VINE Transit
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.jpg) VINE Transit bus parked at Vallejo Station | |
| Parent | Napa County Transportation & Planning Agency |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | 625 Burnell Street, Napa, CA |
| Service area | Napa County, California |
| Service type | bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 12 |
| Hubs | 3 |
| Stations | 1 |
| Operator | Veolia Transportation |
| Website | www.ridethevine.com |
VINE Transit (an acronym for Valley Intercity Neighborhood Express.[1]) is a public transportation service in Napa County, California, USA; it is managed under the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency and operated by Veolia Transportation. The system offers extensive service throughout the County along with providing connections to other public transportation systems in adjacent counties.
Service coverage
The Napa VINE provides services to the following cities, towns, and communities:
Napa County:
Solano County:
Sonoma County:
Contra Costa County
Schedules
All Napa VINE services do not operate on the following holidays:
- New Year's Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day (July 4)
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
- if Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve fall on a Sunday
However, these services operate on Saturday schedules on other holidays, including:
- President's Day
- Day after Thanksgiving
- Christmas Eve
- New Year's Eve
On other holidays (i.e. Columbus Day, Veterans Day), trips operate on normal weekday schedules.
Fleet and livery
The VINE Transit-branded fleet is made of the following types of coaches
Active
- New Flyer Industries Diesel-electric hybrid 35' Restyled low-floor (DE35LFR) and Diesel-electric 40' low-floor (DE40LF)
- Gillig Phantom 40'
- Chevrolet 3500-based Arboc Spirit of Mobility cutaway
- Orion International Orion V 40'
- ElDorado National Axess 35' and 40'
Discontinued
- Rapid Transit Series RTS-03 (phased out in early 2013)
Most buses are painted white with the 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 Spare the Air. In addition, a number of Gillig Phantom buses once exclusive to Route 29 were 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 Calistoga Shuttle use Ford-based ElDorado National Aerolite cutaways.
Yountville Trolley features a Hometown Trolley Mainstreet tourist trolley that is painted green on red.
Routes
VINE Transit in Napa operates a fixed-route system of eight local and three regional routes which provides connections between other bus systems and BART. Unless noted, Sunday service is not provided.
| Route | Destination | Service Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Browns Valley / Old Sonoma | |
| 2 | Outlets / Old Sonoma / Laurel | |
| 3 | South Napa Marketplace / Coombs | |
| 4 | Shetler / South Napa Marketplace | |
| 5 | Alta Heights | |
| 6 | Redwood Park and Ride / Sutherland | |
| 7 | Jefferson / Salvador | |
| 8 | Downtown / Redwood Park and Ride | |
| 10 | Napa Valley College / Calistoga | Sunday Service Provided |
| 11 | Napa / Vallejo | Sunday Service Provided |
| 21 | Napa / Fairfield / Suisun City | |
| 25 | Napa / Sonoma | |
| 29 | El Cerrito Del Norte BART | Express route, subject to additional fares. Monday-Friday service only. |
Shuttle brands
VINE manages and operates a number of deviated fixed-route or dial-a-ride bus services in other cities and towns using different brand names.
- American Canyon Transit (ACT) is a deviated fixed-route service in American Canyon 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 service that operates within Calistoga[2]
- St. Helena VINE is a deviated fixed route service that operates a route within the city of St. Helena.[3] It connects to VINE Routes 10 and 29.
- Yountville Trolley is a deviated fixed route service that operates a north-south route in the city of Yountville.[4] It connects to VINE Routes 10 and 29.
Fares, transfers, and passes
To board a VINE bus, a passenger must either provide a pass, transfer slip or pay a cash fare. VINE offers discount passes in 31-day and 20-punch 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. A punch pass offers offers 20 punches, where one punch is used to board a regular bus, while punches differ on Route 29. 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.[5] If no pass or transfer is presented, a cash fare must be paid. Below lists the fare and pass prices for routes 1 through 11, in USD.
| Fare type | Punch Pass | 31-day Pass | Cash fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adults (age 19-64) | $27.50 | $48.00 | $1.50 |
| Youth (age 6-18) | $20.00 | $33.00 | $1.00 |
| Senior (age 65+)/Disabled/ Medicare Cardholder |
$13.00 | $24.00 | $0.75 |
| Seniors age 90+ with Lifetime Pass/Children under 5 years | Free (up to two children .50 for each additional) | ||
- Route 25 fares are $1.50 for all fare types, however local passes can be used on the route.
Route 29 makes use of a different fare and pass system, where costs are determined on a passenger's boarding location and destination. VINE also provides day passes for unlimited rides for the day the pass indicates.
| Fare type | Punch Pass | Day Pass | 31-day Pass | 31-day BART Pass | Cash fare to Vallejo | Cash fare to El Cerrito |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults (age 19-64) | $27.50 | $5.00 | $60.00 | $120.00 | $3.25 | $5.50 |
| Youth (age 6-18) | $20.00 | $3.00 | $56.00 | $112.00 | $3.25 | $5.50 |
| Senior (age 65+)/Disabled/ Medicare Cardholder |
$13.00 | $2.50 | $40.00 | $80.00 | $3.25 | $5.50 |
| Seniors age 90+ with Lifetime Pass/Children under 5 years | Free (up to two children .50 for each additional) | |||||
St. Helena VINE's fares depend on whether a passenger's destination deviates from the fixed route.[3]
| Fare type | Cash fare | Deviated fare |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (age 19-64) | $0.50 | $1.00* |
| Youth (age 6-18) / Seniors (age 65+)/ Disabled | Free | $0.50* |
Since American Canyon Transit also utilizes a deviated fixed-route system, its fares are also different if one deviates from the published route. However, only seniors and disabled passengers are allowed to deviate.
| Fare type | Cash fare | Deviated fare |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (age 19-64) | $1.00 | N/A |
| Students (age 6-18)Seniors (age 65+)/Disabled | $0.50 | N/A |
| Seniors (age 65+)/ Disabled | $0.50 | $1.00 |
All cash fares on Calistoga Shuttle are one dollar. In addition to this fare, special $10 and $20 punch passes are available. The Yountville Trolley is free-of-charge to ride.
References
- ↑ Motor Bus Society, Convention Report, Spring 2005. April 18, 2005
- ↑ "Transportation". City of Calistoga. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "St. helena VINE". VINE Transit.
- ↑ Yountville VINE Shuttle
- ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions". VINE Transit. Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency.
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