Santa Barbara County Transit Services

(in alphabetical order):

AMTRAK: The Pacific Surfliner offers five trains a day coming into Santa Barbara from the south, with two continuing to San Luis Obispo. It has modern bi-level cars with panoramic windows, reclining seats with footrests, outlets for laptops, and bike and surfboard racks (some trains may still require bikes to be boxed). View Amtrak's latest schedules and routes for Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight, or call 1-800-USA-RAIL. Efforts to improve rail include Santa Barbara On-TRAC (short term) and 101 in Motion (long term).

Breeze: Weekday commuter bus service linking Santa Maria, Vandenberg AFB and Lompoc.  12 trips each weekday!  One way passes are $2 or a 10 ride coupon book can be purchased for $20.  Passes can be purchased in Santa Maria, VAFB and Lompoc.  Call  805-928-5624 for more information.

Chumash Casino Bus: 24 hour shuttles serving the Chumash Casino from Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Lompoc, Buellton and Goleta.  1-800-CHUMASH.

Clean Air Express: A weekday commuter bus program, serving commuters who work in Santa Barbara or Goleta and live in Lompoc or Santa Maria. Monthly passes cost $140, a 10 ride pass is $50 and cash fare is $7. Passes must be purchased in advance.  Passes, schedules and a route map are available at the Transit Center in Santa Barbara, Albertson's market in Lompoc, and at the SMAT Office in Santa Maria.  For more information, call 692-1902.

Coastal Express:  Provides daily service between Oxnard, Ventura, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara and, during peak hours, Goleta and UCSB. Fares are $75 per calendar month or $2 per ride. Call 800-438-1112 for complete route and schedule information, or view a PDF of the weekday schedule.

COLT (City of Lompoc Transit): Serving Lompoc, Vandenberg Village and Mission Hills. Regular one-way fares are $1 (within the City of Lompoc) and $1.50 (outside the City). Monthly passes are available for $18 (unlimited use within the City) and $34 (unlimited use outside the City). For more information call 736-7666.

Easy Lift: Provides Dial-A-Ride service between Ellwood and Summerland. Restricted to disabled individuals who are not able to use MTD and fares are $2.  To make reservations, call 681-1181

Guadalupe Flyer:  Providing service between Guadalupe and Santa Maria. Regular one-way fare is $1. Monthly passes are available for $30. For more information, call 922-8476.

 RTA-SCAT (San Luis Obispo): Serving Santa Maria, Nipomo, Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo. Fares range from $1 to $2.75, depending on distance traveled. For more information, call 805-781-4472.

Santa Ynez Valley Transit: Serving Santa Ynez, Buellton, and Solvang. Regular one-way fare is $1.50. Dial-A-Ride service for seniors.  For more information, call 688-5452.

SMAT (Santa Maria Area Transit): Serving Santa Maria, Orcutt and Tanglewood. Regular passes are $1.25 ($1 for students and only $.60 for seniors and persons with disabilities).  SMAT also provides ADA paratransit services: $1.25 per ride, must be ADA eligible and submit application.  For more information, call 805-928-5624.

Smooth (Los Alamos Shuttle): Departing from Ferrini Park and the East Side Mobile Home Park on Tuesday and Saturday twice each day, the Shuttle will take you ANYWHERE IN SANTA MARIA!  Just tell the driver where you want to go, sit back and relax!  Call 922-8476 for more information.  SMOOTH also has a Health Shuttle with service to Santa Barbara.

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