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| Parent | City of Santa Maria |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | 1303 Fairway Drive |
| Locale | Santa Maria, California |
| Service type | Transit bus, paratransit |
| Routes | 14 |
| Fuel type | CNG |
| Operator | RATP Dev [1] |
| Website | ridesmrt |
Santa Maria Regional Transit (SMRT), formerly Santa Maria Area Transit (SMAT), is a bus service local to Santa Maria, California, providing both intracity service within Santa Maria and intercity service within Santa Barbara County, including routes to Lompoc, Buellton, and Solvang.
Public transit service has been operated by the city of Santa Maria since 1978. That year, Santa Maria contracted the Santa Maria Organization of Transportation Helpers (SMOOTH) to operate a single fixed route along Broadway. A second fixed route was added in 1981, and Saturday operations began in 1982. SMOOTH operated Santa Maria's local service until 2004, when the contract was awarded to MV Public Transportation, Inc. [2] : 2–1 That year, Sunday service was added, along with a fare increase. [3]
First Transit was awarded the operations and maintenance contract in 2009. [4] The Santa Maria Transit Center, which is the origin point for many intracity and all intercity lines, was opened in 2011, at 400 East Boone Street. [2] : 2–1 [5] Santa Maria awarded the operating contract to RATP Dev in 2018. [6]
In December 2021, the Santa Maria City Council approved service changes to commence in January, [7] including route consolidation, two new transfer sites, and the addition of timed transfers at the primary Transit Center hub. Amtrak Thruway buses, however, board across the freeway at 205 South Nicholson Avenue. With the update to the services, the agency was rebranded from Santa Maria Area Transit to Santa Maria Regional Transit. [8]
| Route | Terminals | via | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Maria Santa Maria Transit Center | Broadway | ||
| 2 | Western Av, Donovan Rd | |||
| 3 | Main St, Suey Rd | |||
| 4 | Cook St, Thornburg St, Betteravia Rd | |||
| 5 | Miller St, Santa Maria Way | |||
| 6 | Santa Maria The Crossroads at Santa Maria | Clark Av, Foster Rd, Bradley Rd | ||
| 7 | Santa Maria Santa Maria Transit Center | Boone St, Bradley Rd | ||
| 8 | Santa Maria Sandalwood Dr & Black Rd | Mahoney Rd, McCoy Ln | ||
| 9 | Santa Maria Santa Maria Transit Center | Alvin Av | ||
| 11 | Broadway | |||
| 12X | Broadway, Orcutt Rd | |||
| 13X | Broadway, Donovan Rd | |||
| 20 | Hwy 101, SR 246 | Former Breeze 200 | ||
| 30 | Santa Maria Santa Maria Transit Center | Lompoc Lompoc Transit Center | SR 1 | Former Breeze 100 |
| Passenger | SMRT | Breeze [lower-alpha 1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One-way | Passes | One-way | Passes | ||||
| 1-day | 7-day | 31-day | Monthly [lower-alpha 2] | Value [lower-alpha 3] | |||
| Regular | $1.50 | $3.00 | $12.00 | $31.00 | $2.00 | $75.00 | $20 or $10 |
| Student [lower-alpha 4] | $1.25 | $3.00 | $12.00 | $31.00 | |||
| Qualified discount [lower-alpha 5] | $0.75 | $1.50 | $6.00 | $15.00 | $1.00 | $37.50 | |
SMRT operates on-demand dial-a-ride paratransit services, covering the same area as the fixed-route local services. [2] : 2–8
The SMRT Transit Center is at 400 E Boone Street, and has multiple bus bays. There are eight bus bays on the island, serving intercity routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11. The four northernmost bus bays (on the curb side, next to the transit center) serve longer-distance routes (Breeze 100, Breeze 200, Guadalupe Flyer to Guadalupe, and RTA Route 10 to San Luis Obispo). [9] : 50 The four southernmost bus bays are not allocated. [7]
The SMRT fleet for local services is 17 mid- and full-size diesel-powered buses manufactured by Gillig, 35' and 40' long. [2] : 2–5 Breeze operates with six buses: four Optima cutaways 29' feet long, and two Gillig diesels, 40' long. [2] : 2–7
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