Modesto Area Express

Modesto Area Express
Founded 1973
Defunct Modesto Motor Bus Service; Intracity Transit
Headquarters 1001 9th Street
Locale Modesto, CA
Service type Bus service, Dial-a-Ride
Routes 19
Destinations Urban Modesto; Dublin/Pleasanton Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Station; Lathrop/Manteca Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) train station
Hubs Downtown Transit Center, Vintage Faire Mall(Back of Mall, Dale Rd. Stop)
Fleet MCI; Gillig; (FUTURE) Proterra
Annual ridership 3,600,000
Operator National Express Transit Corporation
Website modestoareaexpress.com

Modesto Area Express, better known by the acronym MAX, is the primary bus agency for Modesto, a Northern California city with over 200,000 inhabitants. The agency provides regular transit and dial-a-ride local service in addition to commuter feeder service to regional rail systems, BART, ACE and Amtrak's San Joaquin train.

Service

Hours of operation are: Monday through Friday

5:45 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday

7:15 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sunday

8:45 a.m. - 8:15 p.m. There is no service on certain holidays: New Year's Day, '(Presidents' Day Runs a Saturday), Memorial Day (observed), Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.[1]

There is priority seating for older adults and persons with impaired abilities. All buses have wheelchair lifts and also offer bike racks.

There is express commuter service to the Amtrak station in Modesto, the ACE station in Lathrop and the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station.

Routes

  • 21 Downtown to Robertson Road
  • 22 Downtown to McHenry/Vintage Faire Mall
  • 23 Downtown to McHenry
  • 24 Downtown to Sylvan Avenue
  • 25 Downtown to Orangeburg/Vintage Faire Mall
  • 26 Downtown to Carpenter Road
  • 28 Downtown to Salida and Mall
  • 29 Downtown to Crows Landing/JFK Training Center
  • 30 Downtown to Modesto Junior College East Campus / Prescott Road/Vintage Faire Mall
  • 31 Downtown to Modesto Junior College East / Tully / Pelandale Ave/Vintage Faire Mall
  • 32 Downtown to Mable Avenue
  • 33 Downtown to Poust Road / Modesto Junior College West Campus
  • 36 Downtown to Central Valley Plaza/Vintage Faire Mall
  • 37 Downtown to Rumble Road/Vintage Faire Mall
  • 38 Airport neighborhood (Empire & Oregon) - Downtown Modesto
  • 41 Downtown to Vintage Faire Mall Express
  • 42 Downtown to Tucson Avenue/Community Services Building
  • ACE Express Vintage Faire Mall to Lathrop-Manteca ACE station
  • BART Express Downtown to Dublin-Pleasanton BART station

http://modestoareaexpress.com/

Fares (EFFECTIVE 1 February 2018)

Regular $2 Student $1.50 Senior/Disabled $1 Day Pass $4 Kids below 6 (limit 3 per fare-paying rider) free.
Passes: Regular (31 day) $58 Student (31 day) $48 Senior/Disabled $29 7-Day Pass $15

Transfers

SINCE 1 FEBRUARY 2018: NO MAX transfers to other busses. Fares must be paid or use pass to board a bus. 25 cent transfer to other systems which include StaRT and CAT remain unchanged.

MAX connects to these transit agencies:
ACE (Altamont Commuter Express) at Lathrop/Manteca connection San Jose, Fremont, Santa Clara, Great America (Connection with MAX ACE Express Route at ACE Lathrop/Manteca Station; Line: ACE Rail)
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) - Dublin/Pleasanton Station connection to the greater San Francisco Bay Area (Connection with MAX BART Express Route at BART Dublin/Pleasanton Station; Line: Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City)
WHEELS - Connection to Alameda County, with limited service in Contra Costa County. (Connection with MAX BART Express Route at BART Dublin/Pleasanton Station; Routes 1, 2, 3, 8, 10R, 14, 20X, 30R, 54, 70X, 503, 580X)

San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) - Connection to San Joaquin County (Connection with MAX BART Express Route at BART Dublin/Pleasanton Station; Route 150)

The County Connection (Central Contra Costa Transit Authority, CCCTA) - Connection to Clayton, Concord, Lafayette, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, and more. (Connection with MAX BART Express Route at BART Dublin/Pleasanton Station; Routes 35, 36, 97X, 636)
Amtrak California - National and State connections. (Connection with MAX BART Express Route at BART Dublin/Pleasanton Station; Route: Amtrak Thruway 6, 34) (Connection with MAX Route 25 at Amtrak Modesto Station; Route: Amtrak San Joaquins)

ETRANS - Connection to Escalon, California. (Connection with MAX Routes 22,25,28,30,31,36,37,41; Route: ETRANS 1)
Ripon Blossom Express - Connection to Ripon, California (Connection with MAX Routes 22,25,28,30,31,36,37,41; Route: Blossom Express)

References

  1. ↑ MAX website


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