county Board of Supervisors, three city council members appointed by the cities in the county to represent the county's judicial districts, and three citizens appointed by the other six board members (including one from the coastside).
The district was established in 1976 and consolidated eleven different municipal bus systems serving the county. One year later, SamTrans began operation of mainline bus service to San Francisco. Shuttle service began in 2000.[8]
In addition to fixed-route bus and paratransit operations, the district participates in the administration of the San Jose-San Francisco commuter rail line Caltrain. SamTrans also provides administrative support for the San Mateo County Transportation Authority, a separate board charged with administering the half-cent (0.5 percent) sales tax levy that funds highway and transit improvement projects.
In 2023, the system had a ridership of 9,487,600, or about 33,600 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Transparency in service delivery" (PDF). MV Transportation. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "MV Transportation Selected to Continue Operation of SamTrans CUB Service" (PDF) (Press release). MV Transportation. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Weigel, Samantha (28 April 2015). "Shuttle provider suing SamTrans: Parking Company of America claiming transit agency erred in denying contract". San Mateo Daily Journal. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "First Transit Awarded SamTrans New Redi-Wheels Service Contract" (Press release). First Transit. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Angelica Pence (12 May 2000). "SamTrans to Add Shuttle Service Along the Coast New route around Half Moon Bay". the San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
SRTP-2014was invoked but never defined (see the help page).