CAR-LESS COMMUTE
Fare & Pass Price Information
Special Note
There are no fare exchanges allowed on Merced
County Transit. You can not trade tokens for All Day Bus Passes. No Exceptions.
Fare & Price Information |
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| Merced County Transit offers a variety of passes tailored to meet a wide range of passenger needs. |
| 31-Day Passes are good for unlimited riding on specific Merced County Transit Services for 31 days from the date of first purchase. 31 day Carless Commute Passes may not be used on Dial-A-Ride. |
All Day Bus Passes are good for unlimited riding on the day they are purchased on all services of Merced County Transit except Carless Commute. |
| 7 Day Passes are good for unlimited riding for 7 days from date of purchase on all services of Merced County Transit except Carless Commute. |
| Pass Type |
Price
Effective
Jan. 3, 2008 |
Price
Effective
Jan. 3, 2009 |
Price
Effective
Jan. 3, 2010 |
| 31 day Adult - Reg. |
$45 |
$50 |
$50 |
| 31 Day Senior |
$25 |
$30 |
$35 |
| 31 Day Disabled |
$25 |
$30 |
$35 |
| 31 Day Youth |
$25 |
$30 |
$35 |
31 Day
Carless
Commute |
$30 |
$40 |
$45 |
| All Day Pass |
$5 |
$6 |
$7 |
| 7 Day Pass |
$15 |
$20 |
$20 |
| Special Half Fares: Seniors age 60 and older and the disabled may ride on all urban fiexed routes for one half the regular cash fare between 10:00AM & 2:00PM (Available to all Medicare card holders). "Good only on Routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5x, 8, 11, 12, & 16." |
Electronic Fare Cards - Bus ridership in Merced County is at an all-time high. Maybe it is because of high gas prices, maybe more people are concerned about the environment, or maybe our more frequent bus service and convenient routes have finally caught on.
Introducing a NEW reason to ride THE BUS - new electronic fare cards and new flexible fare programs. When you board The Bus, just swipe your electronic fare card and climb aboard. If you need to purchase a pass just tell the driver what you need, feed your cash into the machine and take your electronic fare card and change card. |
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Children Ride Free Program
First 5 - the Childrens and Families Commission of Merced County
Children that are 5 years of age and younger ride Merced
County Transit FREE when accompanying a fare paying passenger. The FREE rides are sponsored through a grant from the FIRST 5 - CHILDRENS AND FAMILIES COMMISSION OF MERCED COUNTY.
Field Trips
The charge for field trips shall be te total cost of the trip based on the cost per service hour of the system operation. If it costs the system $70 to operate one bus for one hour and the field trip takes two hours then the cost for the field trip will be $140.
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Fares for Longer Trips
The fares for trips that require two or more buses shall be
the sum of the fares to complete the trip.
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Dial-A-Ride Fares
Dial-A-Ride fares shall be the same as the fixed route fares. The minimum local fare for trips taken where the pickup and destination are in the same city or community shall be $2, except in the cities of Atwater, Merced and Los Banos where the one-way Dial-A-Ride cash fare is $2. Additionally for TSA-4, the fares shall be as follows:
All passes are valid on Dial-A-Ride.
| All Rides between |
Gustine and Newman
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$2.00 - Prices are One Way |
| Gustine and Santa Nella |
$2.00 - Prices are One Way |
Gustine and Los Banos
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$4.00 - Prices are One Way |
| Santa Nella and Los Banos |
$2.00 - Prices are One Way |
| Gustine and Merced |
$6.00 - Prices are One Way |
| Gustine and Livingston |
$6.00 - Prices are One Way |
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Buying Tickets and Passes
The Bus monthly passes and all day bus passes are available for sale on all buses. Monthly passes may also be purchased at the following locations:
Merced Transportation Center
16th St. & "N" St.
Merced |
Merced County Transit
880 Thornton Road
Merced |
Merced City Hall
18th St. & "N" St.
Merced |
Senior Center/Cherish Office
23rd & "P" Streets
Merced |
Los Banos Greyhound
820 G Street
Los Banos |
Merced County Public Works
715 Martin Luther King Jr. Wy.,
Merced
(Mail Order Passes Available Here) |
Merced Mall
Information Booth |
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How to Operate the Farebox
As you climb the steps to board the bus, you'll see the metal farebox located next to the driver. Please put your cash fare into the top of the farebox. Our drivers cannot make change for you, so please have exact change for your fare.
If you have a bus pass, you'll do things a little differently: the first time you use the pass, just insert it into the farebox card reader. After that, you can use THE BUS' handy swipe card reader to swipe your pass through and save time!
Note: Riders cannot combine currency or coin with partially used passes.
- The farebox accepts coins and bills; returns unacceptable coins and bills to passengers
- Accepts and processes all types of magnetic stripe paper and plastic farecards and passes
- Issues, prints and encodes machine readable transfers from blank stock internally
- Accepts and automatically validates transfers issued by other farebox units
- Built-in provisions for non-contact smartcard operations
- Provision for credit card fare payment options, such as Visa/Mastercard
- Multi-level fare tables for passenger categories, time differentials, zone options and fare media type
- Provides change and on-board card upgrades by cash-to-card conversion
- Passenger displays to show transactions and remaining card value
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