| Founded | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Fresno California |
| Locale | Central California |
| Service area | Fresno |
| Service type | bus service, paratransit, bus rapid transit |
| Routes | 20 |
| Fleet | 100+ |
| Daily ridership | 49,452 |
| Fuel type | Diesel, Hybrid, CNG |
| Operator | 276 |
| Chief executive | Kenneth Hamm |
| Web site | FAX |
The Fresno Area Express or FAX, is a bus line in Fresno, California. The line has over 100 buses and 20 fixed routes as of May 2008.[1] FAX offers free transfers as well as wheelchair lifts and bike racks on all buses.[2]
FAX fixed routes run from as far south as Malaga to Children's Hospital Central California in the north. Lines also run as far east as Fowler Avenue in Clovis, and as far west as Polk Avenue near Highway 99 in western Fresno.[3]
FAX has paratransit operations called Handy Ride. Handy Ride is operated by a private contractor, MV Transportation.
FAX will begin a trial implementation of a Bus Rapid Transit system on the Blackstone and Ventura/Kings Caynon transit corridors after it receives funding from the Federal Transit Administration Small Start fund.
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The public transportation system in Fresno started in January 1889. This was a horse car line. By 1926 Fulton Street was the hub of Fresno's business section. It had replaced Fresno and Mariposa Streets for commercial buildings and in so doing eliminated Fresno's only Nob Hill, all four feet of it. The streetcar era, which began in May 1887, on J Street, was one of three streetcar lines in the young city. In 1901 the Fresno City Railway Company merged the three and in the spring of 1903 the Fresno Traction Company, then the owners, converted the lines to electricity. These electric streetcars operated on approximately 42 miles of track by the mid-twenties. The electric streetcars were used until 1939, when the transit company replaced them with buses.[4]