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'''Fresno Area Express''' ('''FAX'''), is a [[public transportation]] operator in [[Fresno, California]]. The line has over 100 buses, 1,606 bus stops, and 16 routes as of December 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fresno.gov/DiscoverFresno/PublicTransportation/default.htm |title=Public Transportation (FAX) |publisher=Fresno.gov |date=August 10, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref> FAX offers free transfers as well as wheelchair lifts and bike racks on all buses.<ref>[http://www.fresno.gov/DiscoverFresno/PublicTransportation/UsingFresnoAreaExpress/default.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407004105/http://www.fresno.gov/DiscoverFresno/PublicTransportation/UsingFresnoAreaExpress/default.htm|date=April 7, 2009}}</ref>
'''Fresno Area Express''' ('''FAX'''), is a [[public transportation]] operator in [[Fresno, California]]. The line has over 100 buses, 1,606 bus stops, and 16 routes as of December 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fresno.gov/DiscoverFresno/PublicTransportation/default.htm |title=Public Transportation (FAX) |publisher=Fresno.gov |date=August 10, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref> In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the system had a ridership of {{American transit ridership|CA Fresno total annual}}, or about {{American transit ridership|CA Fresno total daily}} per day as of {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}. FAX fixed routes run as far south as [[Malaga, California|Malaga]] to [[Valley Children's Hospital]] in the north. Lines also run as far east as Fowler Avenue in [[Clovis, California|Clovis]], and as far west as Hayes Avenue near Highway 99 in western Fresno.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fresno.gov/NR/rdonlyres/E1B45744-443D-4575-BD2F-286945C54C04/0/FAXSystemMap1108.pdf |format=PDF |title=FAX : System Map |publisher=Fresno.gov |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192442/http://www.fresno.gov/NR/rdonlyres/E1B45744-443D-4575-BD2F-286945C54C04/0/FAXSystemMap1108.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


FAX has [[paratransit]] operations called Handy Ride. Handy Ride is operated by a private contractor. FAX offers free transfers as well as wheelchair lifts and bike racks on all buses.<ref>[http://www.fresno.gov/DiscoverFresno/PublicTransportation/UsingFresnoAreaExpress/default.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407004105/http://www.fresno.gov/DiscoverFresno/PublicTransportation/UsingFresnoAreaExpress/default.htm|date=April 7, 2009}}</ref>
FAX fixed routes run as far south as [[Malaga, California|Malaga]] to [[Valley Children's Hospital]] in the north. Lines also run as far east as Fowler Avenue in [[Clovis, California|Clovis]], and as far west as Hayes Avenue near Highway 99 in western Fresno.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fresno.gov/NR/rdonlyres/E1B45744-443D-4575-BD2F-286945C54C04/0/FAXSystemMap1108.pdf |format=PDF |title=FAX : System Map |publisher=Fresno.gov |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192442/http://www.fresno.gov/NR/rdonlyres/E1B45744-443D-4575-BD2F-286945C54C04/0/FAXSystemMap1108.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

FAX has [[paratransit]] operations called Handy Ride. Handy Ride is operated by a private contractor.


FAX operates a [[bus rapid transit]] system on the Blackstone and Ventura/Kings Canyon transit corridors.
FAX operates a [[bus rapid transit]] system on the Blackstone and Ventura/Kings Canyon transit corridors.

Revision as of 21:02, 9 June 2022

Fresno Area Express
FAX bus operating on Route 3
ParentCity of Fresno Department of Transportation
Founded1887
Service areaFresno and Clovis, California
Service typebus service, paratransit, bus rapid transit
Routes16
Fleet100+
Daily ridership40,300 (weekdays, Q3 2024)[1]
Annual ridership8,973,000 (2023)[2]
Fuel typeBattery-electric, CNG, diesel
Websitefresno.gov/fax

Fresno Area Express (FAX), is a public transportation operator in Fresno, California. The line has over 100 buses, 1,606 bus stops, and 16 routes as of December 2013.[3] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 8,973,000, or about 40,300 per day as of the third quarter of 2024. FAX fixed routes run as far south as Malaga to Valley Children's Hospital in the north. Lines also run as far east as Fowler Avenue in Clovis, and as far west as Hayes Avenue near Highway 99 in western Fresno.[4]

FAX has paratransit operations called Handy Ride. Handy Ride is operated by a private contractor. FAX offers free transfers as well as wheelchair lifts and bike racks on all buses.[5]

FAX operates a bus rapid transit system on the Blackstone and Ventura/Kings Canyon transit corridors.

History

A Fresno Area Express Q BRT bus stopped at a station

The public transportation system in Fresno started in January 1889. This was a horse car line. By 1926 Fulton Street was the hub of Fresno's business section. It had replaced Fresno and Mariposa Streets for commercial buildings and in so doing eliminated Fresno's only Nob Hill, all four feet of it. The streetcar era, which began in May 1887, on J Street, was one of three streetcar lines in the young city. In 1901 the Fresno City Railway Company merged the three and in the spring of 1903 the Fresno Traction Company, then the owners, converted the lines to electricity. These electric streetcars operated on approximately 42 miles of track by the mid-twenties. The electric streetcars were used until 1939, when the transit company replaced them with buses.[6]

Timeline[6]

  • 1887-1901 Fresno City, Belmont & Yosemite Railroad
  • 1901-1915 Fresno City Railway
  • 1915-1939 Fresno Traction Co.
  • 1939 sold to National City Lines/streetcars discontinued
  • 1939-1946 Fresno City Lines
  • 1946-1961 Fresno City Lines, Inc.
  • 1961 City of Fresno Takes over Municipal Bus Service
  • 1961-1969 Fresno Municipal Lines
  • After 1969 Fresno Transit
  • 1989 Name Changed to Fresno Area Express or FAX

Routes

Accurate as of January 3, 2022.[7][8]

Route Service type North or West Terminal Destinations Served South or East Terminal
1 – Q Bus Rapid Transit Q BRT North Fresno (Fresno & Friant) River Park, Manchester Transit Center, Fresno City College, Downtown Transit Center, Fresno Fairgrounds Sunnyside (Kings Canyon & Clovis)
3 – Herndon Regular Marketplace at El Paseo (Herndon & Riverside) Sierra Sky Park Airport, Saint Agnes Medical Center Clovis Community College (Willow & International)
9 – Shaw FAX 15 Shaw & Brawley Fig Garden Shopping Center, Fashion Fair, Fresno State Shaw & Cole
Shaw & Willow (short turn)
12 – Brawley Regular Shaw & Brawley Central High School East Campus, Inspiration Park, Forestiere Underground Gardens Brawley & Shields
20 – Hughes/McKinley Regular Marketplace at El Paseo (Herndon & Riverside) Marketplace at El Paseo, Fresno High School, Fresno City College, VA Medical Center Fresno Street & Clinton
22 – West Ave/Tulare Regular West & Bullard Fig Garden Library, Downtown Transit Center, Santa Fe Passenger Depot Clovis & Kings Canyon
26 – Palm/Butler Regular Nees & Blackstone Bullard High School, Fresno High School, Tower District, Downtown Transit Center, Fresno Fairgrounds, Mosqueda Community Center, Fresno Pacific University Fresno Yosemite International Airport
28 – DSS/Manchester Center/West Fresno Regular Department of Social Services (Dakota & Peach) Manchester Transit Center, Fresno City College, Fresno High School, Fresno Chandler Executive Airport Crystal & Kearney
32 – Fresno St Regular El Paso & Blackstone River Park, Kaiser Hospital, VA Medical Center, Community Regional Medical Center, Downtown Transit Center North & Elm
33 – Belmont Regular Belmont & Delno Roeding Park, Fresno Chaffee Zoo Maple & Butler
34 – 1st St Regular El Paso & Blackstone River Park, Politi Library, Hoover High School, Fashion Fair, Downtown Transit Center Jensen & Cherry
35 – Olive Regular Brawley & Shields Roeding Park, Tower District Olive & Peach
38 – Cedar FAX 15 El Paso & Blackstone River Park, Fresno State University, Duncan Polytechnical High School, McLane High School, Roosevelt High School Downtown Transit Center
39 – FYI/Clinton Regular Shields & Brawley VA Medical Center, McLane High School, Cedar Clinton Library Fresno Yosemite International Airport
41 – Malaga/Shields/Chestnut Regular Marks & Shaw Manchester Transit Center, Fresno Pacific University Grand & Harding
45 – Ashlan Regular Ashlan & Cornelia Central High School East Campus Shields & Stanford
58 – NE Fresno Regular El Paso & Blackstone Kaiser Hospital, Clovis West High School, Woodward Park Regional Library Champlain & Perrin
58E – Children's Hospital Express Valley Children's Hospital (no stops) El Paso & Blackstone

Roster

Current Fleet

Manufacturer Model Number Fleet
Number Range 		Year Power type Notes
New Flyer C40LF 0501-0510 2005 CNG
C40LFR 0601-0615 2006
0901-0916 2009
GE40LFR 0917 2009 Gasoline–Electric Hybrid Used as back up, not in regular service.
Gillig BRT CNG 29'
(G27E102N2) 		1201-1203 2012 CNG
BRT CNG 40'
(G27D102N4) 		1101-1109 2011-2012
1401-1410 2014
1612-1617 2016
BRT Plus CNG 40'
(G27D102N4) 		1601-1611 2016 Used on FAX15 routes.
1701-1726 2017 1701-1709 are used on FAX15 routes.
1710-1726 are used on FAX Q BRT route.
1801 2018 First bus to feature updated FAX livery.
1905-1906 2019
2001-2008 2020 Entered service in September 2020.
2103-2108 2021
Proterra ZX5 2101–2102 2021 Battery electric Entered service on November 1st, 2021.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "Public Transportation (FAX)". Fresno.gov. August 10, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  4. ^ "FAX : System Map" (PDF). Fresno.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  5. ^ [1] Archived April 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ a b [2] Archived August 28, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Department of Transportation". City of Fresno. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "FAX Newsletter February 2021 ENGLISH FINAL" (PDF). City of Fresno. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  9. ^ "@Fresno FAX on Twitter". Twitter. @Fresno FAX. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
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