Clovis Transit

Clovis Transit is the public transportation agency which provides fixed intra-city routes (branded Clovis Transit Stageline) and dial-a-ride service (as Clovis Transit Round Up) for Clovis, the second-largest city in Fresno County, California after the neighboring city and county seat, Fresno. Public transportation in Clovis was provided by Fresno Area Express (FAX) until 1979–80, when Clovis began developing its own transportation services. Stageline riders can transfer to FAX, which provides service connecting to Fresno.

Clovis Transit

Parent	City of Clovis
Founded	January 1979; 46 years ago (1979-01)
Service area	Clovis, California
Service type	Bus service, dial-a-ride
Annual ridership	130,515 (FY18, Stageline)[1]: II-9  52,061 (FY18, Round Up)
Website	clovistransit.com
System map (2020)

History

Public transportation service in Clovis was provided by a mixture of fixed routes from FAX and a dial-a-ride service, Round Up, which started in January 1979, funded by a grant from the Older Americans Act.^[2]

The Stageline service started as demand-responsive transportation in July 1980, replacing fixed routes formerly provided by FAX. In August 1990, Stageline was converted to a fixed route service under a contracted operator, and in September 1999, the City of Clovis took over Stageline operations.^[2]

Services

Stageline operates two primary fixed routes (10 and 50) from Monday through Saturday; in addition, Stageline operates two "Education Center Express" routes (70 and 80) with one round-trip each per weekday.^[3]

Route	Name	Terminus	via (Destinations)	Terminus	Typ. Headway (minutes)	Notes / Refs.
10	Fresno State University / Northwest Clovis	Nees & Willow	Nees, Alluvial, Sunnyside, Bullard, Barstow, Shaw, & Gettysburg (Clovis Adult Education, Bicentennial Park, Clovis Civic Center, Fresno State University)	Shaw & Cedar	30 (Mon–Sat)	[3]
50	Northeast Clovis / Southwest Clovis	Alluvial & Temperance	Herndon, Fowler, Bullard, Barstow, & Shaw (Kaiser Medical Center, Clovis Civic Center, Clovis High, Sierra Vista Mall)	Ashlan & Peach	30 (Mon–Sat)	[3]
70	Reagan Education Center Express	Sierra Vista Mall	Shaw, Gettysburg, Temperance, & Ashlan (Gettysburg School, Reyburn Intermediate, Clovis East High, Reagan Primary)	Reagan Education Center	1 round-trip (Mon–Fri)	[3]
80	Buchanan Education Center Express	Sunnyside & Fifth	Sunnyside, Alluvial, & Peach (Clovis Adult School, Bicentennial Park, Garfield Elementary, Alta Sierra Intermediate, Buchanan High)	Buchanan Education Center	1 round-trip (Mon–Fri)	[3]
Green	Shaw	Fresno State University	Shaw	Reagan Education Center	30 (Mon–Sat)

Round Up demand-responsive service operates from Monday through Saturday, and also operates on Sunday within Clovis city limits only. In addition, the "Clovis Old Town Trolley", a bus styled to resemble a streetcar, is available for charter through the City of Clovis.^[4]

Stageline route 50 also offers service to residents of the Tarpey Village, an unincorporated county island, through a reimbursement agreement with the County of Fresno. Similarly, the City of Clovis has a reimbursement agreement with the City of Fresno to extend some Fresno Area Express routes into Clovis (see § Transfers below).^[5]: 119

Fares

In October 2020, the Clovis City Council unanimously voted to remove fares from Stageline and Round Up, with the cost of transit services being covered by grants.^[6][7] The city had previously experimented with a free fare model in 2019.^[8]

Transfers

Stageline service connects to Fresno Area Express. Stageline 10 connects to FAX routes 9 and 38 at Shaw and Cedar near Fresno State University and route 3 at Willow and Herndon. Stageline 50 connects to FAX route 9 at the Sierra Vista Mall along Shaw, route 28 at the Fresno County Clovis Campus (Peach and Dakota), and route 45 at Villa and Ashlan and again at Clovis and Ashlan.^[9]

Fleet

Stageline uses 13 buses equipped with lifts; Round Up uses 17 buses with lifts and 3 passenger vans.^[5]: 127