The Unitrans Advisory Committee (UAC) is scheduled for Thursday, October 26 at 4:00 PM. The meeting will be held at the Davis Senior Center located at 646 A Street. Go to https://www.cityofdavis.org/city-hall/commissions-and-committees/unitrans-advisory-committee for link and information. At this meeting, City and Unitrans staff will review general information and review/hold a public hearing on the draft Title VI and Language Assistance Plan. The agenda and staff reports will be posted here 72 hours in advance of the meeting.

The City of Davis & Unitrans are soliciting feedback on an update to their federally required Title VI and Language Assistance Program. The full draft program update is available here.

The Title VI and Language Assistance Program provide information on the City and Unitrans' commitment to not discriminating based on race, color, and national origin, a customer's rights associated with Title VI, and how to file a complaint. The Language Assistance Program provides information on what transit information is translated, what languages information is translated into, and how to request translated transit information if not available.

The City will hold a public hearing at the Unitrans Advisory Committee meeting on the draft program update to solicit feedback on Thursday, October 26 at 4:00 PM. The meeting will be held in person at the Davis Senior Center located at 646 A Street. Go to Unitrans Advisory Committee | City of Davis, CA for location and information on attending the meeting.

To send comments, you can email comments@unitrans.ucdavis.edu, call 530-752-2877, or mail Unitrans at 1 Shields Avenue, South Hall Room 5, Davis, CA 95616. Comments are due by October 26.

Attention T line riders and parents! Due to roadway related delays, the T line morning bus schedule will be updated to operate 10 minutes EARLIER to get the students to school on-time starting Monday, October 9. Please review the attached schedule update. The updated schedule will be in effect from Monday, October 9 until winter break. Please contact our office at 530-752-2877 or unitrans@ucdavis.edu with questions. Note that the late Wednesday morning trip will not change and there are no afternoon changes. Holmes Junior High students should consider the special morning P-Harper bus as an alternative.

Click here for revised T line schedule!

Whether you ride daily, occasionally or haven’t tried transit yet, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments is looking for feedback on our area’s bus, dial-a-ride, paratransit and light rail transit services. SACOG accepts transit needs related comments from any area in the counties of Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba.

What are your thoughts on local transit service? Would you like to use it for more trips, but don’t because of issues like where it goes, the schedule or cost? Are there places you really need to go but cannot currently? Please give us your thoughts by participating in an Unmet Transit Needs community outreach even or public hearing or by relaying your comments to SACOG.

You can submit your comments online and find more information about the unmet transit needs process at Unmet Transit Needs - Sacramento Area Council of Governments (sacog.org). You can also provide comment via:

• Email – transitneeds@sacog.org
• Online Comments - sacog.org/unmet
• Call/Text – (916) 287-1372
• Mail -SACOG, Attn: Unmet Transit Needs, 1415 L Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA 95814

To learn more and comment in person at the Davis Farmer's Market on Wednesday, November 1 starting at 3pm or attend a virtual meeting on Monday, October 23 at 6:00 PM. Details here!

All comments must be received by November 17, 2023.

What Is a Tripper Bus?

Have you ever been passed by a "Not in Service" bus that wasn't completely full?

If so, then this bus stop was already served by a tripper bus.  Tripper buses typically start picking up passengers at the scheduled time for inbound stops. Once the tripper starts, the regularly scheduled bus goes "Not in Service" and only drops off its current passengers.  All stops are served only once and more closely to the printed schedule time than would occur if only one bus was operating on the route.

Tripper buses are regularly assigned on the A, G, J, W, and Z lines.  It is best to rely on the printed schedule to avoid missing the bus, as bus tracking mobile applications may be less accurate due to two buses operating at once.  We recommend that customers remain aware of the scheduled time when arriving at a bus stop and get to your stop 2-5 minutes BEFORE the scheduled arrival. If you see two arrival predictions that are close together, use the schedule time or the earlier prediction to plan your arrival time at the stop.