Foothill Transit

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	Some retired; complete replacement scheduled for 2011
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

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

• Foothill Transit