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Causeway Connection Schedule Is Adjusted in Response to Feedback

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A purple and blue bus reads: Proterra Catalyst battery electric.
The Causeway Connection will be made up of a dozen electric buses built by Proterra.

Updated 11 a.m. Nov. 19: The boards of directors for Sacramento Regional Transit and Yolobus on Monday (Nov. 18) postponed decisions on the Causeway Connection until their next meetings, both scheduled for December.


As the University of California, Davis, and regional transit partners prepare to launch an all-electric bus service between Davis and Sacramento, planners are adjusting its proposed schedule and stop locations in response to rider feedback.

The Causeway Connection, which starting April 6 will replace the existing 嘿嘿视频-sponsored private shuttle between the Davis and Sacramento campuses, will depart each campus three times an hour during peak commute times, with some of those trips being express routes making no other stops.

The rest of the time, the bus will run hourly, with new stops in east Davis and downtown and midtown Sacramento.

A rendering of the Causeway Connection bus.
A rendering of the Causeway Connection buses.

鈥淲e鈥檝e received considerable feedback from current intercampus shuttle riders and prospective Causeway Connection riders about the proposed route and schedule,鈥 said Matt Dulcich, 嘿嘿视频 environmental planner. 鈥淥ur newest schedule maintains the express and direct peak-hour trips requested by 嘿嘿视频 shuttle riders, while opening up connections for riders who may elect to catch the Causeway Connection in east Davis or along P/Q streets in Sacramento.鈥

That feedback was collected through an online form and open houses on the Davis and Sacramento campuses.

Highlights of the revised schedule include:

  • More nonstop and express trips between the Davis and Sacramento campuses during peak commute hours
  • Addition of stops at the Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility (Davis campus) and Mace Boulevard Park and Ride (Davis)
  • 52 trips daily between the campuses, a 73 percent increase over the intercampus shuttle (30 trips)
  • Peak-hour seating capacity for 99 passengers, an increase of 77 percent over intercampus shuttle capacity (56 passengers)
  • Expanded operating schedule with early morning and evening trips
  • Most trips timed to convey riders to their destination before the start of each hour

The buses will be jointly operated by Sacramento Regional Transit and Yolobus, and both agencies鈥 boards of directors will discuss the partnership at their meetings Monday night (Nov. 18).

For the existing shuttle, 嘿嘿视频 charters a private bus, accessible only to 嘿嘿视频 affiliates and patients, at a cost of nearly $600,000 annually. In recent years, 嘿嘿视频 began to explore options and partnerships capable of expanding service, connections and ridership between the Davis campus and 嘿嘿视频 Health.

鈥淲hile 嘿嘿视频鈥 annual financial commitments will remain approximately the same, we鈥檙e able to combine that with contributions from Yolobus and SacRT to offer this new service that could benefit the entire region,鈥 said Kelly Ratliff, vice chancellor for 嘿嘿视频 Finance, Operations and Administration.

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Melissa Blouin, News and Media Relations, 530-752-2542, mlblouin@ucdavis.edu

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