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.
Description
Santa Rosa Transit Mall serves as a transit hub for two major bus companies serving Sonoma County:
- Santa Rosa CityBus[1] - mainly serving within Santa Rosa's city limits
- Sonoma County Transit[2] - serves Santa Rosa with several other communities in the county
Other agencies that serve the Transit Mall include:
- Golden Gate Transit[3] - to Marin County and San Francisco
- Mendocino Transit Authority[4] - to the Sonoma Coast and Mendocino County
Location
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
| 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
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:
- Juilliard Park
- Luther Burbank Home and Gardens (at Santa Rosa Ave. & Charles)
- Santa Rosa City Hall (one block south)
- University of San Francisco (Santa Rosa Campus, three blocks north)