Fairfield Transportation Center
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| name = Fairfield Transportation Center
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| image = Fairfield Transportation Center (3), May 2019.JPG
| caption = Fairfield Transportation Center in May 2019
| address = Cadenasso Drive & Auto Mall Parkway
Fairfield, California
| country = United States
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| parking = 640
| bicycle = 16 lockers
10 racks
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| accessible = Yes
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| owned = City of Fairfield
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| lines = {{bus icon}} FAST: 1, 3, 5, 7, Blue, Green
{{bus icon}} Rio Vista Delta Breeze: 50
{{bus icon}} SolTrans: Red
{{bus icon}} VINE: 21
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The Fairfield Transportation Center or FTC is a bus station in Fairfield, California, United States.{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Ryan |date=2017-05-02 |title=Fairfield to eye 5 year plan for heart of Fairfield |url=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/solano-news/fairfield/fairfield-to-eye-5-year-plan-for-heart-of-fairfield/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625144152/http://www.dailyrepublic.com/solano-news/fairfield/fairfield-to-eye-5-year-plan-for-heart-of-fairfield/ |archive-date=2017-06-25 |website=www.dailyrepublic.com}}{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Melissa |date=2017-04-05 |title=STA looks to close 2.5-mile gap with Lyft |url=http://www.thereporter.com/article/NG/20170405/NEWS/170409948 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407062413/http://www.thereporter.com/article/NG/20170405/NEWS/170409948 |archive-date=2017-04-07 |access-date= |website=www.thereporter.com}} The facility serves as a bus hub for transportation on local, commuter, and long-distance bus services. There are plans to expand the center.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/solano-news/fairfield/solano-needs-blended-into-new-transportation-plan/|title=Solano needs blended into new transportation plan}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Casual carpooling is also practiced here.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Michael |date=2005-01-31 |title=Easy riders -- casual carpooling rolls on with few hassles / 30-year-old social experiment rated high by commuters |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Easy-riders-casual-carpooling-rolls-on-with-2702272.php |website=SFGate}}
Transit
The hub is served by Fairfield and Suisun Transit (FAST) bus service predominantly. Solano Express intercity commuter routes also stop here. FAST operates the Blue Line north to Sacramento (Davis on weekends) and south to Walnut Creek station Monday through Saturday. FAST also operates the Green Express Line south to El Cerrito del Norte BART station Monday through Friday. SolTrans operates the Red Line to El Cerrito del Norte BART station via Vallejo Monday through Saturday. Rio Vista Delta Breeze operates Line 50 to the towns of Rio Vista and Isleton. Lastly Napa VINE runs express bus route 21 to Napa.
History
The center was designed to "instill civic pride" and provide transit alternatives for the surrounding community.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8RQAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Fairfield+Transportation+Center%22|title=Metro|date=March 13, 2002|publisher=Bobit Publishing Company|via=Google Books}} Parking is in high demand here and some people park in nearby shopping centers risking being towed. In 2012 the City of Fairfield planned on expanding the site by adding 1,000 more parking spaces and moving the vanpooling to a site 1/3 miles away.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/solano-news/fairfield/transportation-center-a-victim-of-its-success/|title=Transportation center a victim of its success}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2015, parking fees were debated to mitigate overcrowding at the park and ride lot.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/solano-news/fairfield/parking-fees-at-fairfield-transportation-center-would-bring-245520-yearly/|title=Parking fees at Fairfield transportation center would bring 245520 yearly}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} A petition was circulated by residents who protested the US$50 a month parking fees with $5 daily parking; the city council was split on the decision.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/solano-news/fairfield/keep-it-free-petition-asks-of-fairfield-transportation-center-parking/|title=Keep it free petition asks of Fairfield transportation center parking}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/solano-news/crime-solano-county-courts/commuters-face-50-monthly-fee-to-park-at-transportation-center/|title=Commuters face 50 monthly free to park at transportation center}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} There is electric vehicle charging here provided by Tesla.{{Cite web|url=http://www.evchargernews.com/regions/94533_2.htm|title=Fairfield Transportation Centeraka Fairfield Parking Garage (94533_2)|website=www.evchargernews.com}} In 2016 it was reported that a colorful glass-styled 1,200 space parking garage was to be added by 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.archpaper.com/2016/06/dreyfuss-blackford-illuminated-garage-sacramento/|title=Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture design illuminated parking garage outside Sacramento|first=Antonio|last=Pacheco|date=June 7, 2016}} The city has struggled to find land fit for development of additional parking.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/fairfield/land-sale-could-help-fairfield-transportation-center/article_2b608e4c-68c2-550b-a665-83e56de7c5de.html|title=Land sale could help Fairfield Transportation Center|first=Barry|last=Eberling|date=February 24, 2012|website=DailyRepublic.com}}
See Also
References
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External links
- [http://www.actransit.org/wp-content/uploads/HSP_FA-stops.pdf Transit Center Map]
- [https://www.transit.wiki/Fairfield_Transportation_Center Transit Unlimited]
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Category:Fairfield, California