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With the issuance of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) 02 February 2021 Mask Order, and the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Security Directive 1582/84-21-01B (14 Sep - 18 Jan 2022), wearing a face mask is required, while on conveyances, and at indoor transport hubs. The detailed mandates not only require masks while using transit services, but also when waiting indoors, for such services.

As of 18 October*, the transit systems below are not collecting and/or enforcing fares:**

TRANSIT SYSTEMS

Artesia Transit

Beach Cities Transit / WAVE Service (City of Redondo Beach)
Beaumont Transit System (Through 31 October.)

Burbank Bus

Calaveras Connect (Through 31 December.)

Clovis Stageline and Roundup

Colusa County Transit Agency (Through 31 October.)

Commerce City Bus

CityLine Shuttles (City of West Hollywood)

Cudahy Area Rapid Transit

Dinuba Area Regional Transit (Website)

Emery-Go-Round (City of Emeryville)

Escalon Transit (eTrans, operated by MAX) (Through 31 December.)

Glendale Beeline

Imperial Valley Transit

Kanan Shuttle (Operated by Thousand Oaks Transit)

Laguna Beach Trolley

Lake Transit (Through 31 October.)

Madera Metro***

Menlo Park Shuttles

Modesto Area Express (MAX) (Through 31 December.)

Moorpark City Transit

Porterville Transit (Website)

San Leandro LINKS
Siskiyou Transit and General Express (STAGE)****

Stanford Marguerite Shuttles

Stanislaus Regional Transit (StaRT) (Through 31 December.)

Tahoe Transportation District

Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transportation (TART)

(Excluding Non-ADA-Certified Truckee Dial-a-Ride Services)

Tehama Rural Area eXpress (TRAX)

Thousand Oaks Transit

Tulare InterModal Express (TIME Transit, City of Tulare) (Website)

Torrance Transit

Tulare County Area Transit (TCAT) (Website)

Tuolumne County Transit*****
Vacaville City Coach

Woodlake Transit (Website)

COUNTY(IES) SERVED

Los Angeles

Riverside

Los Angeles

Calaveras

Fresno

Colusa

Los Angeles

Tulare / Fresno (Reedley)

Alameda

San Joaquin / Stanislaus

Los Angeles

Imperial

Ventura

Orange

Lake / Mendocino (Ukiah) / Napa

(Calistoga and Deer Park)

Madera

San Mateo / Santa Clara (P.A.)

Stanislaus / San Joaquin

(Lathrop and Stockton) /

Alameda (Dublin BART)

Ventura

Tulare

Alameda

Siskiyou / Shasta

Santa Clara

Stanislaus / Merced (Gustine) /

Alameda (Dublin BART)

El Dorado / Placer / Nevada /

Carson City / Douglas / Washoe

Nevada / Placer / Washoe (NV)

Tehama / Glenn / Lassen

Ventura / Los Angeles (Westlake)

Tulare

Los Angeles

Tulare / Kern (Delano)

Tuolumne

Solano

Tulare

FREE LIMITED SERVICES

LADOT: Only DASH services are free; Community Connection or Commuter

Express are not free.

Long Beach Transit's Galaxy Express Shuttle: through 07 November.

Marin Transit: Free transit for older adults (65+) and disabled passengers.

(Through 31 March 2022.)

Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT): Free rides on the Natomas-

North Sacramento SmaRT service, through 31 October.

Sonoma County Transit: Only local routes 10, 12, 14, 24, 28, 32, 66, 67, and 68

are free. (Through 31 December.)

Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS): free fares are only for Mariposa and Merced County residents, and you submit an application for

the discount.

Los Angeles

Marin

Sacramento

Sonoma

Mariposa / Merced / Tuolumne /

Fresno / Mono

*As of this date, the latest update. **For transit systems with no dates listed, fare suspension is, "until further notice." ***Until further notice, Madera Metro's Route 2 and Route 3 are now demand-response services. ****Only Routes 2A (McCloud-Weed-Yreka), 3B (McCloud-Yreka-Montague), and 4A (Scott Valley-Yreka-Montague-Hornbrook) are in operations; there is no weekend service, and STAGE no longer offers flag stops - passengers must travel to the nearest designated bus stop. *****All fixed-route services, with the exception of Routes 1 and 2, have been suspended and converted into a Dial-A-Ride service.