Press Release: Public Feedback Request on Service Realignment Proposals

NEWS RELEASE
April 25, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Solano County, CA – On Thursday, April 20, 2023, the Solano County Transit (SolTrans) Board of Directors opened public comment for the Service Realignment Proposals. The proposed changes affect Local service and the SolanoExpress Lines (Blue, Green, Red, Yellow, and Route 82).

SolTrans would like to invite the public to comment on the proposed route and service changes during the public comment period between April 20 and May 18, 2023. Information about the proposed changes can be found by clicking Request for Public Comment: Service Realignment Proposals from the SolTrans website homepage. Paper surveys are available at the Vallejo Transit Center Ticket office at 311 Sacramento Street, Vallejo.

SolTrans Staff has been monitoring and analyzing SolTrans Local and SolanoExpress services since the implementation of our new CAD/AVL technology in the summer of 2021. Staff can now analyze data for unproductive routes, trips, and stops within the service area to support service changes. After an extensive Service Realignment outreach campaign that gauged riders’ use of SolTrans and their needs while using the supporting data, Staff is proposing to realign service to provide more reliable service schedules riders can depend on. Recommended service changes will be brought to the SolTrans Board at the May Board meeting on Thursday, May 18^th, 2023. Once approved, the service changes will go into effect in early August 2023.

Information about the changes may also be obtained, or comments submitted, by emailing info@soltransride.com, calling Customer Service at 707-648-4666, or by completing the comment form at the bottom of each page of the website. 

Solano County Transit (SolTrans) has been the public transportation provider for south Solano County since July 2011. SolTrans provides local and SolanoExpress fixed routes and complementary paratransit. The agency is a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) governed by a six-member Board of Directors, composed of two representatives from the cities of Benicia and Vallejo, Solano County’s representative on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), and a representative from the Solano Transportation Authority.

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