Santa Rosa Transit Mall

The Santa Rosa Transit Mall is a major transfer point for several bus routes serving the city of Santa Rosa, California, located in Sonoma County, north of San Francisco, in the United States. From the Transit Mall, passengers can travel throughout Santa Rosa and Sonoma County, plus destinations that connect the city with the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area and the Redwood Empire.

Santa Rosa Transit Mall

Description

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Overview of the Transit Mall. Map is not to scale.

Santa Rosa Transit Mall serves as a transit hub for two major bus companies serving Sonoma County:

Other agencies that serve the Transit Mall include:

Location

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The Santa Rosa Transit Mall is located along Second Street (between B Street and Santa Rosa Avenue), configured as a set of bus stops within the city block. Its location being close to downtown and across from Santa Rosa Plaza allows passengers to work, shop, dine, and relax within the Transit Mall's vicinity. Its proximity also to US 101 and CA 12 allows commuters from Sonoma County and other locations to drive to the Transit Mall for commuter buses beyond Santa Rosa.

Agencies and routes serving the transit mall

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Agency Route Number Terminals More Information
North/East Terminal South/West Terminal
Golden Gate Transit 72/72X
Commute periods only
Santa Rosa
(Piner and Industrial)
San Francisco
(Financial District)
See List of Golden Gate Transit Routes
74
One northbound commute trip only
80
Operates early weekday, weeknights, weekends, and holidays
San Francisco
(Civic Center)
101
Limited-stop service
101X
Commute periods only; no stops in Cotati or Marin County as Route 101
Mendocino Transit Authority 65
CC Rider
Mendocino
(Main St. & Lansing)
Santa Rosa
(Transit Mall)
Mendocino North Coast Service
95
South Mendocino Coast
Point Arena
(Downtown)
Santa Rosa
(Transit Mall)
Mendocino South Coast Service
Santa Rosa CityBus 1 Mendocino Avenue See Santa Rosa CityBus
Map and Schedules
2/2B Sebastopol Road
3 Santa Rosa Avenue
4 Rincon Valley/Mission Blvd/Calistoga Road
5 Petaluma Hill Road
6 Fulton Road
8 Bennett Valley
9/9E
Route 9E operates during school bell times only
West Ninth Street/Finley Community Center
10 Coddingtown Mall/Coffey Lane
12 Roseland
18 East Circulator
Sonoma County Transit 20 Santa Rosa
(Kaiser Hospital)
Monte Rio
Graton One trip
See Sonoma County Transit Routes
20X
Commute periods only
Santa Rosa
(Transit Mall)
Occidental
(Bohemian Hwy & Graton)
22
Weekdays only
Santa Rosa
(Transit Mall)
Sebastopol
(Laguna & McKinley)
30 Sonoma
(Sonoma Plaza)
Santa Rosa
(Kaiser Hospital or Coddingtown Mall)
30X
Commute periods only
Santa Rosa
(Kaiser Hospital)
34X
Commute periods only
Santa Rosa
(Transit Mall)
42
Weekdays only
Santa Rosa
(Transit Mall)
Santa Rosa Industry Park West
44
Route via Sonoma State University, East Petaluma
Santa Rosa
(Coddingtown)
Petaluma
(Copeland St. Transit Mall)
46
Weekdays only
Santa Rosa
(Transit Mall)
Rohnert Park
(Sonoma State University)
48
Route via Cotati, West Petaluma
Santa Rosa
(Coddingtown)
Petaluma
(Copeland St. Transit Mall)
48X
Commute periods only; route via Cotati, West Petaluma
Santa Rosa
(Kaiser Hospital)
Petaluma
(Fairgrounds Park-and-Ride)
60 All trips:
Healdsburg
(Healdsburg & Dry Creek)
Santa Rosa
(Transit Mall)
Select trips:
Cloverdale
(City Hall or Depot)
60X
Commute periods only
Cloverdale
(Depot)
62
Weekdays only; route serves Sonoma County Airport
Windsor
(Intermodal Transit Ctr.)
Santa Rosa
(Transit Mall)
Valley of the Moon Commute Club Sonoma-San Francisco
Weekdays only, one trip each way
Route serves San Rafael Transit Center, San Francisco Transbay Terminal, BART, Muni Metro
San Francisco
(Van Ness St/Hayes St. and Market St.)
Sonoma
(Riverside Dr. and La Mancha Dr.)
Sonoma-San Francisco Schedule

[5] Other major bus agencies, including Greyhound, which provides connections between Santa Rosa and the rest of the country, and Sonoma County Airport Express that provides connections between Santa Rosa and two Bay Area airports (SFO and OAK), do not stop at the Transit Mall; instead, these services stop at a hotel south of downtown.[6] The city is also on the main route of the future Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit service, but, the railway station will not be built at the Transit Mall; instead, it will be built at Historic Downtown (Railroad Square),[7] in which service from the Transit Mall is currently provided by Santa Rosa CityBus.

Features

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Being the main transfer point in Santa Rosa, the transit mall offers two area platforms on either side of Second Street, being the North Platform and South Platform, which allows passengers to transfer between buses easily. A multi-story parking lot (park-and-ride) is available just next to the Transit Mall, allowing commuters and visitors to drive from Sonoma County and beyond to park and ride their commuter buses or shop at nearby downtown and Santa Rosa Plaza. Other features include:

  • Disabled access throughout the Transit Mall
  • Hotels, shops, banks, and services located at:
    • Downtown
    • Historic Downtown
    • Santa Rosa Plaza
    • Brickyard Shopping Center
  • Close proximity to:

See also

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Notes

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38°26′19″N 122°42′49″W / 38.43861°N 122.71361°W / 38.43861; -122.71361