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Services Normal on Juneteenth – June 19, 2025

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Rider Alert: ALL El Dorado Transit services and dispatch center will be operating as normal on Juneteenth, Thursday, June 19, 2025. This includes local bus routes, commuter bus routes, Dial-A-Ride services and the Sacramento/South Lake Tahoe Connecting bus. For more information, please visit www.eldoradotransit.com or call 530-642-5383.

New Westbound Stop Locations for 50 Express

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Effective June 2, 2025, the 50 Express will operate with new westbound stop locations to improve timing, safety and rider access. Westbound service will now follow this sequence: El Dorado Hills Park and Ride Folsom Lake College Broadstone & Palladio (request stop) Kaiser (request stop) Iron Point & Prairie City (request stop) Iron Point Light [ Continue reading the full article » ]

FREE El Dorado County Fair Shuttle & Parking

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Going to the El Dorado County Fair & Event Center this year? Use our FREE shuttle service! It’s EASY! It’s QUICK! Our buses run every 15 minutes… or less! Plus, parking is FREE as well! The shuttle will run Thursday, June 12, 2025 through Sunday, June 15, 2025. Shuttle buses will operate from 11:30am to [ Continue reading the full article » ]

El Dorado Transit Seeks TAC Representatives

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El Dorado Transit is looking for transit riders and members of the public to become part of the Transit Advisory Committee (TAC). The TAC is made up of individuals who either use the transit system or provide services to clients who ride El Dorado Transit. Current open positions include: Student Population Low Income Population The [ Continue reading the full article » ]

New PM Sac Commuter Added

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Due to high ridership, we will be adding a 6th Sacramento Commuter route in the PM ONLY starting on Monday, March 24, 2025. This new route will run half an hour before the current Sacramento Commuter #1 bus for ALL STOPS and will be the NEW Commuter #1 bus. The current Commuter #1 will become [ Continue reading the full article » ]

Take the US 50 Corridor Survey

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Do you travel on US 50? Shape the future of this important El Dorado County, CA – Government major corridor by taking a quick survey. Daily commuters, travelers, and residents are invited to share! Your responses will be used by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments and Caltrans to help inform future planning and enhancements along Highway 50. The survey for the US 50 CMCP is [ Continue reading the full article » ]

NEW Commuter Survey Available

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Attention Sacramento Commuter riders! Please fill out our 2025 Commuter Survey to help shape the future of our Sacramento Commuter Service. Clink the link below or look for a QR code to scan or paper survey on the bus. Survey closed. Thank you to everyone who filled one out!

Bus Wrap Winner Celebrates Transit’s 50th Anniversary

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With most of her 8th grade classmates in attendance, Savannah Mathew had no idea what was about to unfold. Sure, the big blue bus was on the Valley View Charter Montessori campus and there were lots of teachers and administrators standing around, but January 31st was a cold day, and she probably wanted to get [ Continue reading the full article » ]

EDCTC’s New Social Mapping Tool for Projects

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El Dorado County Transportation Commission (EDCTC) is developing the Next Generation Transportation Investments Strategy (Next Gen Strategy). This strategy will help ensure that EDCTC can advance statewide goals related to land use, multi-modal transportation, climate, and equity, and continue to deliver transportation projects that meet the needs of today’s rural residents. The Next Gen Strategy will identify and outline the resources, [ Continue reading the full article » ]

Sac State & Los Rios Students ride FREE

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Sacramento State and Los Rios Community College District students: Did you know you can ride our local and commuter buses for FREE with the Sac State OneCard (with student commuter sleeve) or the Los Rios Student ZipPass? Our commuter bus runs Monday-Friday, five times in the morning and afternoon and stops at S street and [ Continue reading the full article » ]