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Foothill Transit

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Foothill Transit (with operations beginning December, 1988) is a transportation agency encompassing 21 cities in the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys to the east and northeast of the city of Los Angeles. Foothill Transit's current routes originally belonged to the Southern California Regional Transit District (SCRTD, which was the predecessor to the LACMTA) but were split off from the larger agency due to the SCRTD cutting back heavily on bus service on the region.

Foothill Transit is currently operated under contract by First Transit and MV Transportation. The upper-level management is contracted out to Veolia. Foothill's fleet consists of a mixture of various Gillig, NABI, and Orion vehicles. Foothill began purchasing CNG buses in 2002 and has exclusively purchased CNG buses ever since. Foothill aims to have a 100 percent CNG fleet by 2011, with the retirement of the diesel Gillig Advantages.

As Foothill Transit tends to retire buses at 12 years of age (the federally-specified minimum), its buses often are sold to other agencies which continue to operate them. Notable operators of ex-Foothill Transit buses include Valley Metro in Phoenix, the LACMTA, Glendale Beeline and others.

Foothill Transit operates a number of local and express bus routes, as well as a new bus rapid transit line named the "Silver Streak." This line connects downtown Los Angeles to the city of Montclair via the El Monte Busway, a part of I-10. The Silver Streak generally uses NABI 60-BRT vehicles, although NABI 40-LFWs and 42-BRTs are used during late nights, early mornings, and weekends.

Routes

System Map

Local routes

  • 178 - El Monte Station/Puente Hills Mall
  • 184 - Duarte/Monrovia/Arcadia (weekdays only)
  • 185 - Azusa/West Covina/Hacienda Hts. via Irwindale
  • 187 - Montclair/Claremont/Glendora/Pasadena
  • 189 - Claremont/Glendora (weekdays only)
  • 195 - Pomona via Reservoir
  • 197 - Pomona/Claremont/Montclair via Fairplex & Arrow Hwy
  • 269 - El Monte Station/Montebello Town Center
  • 272 - Duarte/Baldwin Park/West Covina
  • 274 - West Covina/Industry/Whittier
  • 280 - Azusa/Puente Hills Mall via Azusa Ave
  • 281 - Glendora/West Covina/Puente Hills Mall
  • 284 - West Covina/Covina/San Dimas/Glendora
  • 285 - Puente Hills Mall/Whittier/La Habra
  • 286 - Pomona/Diamond Bar/Brea Mall
  • 289 - Puente Hills Mall/Walnut/Pomona
  • 291 - La Verne/Pomona/South Pomona via Garey
  • 292 - Claremont/Pomona
  • 480 - Montclair/Pomona/West Covina via Mission Blvd
  • 482 - Pomona/Hacienda Heights/El Monte via Colima
  • 486 - Pomona/La Puente/El Monte via Amar
  • 488 - Glendora/West Covina/El Monte
  • 492 - Montclair/Arcadia/El Monte via Arrow Hwy
  • 494 - San Dimas/Glendora/El Monte (weekdays only)
  • 851 - Covina/Glendora via Glendora Ave (weekdays only)
  • 852 - Pomona/Fairplex (weekdays only)
  • 853 - Pomona/Diamond Bar (weekdays only)
  • 854 - Pomona/Diamond Bar (weekdays only)
  • 855 - Pomona/Claremont (weekdays only)

Express routes

These routes operate weekdays only.

  • 481 - El Monte/Downtown Los Angeles
  • 493 - Phillips Ranch/Diamond Bar/Puente Hills Mall/Downtown Los Angeles
  • 497 - Chino/Industry/Downtown Los Angeles
  • 498 - Citrus College/Downtown Los Angeles
  • 499 - San Dimas/Via Verde/Downtown Los Angeles
  • 690 - Montclair/Pasadena via 210 Freeway Corridor
  • 699 - Montclair/Fairplex/Downtown Los Angeles

BRT routes

  • 707 (Silver Streak) - Montclair TransCenter/Los Angeles

Current Roster

Fleet Number Range Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Number Engine Transmission Notes
F1100-F1176   2000 Gillig Advantage G22D102N4 (40') Detroit Diesel Series 40 Allison B400R
  • Used on the Silver Streak bus rapid transit route during late nights and on Sundays
  • Some Retired
F1181-F1187   2000 Gillig Advantage G22E102R2 (29') Detroit Diesel Series 40 Allison B400R
  • Used on lesser-patronized routes
  • Possible replacement soon
F1200-F1265   2002 OBI Orion V 05.501 CNG Detroit Diesel Series 50G Allison B400R
  • Feature suburban seating
  • Used primarily on express routes and the Pasadena Rose Bowl Shuttle
  • First buses to feature multicolor destination signs
F1300-F1350   2003 OBI Orion V 05.501 CNG Detroit Diesel Series 50G Allison B400R
F1400-F1474   2004-05 NABI 40-LFW CNG Detroit Diesel Series 50G Allison B400R
  • Occasionally used on the Silver Streak bus rapid transit route during late nights and on Sundays
F1500-F1509   2006 NABI 40-LFW CNG
F1600-F1629   2007 NABI 60-BRT CNG Cummins Wesport ISL G Allison B500R
  • Used exclusively on the "Silver Streak" bus rapid transit line
  • Each bus features a "Spirit of..." label, representing the communities served by Foothill Transit
  • These buses originally featured on-board wireless internet access (now disabled)
F1700-F1729   2009 NABI 42-BRT CNG Cummins Wesport ISL G
  • Equipped with disc brakes, LED lighting and automatic next-stop announcements[1]

Retired Roster

Fleet Number Range Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Number Engine Transmission Notes
F106-F184 ? Gillig Spirit
F200-F218 1987 Gillig Phantom 40' Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison ?
F219-F233 1988 Gillig Phantom 40' Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison ?
F250-F263, F750-768 1991 Gillig Phantom 40' Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison ?
F300-305, F600-648, F700-738 1989 Gillig Phantom 40' Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison ?
F800-822 1992 Gillig Phantom 40' Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison ?
F900-907 1994 Gillig Phantom 35' Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison HT754
F1000-F1063   1996-1998 Gillig Phantom S50T4096 Detroit Diesel Series 50 Allison B400R
  • F1013-F1015, F1040-F1045, F1056-F1063 feature suburban seating
  • Some have been resold to other transit operators

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Southern California adds NABI buses to fleet, metro-magazine.com, retrieved 2009-07-05
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