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Gold Coast Transit

Gold Coast Transit District

Gold Coast Transit bus at Oxnard Transit Center in 2015
Founded	1973
Headquarters	301 East Third Street Oxnard, California
Service area	Ventura County, California
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Routes	23
Fleet	64 buses
Daily ridership	13,400 (weekdays, Q1 2024)[1]
Annual ridership	3,380,300 (2023)[2]
Website	goldcoasttransit.org

Gold Coast Transit District, formerly known as South Coast Area Transit (SCAT), is a local bus operator in western Ventura County, California, serving Ventura, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Ojai, and the adjoining areas of unincorporated Ventura County. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 3,380,300, or about 13,400 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024.

History[edit]

Gold Coast Transit District was founded in 1973 as South Coast Area Transit with the merger of the Ventura City Transit Lines and the Oxnard Municipal Bus Lines. Until 1994, SCAT also served Santa Paula. Service to Santa Paula has since been replaced with VCTC Intercity fixed-route and dial-a-ride services. The system adopted the name Gold Coast Transit effective July 1, 2007. This accompanied a change in bus livery and the acquisition of 26 new buses.^[3]

In October 2013, California Assembly Bill 664 was chartered as the enabling legislation to transition Gold Coast Transit from a joint powers authority to a special purpose transit district. On July 1, 2014, the agency officially became Gold Coast Transit District.^[4] The district's founding member jurisdictions include the cities of Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, and Ventura and the County of Ventura. The bill allows other cities in Ventura County to subsequently join the district.^[5]

In 2014, GCTD leadership was recognized with the District being honored as the “Transit Agency of the Year” at the Small Operators award ceremony hosted by the California Transit Association (CTA) ^[6] as part of its 49th Annual Conference and Expo in Monterey, California.

On May 10, 2017 Gold Coast Transit District broke ground on a new operations and maintenance facility in Oxnard.^[7][8] The facility opened in July 2019.^[9]

Service area[edit]

Gold Coast Transit District provides bus service to these cities and communities:

• Oxnard
• Ventura
• Port Hueneme
• Ojai
• El Rio
• Saticoy
• Oak View
• Mira Monte

Routes[edit]

Local routes[edit]

As of May 2024, Gold Coast Transit District operates 18 local lines and 4 school trippers lines as well as paratransit service.^[10]

School Trippers routes[edit]

Gold Coast Transit District operates five "school trippers" that supplement school bus service to local high schools. While intended to serve students with service only on school days, these routes are open to the general public.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website

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