Travel training presentation for Trinity Transit in Trinity County, California. This slide deck presents instructions for how to use local and inter-county Trinity Transit services and travel resources/information/

1. Learning to Ride Trinity Transit
Your Route to Safe,
Independent, Economical
Independent Economical
Transportation

2. Today’s Agenda
System Overview
▪ Where you can go on Trinity Transit
Planning Your Trip
▪ Online Trip Planner
▪ Reading Schedules
Taking Your Trip
▪ Three Regional Trip Plans
– To Weaverville
– To Willow Creek and the Coast
– To Redding …And Returning

3. System Overview
Oh, the Places You’ll
Go on Trinity Transit!

4. System Overview:
Intercity and Local Service
Weaverville to
Willow C k
Will Creek Lewiston to
Weaverville
Hayfork to
Weaverville
Weaverville
to Reddingg

5. System Overview:
Local Circulation
Within Weaverville, all
routes circulate stopping
at a variety of key
destinations
Weaverville Shuttle also
provides circulation on
Mon, Wed, Fri 11-2.
The schedule includes a
detail map and complete
list of bus stop locations

6. System Overview:
Regional Connections
K/T Net: 530.629.1192
Travel to Hoopa Valley
Redwood Transit
System: 707.443.0826
y
A&MRTS: 707.822.3775
RABA: 530.421.2877
Eureka Transit: 707.443.0826
Greyhound and
Amtrak and G Greyhound Amtrak
▪ Travel further North or Travel to
South to San Francisco Sacramento

7. System Overview:
Trinity Transit Fares
Fares are based on distance
Complete f
C l t fare charts included i schedule
h t i l d d in h d l
Discounted rates (25% off) available for:
Seniors (60+)
Children 5-11 years
ADA qualified individuals
Children under 5 ride free with a parent
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Exact fare required

8. System Overview:
Trinity Transit Fares
Calculating your fare
▪ S l tf
Select fare chart for your route
h tf t
▪ Select starting point
▪ F ll
Follow chart t end point / destination
h t to d i t d ti ti
Ex: Hayfork to
Weaverville = $4 00
W ill $4.00
Reduced Fare - $3.00

9. System Overview:
Fares
Trips within Weaverville are $1.50/$1.00
Trinity Transit 20-Ride P
T i it T it 20 Rid Pass
▪ Hayfork to Weaverville & Lewiston to
Weaverville routes
W ill t
▪ $60 for 20 rides (on designated route)
–S
Save up t $100 per month on gas
to th
▪ Available from the bus driver

10. System Overview:
Service Days and Hours
Hayfork Route
▪ Monday –Friday
▪ Two Round Trips per Day
Redding and Willow Creek Routes
▪ Mon, Wed and Fri (Mon-Fri starting Dec 2011)
▪ Two Round Trips per Day
Lewiston Route (Mon, Wed and Fri – 1 round trip)
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Weaverville Shuttle (Mon, Wed and Fri – 11 am-2 pm)
No service on Holidays

11. Planning Your Trip
What You’ll Need to
Get Started

12. Planning Your Trip:
Information You ll Need
You’ll
Where
▪ Starting and ending locations
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▪ Address or landmark
▪ Closest bus stop
When
▪ Day of week
▪ Time arrive / time depart
Other
▪ Walking time/distance
▪ Fare
▪ Return Information
▪ Transfers / Connections

13. Planning Your Trip:
Information Sources
www.trinitytransit.org
▪ O li T i Pl
Online Trip Planner
Trinity Transit Guide
Trinity Transit Contact Info
▪ (530) 623-LIFT (5348)
5-1-1
▪ Transit and traffic information

14. Planning Your Trip
Using the Trinity
Transit Website

15. Planning Your Trip:
Using the Trip Planner
www.trinitytransit.org

16. Planning Your Trip:
Using the Trip Planner
Enter Select
S l t
▪ Starting Location or ▪ “Arrive by” or “Leave at”
Address ▪ Date of Travel
▪ Time of Travel
▪ Destination Location
or Address (B)

17. Planning Your Trip:
Using the Trip Planner
Click “Plan Your Trip”
Suggested routes
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will appear
Select preferred route to
highlight and view details

18. Planning Your Trip:
Using the Trip Planner
Trip overview and map will appear
Click on steps to highlight
and show detail

19. Planning Your Trip:
Using the Trip Planner
Review your trip
▪ L
Locate:
t
– Walking distance
– Travel time
– Fare information
*fares will appear
next to travel time
Compare t
C to
printed schedule

20. Planning Your Trip: Using the Trip
Planner
Click reverse button for return trip
Change
return time

21. Planning Your Trip
Using the Trinity
Transit Guide

22. Planning Your Trip:
Trinity Transit Guide
Using the Trinity Transit Schedule

23. Planning Your Trip:
Trinity Transit Guide
How to read:
▪ Routes
R t are color coded
l d d
▪ Days of service displayed next to route name
▪ Times listed =time of d i
Ti li t d ti f designated b stops
t d bus t
▪ Boldface type = pm times
▪ Bold italic type = transfer point to another
route
▪ F
Fares listed b di t
li t d by distance
– Select start and end points to determine

24. Planning Your Trip:
Trinity Transit Guide

25. Planning Your Trip:
Trinity Transit Guide
Lewiston to Weaverville
1) Locate route
on schedule
2) Check days
of service

26. Planning Your Trip:
Trinity Transit Guide
3) Select Start location
- Community Center
4) Check time bus
arrives at that stop
5) Read down to find time
)
bus arrives at
destination

27. Planning Your Trip:
Trinity Transit Guide
Returning
▪ R t
Return t i i li t d i reverse order
trip is listed in d
– Select start location and check time
– Repeat for destination

28. Taking Your Trip
How to Get Where
You Need to Go

29. Taking Your Trip:
Finding the Bus
Locating the bus stop
Identifying th b
Id tif i the bus
▪ Destination on Headsign

30. Taking the Trip:
Paying the Fare
Have exact change ready
▪ Di
Driver d
doesn’t carry change
’t h
Insert your fare in the farebox
I f i h f b
Paying with a 20-Ride pass – give pass to
driver to punch

31. Taking Your Trip:
Boarding
Tips for Traveling Safely:
▪ Plan for your return trip
▪ Be alert while traveling
▪ Do not run to catch a bus
▪ Wait on the sidewalk away from the curb
▪ Wait for the bus to stop completely
▪ Have your exact fare ready when you board
▪ Take a seat, as soon as possible
▪ Let the driver know where you would like to get off
▪ Be ready to exit when you arrive at your stop
▪ Step away from the bus after exiting

32. Taking Your Trip
Three Regional Trip
Plans

33. Regional Connections
Hayfork and Lewiston to
Weaverville
Weaverville to Redding
Weaverville to Willow
C ee and on o e
Creek a d o to the
Coast

34. Trip Plan
From Hayfork or
Lewiston to
Weaverville

35. Getting to Weaverville
From Hayfork
– Fare: $4.00
$4 00 Trip Length: Approx 55 min
Approx. min.
▪ Board Trinity Transit bus
– Hayfork Library 6:45 am
– Frontier Fuel 6:48 am
▪ Exit in Weaverville
– Douglas City Store 7:24 am
– Top’s Market 7:33 am
– Weaverville Library 7:40 am

36. Getting to Weaverville
From Lewiston
– Fare: $4.00
$4 00 Trip Length: Approx 37 min
Approx. min.
▪ Board Trinity Transit bus
– Maxwell’s
Maxwell s
Hometown Market 6:44 am
– Community Center 6:56 am
▪ Exit
– Top’s Market 7:21 am
– Weaverville Library 7:26 am

37. In Weaverville
What to do in Weaverville
▪ E it b at W
Exit bus t Weaverville Lib
ill Library t explore
to l
Downtown
– Restaurants & Coffee Shops
– Fine Art Galleries
– Antiques, Beads, and other shops
q , , p
▪ Exit at Library or Top’s Market for connections
to Redding or Willow Creek buses
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▪ Additional stops throughout Weaverville
including hospital and doctor’s offices

38. Returning from Weaverville
To Hayfork
– Fare: $4.00
$4 00 Trip Length: Approx 55 min
Approx. min.
▪ Board Trinity Transit bus
– Weaverville Library 11:10 am
– Top’s Market 11:21 am
▪ Exit in Hayfork
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– Frontier Fuel 12:06 pm
– Hayfork Library 12:10 pm

39. Returning from Weaverville
To Lewiston
– Fare: $4.00
$4 00 Trip Length: Approx 37 min
Approx. min.
▪ Board Trinity Transit bus
– Weaverville Library 5:54 pm
– Top’s Market 6:06 pm
▪ Exit
– Community Center 6:30 pm
– Maxwell’s
Hometown Market 6:36 pm

40. Trip Plan
Weaverville to
Redding

41. Getting to Redding
Board the Trinity Transit Eastbound bus to Redding
▪ Weaverville Library 7:35 am
▪ Top’s Market 7:40 am
» Fare $10.00 Trip Length: Approx. 1 hr 16 min
▪ Douglas City Store 7:48 am
» Fare $8.00 Trip Length: Approx. 1 hr
Arrive Redding
▪ RABA Downtown Transit Center 8:43 am
▪ C b R dT
Canby Road Transfer C t
f Center 8:54
8 54 am
at Mt. Shasta Mall

42. In Redding
Transfer to RABA routes for
▪ M di l D ti ti
Medical Destinations
▪ Shasta College
– RABA F
Fare: $1.50 / Z
$1 50 Zone Ch
Change: $0 75
$0.75
RABA information
▪ 530 421 2877 option
530.421.2877 ti
▪ www.rabaride.com
– Online Trip Planner

43. Returning Same Day from Redding
Board the Trinity Transit Westbound Bus to Weaverville
▪ Canby Road Transfer Center 3:00 pm
▪ Turtle Bay 3:05 pm
▪ RABA Transit Center 3:10 pm
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Exit in Trinity County
▪ Douglas City Store* 4:10 pm - Fare: $8.00
▪ Tops Market 4:18 pm - Fare $10.00
▪ Weaverville Library 4:23 pm
Connect to Hayfork or Lewiston Bus
▪ Hayfork at Tops Market at 5:15 pm
▪ L i t at Tops Market at 6:06 pm
Lewiston t T M k t t 6 06

44. Trip Plan
Weaverville to
Willow Creek

45. Getting to Willow Creek
Weaverville to Willow Creek Route
▪ B d T i it T
Board Trinity Transit bus t Will
it b to Willow C k
Creek
» Fare $10.00 Trip Length: Approx. 1 hr 30 min.
– Top’s Market
Top s 7:50 am
– Weaverville Library 7:55 am
▪ Exit Highway 299 & 96
g y 9:18 am

46. Returning Same Day
from Willow Creek
Board Trinity Transit Eastbound bus to
Weaverville at 4:30 pm
Fare $10.00 Trip Length: Approx. 1 hr 30 min.
Exit:
▪ In Weaverville
– Weaverville Library 5:54 pm
– This bus continues to Lewiston
– Top’s Market 6:06 pm
Note: You cannot travel from Hayfork to and from
Willow Creek in the same day.

47. Trip Plan
To the Coast

48. Beyond Willow Creek
Connect in Willow Creek to:
▪ Redwood Transit System:
– To Arcata and Eureka
▪ K/T Net:
– To Hoopa Valley One ride: $2.00 / Day Pass: $3.00
– To Weitchpec One ride: $3.00 / Day Pass: $4.00

49. Getting to Arcata
From Willow Creek
▪ Board Redwood Transit System Willow Creek
Route to Arcata Transit Center
– Routes at 6:25 am / 9:35 am / 4:30 pm / 6:35 pm
» Fare: $4.00 Trip Length: Approx. 1 hr
▪ In Arcata connect with Greyhound and Amtrack
Arcata,
▪ Connect with A&MRTS for Local Travel
▪ Continue to the Coast on RTS

50. Continuing to the Coast
Getting to Eureka from Arcata Transit Center
▪ Board RTS Southbound Mainline Bus
– Buses every hour from 6 am–9 pm and
Twice per hour 7 am 10 am / 11 am 2 pm
am–10 am–2
» Fare: $2.75 Trip Length: Approx. 20 min.
Exit at 4th and H for Old Town Eureka
▪ In Eureka: Explore historic Old Town, shopping, dining,
and day beaches
▪ C
Connect to ETS f local travel
S for

51. Returning Same Day to Willow Creek
From Eureka:
▪ Plan to arrive in Arcata by 3 3 p
y 3:30 pm
▪ Take RTS Northbound Mainline to Arcata Transit
Center
– Fare: $2.75
$2 75
From Arcata:
▪ Leave Arcata Transit Center by 3:32 pm
y p
▪ Take RTS Eastbound Willow Creek bus
– Fare: $4.00
Arrive in Willow Creek (Hwy 299 & 96) by 4:30 pm
Transfer to Trinity Transit’s Willow Creek to
Weaverville Bus 4:30 pm
p – Fare: $10.00

52. Intercity Schedule

53. Thank you for joining us
today!
For more information:
www.trinitytransit.org
(530) 623-LIFT (5348)