Fresno Area Express


The Fresno Area Express, is a public transportation operator in Fresno, California. The line has over 100 buses, 1,606 bus stations, and 16 fixed routes as of December 2013. FAX offers free transfers as well as wheelchair lifts and bike racks on all buses.
FAX fixed routes run as far south as Malaga to Valley Children's Hospital in the north. Lines also run as far east as Fowler Avenue in Clovis, and as far west as Hayes Avenue near Highway 99 in western Fresno.
FAX has paratransit operations called Handy Ride. Handy Ride is operated by a private contractor.
FAX operates a bus rapid transit system on the Blackstone and Ventura/Kings Canyon transit corridors.

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.

Timeline

RouteService typeNorth or West TerminalDestinations ServedSouth or East Terminal
1 – Q Bus Rapid TransitQ BRTNorth Fresno River Park, Manchester Transit Center, Fresno City College, Downtown Transit Center, Fresno FairgroundsSunnyside
9 – ShawFAX 15Brawley & ShawFig Garden Shopping Center, Fashion Fair, Fresno State UniversityShaw & Cole
12 – BrawleyRegularBrawley & ShieldsCentral High School East Campus, Inspiration Park, Forestiere Underground GardensBrawley & Shaw
20 – Hughes/McKinleyRegularBrawley & ShawFresno High School, Fresno City CollegeDowntown Transit Center
22 – West Ave/TulareRegularWest & BullardFig Garden Library, Downtown Transit Center, Santa Fe Passenger DepotClovis & Kings Canyon
26 – Palm/ButlerRegularNees & BlackstoneBullard High School, Fresno High School, Tower District, Downtown Transit Center, Fresno Fairgrounds, Mosqueda Community Center, Fresno Pacific UniversityFresno Yosemite International Airport
28 – FSU/Manchester Center/West FresnoRegularWillow & ShawFresno State University, Fashion Fair, Manchester Transit Center, Fresno City College, Fresno High School, FAX Offices, Fresno Chandler Executive AirportCrystal & Kearney
32 – Fresno StRegularEl Paso & BlackstoneRiver Park, Kaiser Hospital, VA Medical Center, Community Regional Medical Center, Downtown Transit CenterNorth & Elm
33 – BelmontRegularBelmont & DelnoRoeding Park, Chaffee ZooMaple & Butler
34 – 1st StRegularEl Paso & BlackstoneRiver Park, Politi Library, Hoover High School, Fashion Fair, Downtown Transit CenterJensen & Cherry
35 – OliveRegularMarks & OliveRoeding Park, Tower DistrictOlive & Peach
38 – CedarFAX 15El Paso & BlackstoneRiver Park, Fresno State University, Duncan Polytechnical High School, McLane High School, Roosevelt High SchoolDowntown Transit Center
39 – FYI/ClintonRegularShields & BrawleyVA Medical Center, McLane High School, Cedar Clinton LibraryFresno Yosemite International Airport
RegularMarks & ShawManchester Transit Center, Fresno Pacific UniversityGrand & Harding
45 – Herndon/Fruit/AshlanRegularHerndon & MilburnManchester Transit Center, Fresno City College, Fresno High School, Bullard High SchoolShields & Stanford
58 – NE FresnoRegularEl Paso & BlackstoneKaiser Hospital, Clovis West High School, Woodward Park Regional LibraryChamplain & Perrin
58E – Children's HospitalExpressValley Children's HospitalEl Paso & Blackstone

Roster

Current Fleet

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