Fresno Area Express

Fresno Area Express

Parent	City of Fresno
Founded	1887
Headquarters	Fresno, California
Locale	Central California
Service area	Fresno
Service type	bus service, paratransit, bus rapid transit
Routes	16
Fleet	100+
Daily ridership	41,993
Fuel type	Diesel, CNG
Operator	300+
Chief executive	Brian Marshall
Website	FAX

The Fresno Area Express or FAX, is a bus line in Fresno, California. The line has over 100 buses and 16 fixed routes as of December 2013.^[1] FAX offers free transfers as well as wheelchair lifts and bike racks on all buses.^[2]

FAX fixed routes run from as far south as Malaga to Children's Hospital Central California in the north. Lines also run as far east as Fowler Avenue in Clovis, and as far west as Polk Avenue near Highway 99 in western Fresno.^[3]

FAX has paratransit operations called Handy Ride. Handy Ride is operated by a private contractor.

FAX will begin a trial implementation of a Bus Rapid Transit system on the Blackstone and Ventura/Kings Caynon transit corridors after it receives funding from the Federal Transit Administration Very Small Starts grant fund.

History

The public transportation system in Fresno started in January 1889. This was a horse car line. By 1926 Fulton Street was the hub of Fresno's business section. It had replaced Fresno and Mariposa Streets for commercial buildings and in so doing eliminated Fresno's only Nob Hill, all four feet of it. The streetcar era, which began in May 1887, on J Street, was one of three streetcar lines in the young city. In 1901 the Fresno City Railway Company merged the three and in the spring of 1903 the Fresno Traction Company, then the owners, converted the lines to electricity. These electric streetcars operated on approximately 42 miles of track by the mid-twenties. The electric streetcars were used until 1939, when the transit company replaced them with buses.^[4]

Timeline^[4]

1887-1901 Fresno City, Belmont & Yosemite Railroad
1901-1915 Fresno City Railway
1915-1939 Fresno Traction Co.
1939 sold to National City Lines/streetcars discontinued
1939-1946 Fresno City Lines
1946-1961 Fresno City Lines, Inc.
1961 City of Fresno Takes over Municipal Bus Service
1961-1969 Fresno Municipal Lines
After 1969 Fresno Transit
1989 Name Changed to Fresno Area Express or FAX

Route List

FAX

Route 9 - Shields & Brawley / Shaw Crosstown
Route 20 - N Hughes / N Marks
Route 22 - N West Ave. / East Tulare
Route 26 - N Palm / Peach / Clinton Crosstown
Route 28 - FSU / MTC / Ventura / Community Regional Medical Center
Route 30 - River Park / N Blackstone / West Fresno
Route 32 - River Park / N Fresno / Manchester Center / SW Fresno
Route 33 - Belmont Crosstown
Route 34 - NE Fresno / N First / SW Fresno
Route 35 - Olive Crosstown
Route 38 - Chukchansi Park / River Park / N Cedar / SW Fresno
Route 39 - Clinton Avenue Crosstown
Route 41 - N Marks / Shields / MTC / Chestnut
Route 45 - W Herndon / Fruit / Ashlan / Fowler
Route 58 - NE Regular Service
Route 58E - Children's Hospital Central California Express

Clovis Transit

Route 10 - Fresno State University / Northwest Clovis
Route 50 - Northeast Clovis / Southwest Clovis
Route 70 - Reagan Education Center Express
Route 80 - Buchanan Education Center Express

Roster

Current

Fleet Number Range	Year	Manufacturer	Model Number	Engine	Transmission	Notes
0101-0102	2000	OBI	Orion VI HEV (06.501)	Detroit Diesel Series 30	Lockheed Martin/BAE Systems HybriDrive
0301-0325	2002	OBI	Orion V CNG (05.501)		Voith D864.3E	Some units will retire in 2016.
0501-0510	2005	NFI	C40LF	Cummins Westport C Gas Plus	Voith D864.3E
0511-0512	2005	NFI	GE40LF	Ford Triton V10 6.8L gasoline	ISE-Siemens Thundervolt TB40-HG hybrid system
0601-0615	2006	NFI	C40LFR	Cummins Westport C Gas Plus	Voith D864.3E
0901-0916	2009	NFI	C40LFR	Cummins Westport ISL G	Voith D864.5
0917	2009	NFI	GE40LFR	Ford Triton V10 6.8L gasoline	ISE Thundervolt TB40-HG hybrid system
1101	2011	Gillig	BRT CNG 40' (G27D102N4)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Voith D864.5
1102-1109	2012	Gillig	BRT CNG 40' (G27D102N4)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Voith D864.5
1201-1203	2012	Gillig	BRT CNG 29' (G27E102N2)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Voith D864.5
1401-1410	2014	Gillig	BRT CNG 40' (G27D102N4)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Voith D864.5
1601-1615	2016	Gillig	BRT Plus CNG 40' (G27D102N4)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Voith D864.5	One unit was spotted in July 2016 while the others entered service in October.
1901-1904	2004	Optima	AH-28 CNG	Cummins Westport B Gas Plus	Allison	Trolley Replica.
9701-9714	1997	Gillig	Phantom 40' (M11T40102)	Cummins M11E	Voith D864.3	Five units are still active as training coaches as of 2016.
9901-9910	1999	Gillig	Low Floor 40' (G18D102N4)	Cummins ISC	Voith D864.3	All units are active as back up fleet as of 2015.

Retired

Fleet Number Range	Year	Manufacturer	Model Number	Engine	Transmission	Notes
0001-0004	2000	Ford/ElDorado National	Aerotech
7001-7019	1969	Flxible	111CC-D5-1	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison	Formerly Fresno Transit.
7701-7750	1976	Flxible	53102-8-1	Detroit Diesel 8V71N	Allison V730	Formerly Fresno Transit.
8101-8112	1981	Grumman-Flxible	870 (40102-6)	Detroit Diesel 6V71T	Allison V730	Formerly Fresno Transit. 8104 & 8109 to Culver CityBus 7058-7059 in 1998.
8401-8412	1984	Flxible	Metro "A" (35102-6T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA		Formerly Fresno Transit.
9001-9023	1990	Flxible	Metro "B" (40102-6T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TAC	Voith D863.3
9101-9112	1991	Gillig	Phantom 40' (40102TB6V92TAC)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TAC	Voith D863.3	1 Gillig Phantom was donated to Fresno Fire Dept. Emergency Support 1; unknown what year it was built.
9301-9320	1993	Gillig	Phantom 40' (40102TBL10E)	Cummins L10E	Voith D864.3	9301, 9306, 9307, 9312, 9313, 9318 to CyRide 711-716.
9401-9412	1994	Gillig	Phantom 40' (M11T40102)	Cummins M11	Voith D864.3	9410 to CyRide 717.
9601-9606	1996	Gillig	Phantom 40' (S50T40102)	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D864.3
601	1960	GMC	TDH-4517			Ex-6020.
605-609	1960	GMC	TDH-4517			Ex-El Paso City Lines 3989, 3976, 3968, 3985 & 4003; bought in 1973. A/C equipped
6020-6021	1960	GMC	TDH-4517			Ex-Monterey Peninsula Transit 109 & 102; bought in 1976. A/C equipped 6020 renumbered 601 in 1978.
7001-7019	1969	Flxible	111CC-D5-1
7501-7510	1975	AMG	10240-8
7511-7513	1976	Mercedes-Benz	O309
7701-7750	1976	Flxible	53102-8-1
8101-8112	1981	Grumman Flxible	870 40102-6C
8401-8412	1984	Flxible	Metro 'A' 35102-6T

References

↑ "Public Transportation (FAX)". Fresno.gov. 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
↑ Archived April 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "FAX : System Map" (PDF). Fresno.gov. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
1 2 Archived August 28, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.

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