Saturday, August 7 from 9:00am to 12:40pm, hop on board the free double decker Farmer's Market Shuttle. Shuttle provides service from downtown to the UC Davis Memorial Union every 20 minutes. Pick up location at the Farmer's Market is 3rd/C Streets.
In order to improve service reliability, service changes will take effect on Monday, August 2, 2021 as described below. For more information, click on our special service change webpage! For new schedules, click on Routes, choose your line, and set the "Term" to Summer Session 2.
- The E line will operate on Fifth Street between UC Davis & F Street. For downtown, use the bus stops on Fifth Street at D Street. You can also use the A, Z, and O lines for service on Second Street, the L line for service on B Street, and the M line for service on First Street and B Street.
- The Z line morning schedule will operate five minutes later than the pre-August 2, 2021 schedule.
- Minor schedule adjustments are made to the F, L, M, P, Q, and W lines.
As a reminder, through September 21, 2021, the following summer adjustments are still in place:
- K & M lines will continue to operate every 30 minutes on weekdays between 7am and 8pm
- The D & W lines will be suspended through September 21, 2021
- Continued reminder that the A & L lines will operate to/from the Memorial Union Bus Terminal until September 21, 2021 due to construction
COVID-19 precautions are still in place and face coverings are required. For a video on how we're keeping you safe, click here.
Thanks to special funding through the State of California's Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, youth 18 and under can ride Unitrans fare-free starting August 2! To ride free, just show the driver or conductor your valid school identification card (2020-21 and 2021-22 school years only). Only if your child does not have a school ID, you can fill out the free youth pass application and send to Unitrans at unitrans@ucdavis.edu to request a free youth pass. Note: these passes expire in summer each year, student IDs are preferred for bus access.
The Davis Joint Unified School District school bell time focused T line service re-starts on August 25! Go to the T line page for schedule or click here for a 2-page flyer in English or Spanish.
The UC Davis Downtown Store will also sell Unitrans bus passes starting August 2! With the addition of the Downtown Store, passes are now available online at unitrans.ucdavis.edu/fares, at the UC Davis Campus Store, and UC Davis Downtown Store.
On an annual basis, the City of Davis/Unitrans prepares a Program of Projects (POP) that forms the basis for grant applications submitted to FTA for annual transit funding allocated to the City by FTA. In response to the impact of COVID-19 on transit operators throughout the nation, the federal government through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act appropriated $10,308,599 and $830,050 through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to the City of Davis to support transit operations and help backfill local and state revenue losses to prevent significant transit service reductions and impacts.
The proposed program of projects allocates remaining CARES Act, ARP, and FY2020-2021 Federal 5307 funding to support transit service in the City of Davis through FY2023-2024 and provide local budgetary relief. Additional funding is provided to the Yolo County Transportation District (Yolobus) for the provision of local transit service in Davis for FY2021-2022.
FTA regulatory guidance requires the City and Unitrans to make the proposed POP available for public review and comment prior to its approval by the City Council. The proposed POP is published in the Davis Enterprise as of Friday, July 23 and on the Unitrans web site (unitrans.ucdavis.edu) on July 21, 2020, with information on how to ask questions and comment on the proposed POP. The review and comment period will remain open through August 5, 2021. To comment, email comments@unitrans.ucdavis.edu, call 530-752-2877, send a letter to 1 Shields Ave, South Hall Room 5, Davis, CA 95616, or attend the public hearing. Click here for the full proposed POP.
A public hearing on the proposed POP will be held via Zoom at the Unitrans Advisory Committee (UAC) meeting on Thursday, August 5 at 4:00 PM. Meeting information will be posted on the UAC page of the City's website at least 72 hours before the meeting If approved, the Committee’s recommendation and all comments received through the public review period, will be forwarded to the Davis City Council for its Tuesday, August 31, 2021 meeting. Meeting details will be provided at least 72 hours in advance through the City's website.
In observance of Independence Day, Unitrans will operate weekend service on Monday, July 5. Be safe and healthy!
Starting Monday, February 1 until Friday, March 12, the A and Z lines will be detoured onto Third Street from 7am to 9am and 9pm to 11pm on weekdays. Between 9am and 9pm, buses will follow their regular route on Second Street.
Amtrak Customers: Use 3rd/E Street bus stops during the detour times
2nd/E Street Customers: Use 3rd/E Street bus stops during the detour times
2nd/C Street Customers: Use 3rd/C Street bus stops during the detour times
Curious about how we're trying to keep you as COVID-19 safe as possible while riding? Click here for a short video.
In observance of Martin Luther King, Unitrans will operate WEEKEND service on Monday, January 18.
For information on the steps Unitrans is taking to keep Drivers and the community safe from COVID-19, check out this short video done by our very own Aggie Studios! https://youtu.be/-R5nEpE_OvE
Due to high weekend demand, starting January 9, the O line will operate every 30 minutes from 11:00am to 4:00pm. The O line serves the UC Davis Memorial Union Terminal, Downtown, Amtrak, 8th Street shopping (Grocery Outlet), and Target among other destinations. New trips will operate at 11:30am, 12:40pm, 1:40pm, 2:40pm, and 3:40pm. New weekend 30 minute O line service will operate until at least March 21.
Curious about how we're trying to keep you as COVID-19 safe as possible while riding? Click here for a short video.
Weekend service will operate on weekdays from December 21 through December 30. There is no service on December 24, 25, 31, and January 1. "Summer" service is planned to return on Monday, January 4, 2021.
December 21-23: Weekend Service Only. The G, K, M, O, P, Q, and V-MU lines operate and only operate on the weekend schedule. There will be no service on the A, B, C, D, E, F, J, L, T, W, and Z lines.
December 24-25: No Service, use Yolobus 42 (www.yolobus.com/routes)
December 28-30: Weekend Service Only. The G, K, M, O, P, Q, and V-MU lines operate and only operate on the weekend schedule. There will be no service on the A, B, C, D, E, F, J, L, T, W, and Z lines.
December 31 & January 1: No Service, use Yolobus 42 (www.yolobus.com/routes)
Unitrans and the Davis Food Co-op are proud to host the “Stuff the Bus” holiday food drive to support the ASUCD Pantry, a student-led organization that provides food to UC Davis students struggling to pay for meals and other essentials. A vintage Unitrans London double decker bus will be on display at the Davis Food Co-op and volunteers will be receiving community food donations on Saturday, December 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Davis Food Co-op located at 620 G Street in Davis. The first 50 donors will receive a free 10-ride Unitrans ticket. Click here for info flyer!
All donations received will be delivered to the UC Davis Pantry to assist those in need in our campus and city community. Needed items include new, unused shampoo, conditioner, soap, and food items such as canned vegetables, gluten free grains like quinoa, canned fruit, low-sugar cereal, peanut butter, whole grain pasta, rice, canned or dry beans, and similar items.