verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message yakima transit slogan way to go parent yakima washington founded 1907 headquarters 2301 fruitvale boulevard locale yakima washington service area yakima county washington service type bus service paratransit commuter & vanpool alliance selah washington yvcog wsdot & federal transit administration routes 9 with 19 buses operating during peak service stops 720 destinations yakima washington & selah washington hubs 2 stations 2 fleet 30 buses 28 vanpool vans & 30 paratransit vehicles website yakima transit yakima transit is the primary provider of mass transportation in the city of yakima washington . in 1907 the city of yakima s public transportation service originated with the advent of a steel rail streetcar system . the first transit service was operated by the yakima valley transportation company yvt . the first motorized buses were introduced in 1924 as a supplement to the rail streetcar routes . the city s all electric streetcars were discontinued in 1947 when the services offered switched to an all motor bus system . a private transportation company took over operation of the bus system from yvt in 1957 . the private firm quit operation in 1966 and for four months there were no public transportation services in the city of yakima . the citizens of yakima then voted to approve the state s first household tax in the fall of 1966 to financially support their public transit system . public transit service was re established under contract with a private transportation management firm . in october 1970 the city purchased the assets of the financially troubled private transportation management firm and continued transit operations ever since as a city owned and operated public transit system . in november 1980 yakima citizens approved a 0.3 of 1 % sales tax that replaced the city s household tax as the method of financial support for the transit system . contents 1 general 2 rates 3 transfers 4 fixed route service 5 vanpool 6 dial a ride paratransit 7 yakima ellensburg commuter 8 fleet 9 references 10 external links general edit yakima transit provides ada paratransit fixed route vanpool and commuter services . ridership varies from 1.2 million to 1.5 million bus riders per year . major amenities of the agency include four park & ride lots and a central terminal that can accommodate eight buses simultaneously . all the buses are tracked using gps . wireless access is also available on each bus . each bus has between 4 8 cameras on board for your protection as well as live video feed . yakima transit has automated ada stop announcers on each bus . transit services are not available on nationally recognized holidays but otherwise operates mon sun . rates edit single ticket fares as of march 10 2013 adult single tickets 1.00 monthly 25 . youth single tickets 0.75 monthly 18 . reduced fare single tickets 0.50 monthly 9 . dial a ride 2.00 one way . no transfers one day passes three times the single ticket rate up until 9 15am then twice the single ticket rate after 9 15am . children under the age of six are not charged a fare & must be accompanied by an adult . children ages 6 11 should be accompanied by an adult . fourth of july fireworks shuttle service is offered at no cost to the rider . yakima transit also provides round trip shuttle service to the central washington state fair at no cost to the rider . paratransit services are offered to qualifying individuals at a cost of 2.00 per one way trip . this service is provided by medstar llc . commuter bus services are operated between the yakima airport and central washington university in ellensburg wa at a rate of 150 for a monthly pass or 5 for a one way ticket . transfers edit transfers are free for unlimited rides on any fixed route bus on any route during one of three time periods each day . morning transfer tickets are valid until 9 15am . mid day transfer tickets are honored from 8 45am to 3 15pm and afternoon evening transfers are effective from 2 45pm until the close of service . the boarding time determines which transfer they receive . fixed route service edit the fixed route bus service is offered during the weekdays and on a limited schedule on saturdays 8 45 6 00pm and sundays 8 00am 4 00pm . 1 sunday bus service is a permanent service that is limited to six routes running on the hour for an eight hour period . route 1 summitview lincoln routes 2 & 5 tieton nob hill routes 3 & 4 mead fruitvale route 6 fair ave north 1st route 7 & 9 south 1st 40th washington route 10 n. 1st street yakima & selah 1st street to firing center p & r route 11 yakima ellensburg commuter yakima airport to central washington university the buses shown along the same streets provide service in the opposite direction of the other bus . vanpool edit vanpool services are offered to riders commuters who travel out of the yakima area more than 20 miles from city limits . vanpool service is a cost recovery program meaning yakima transit pays the fuel insurance and maintenance costs in exchange for a monthly rider fee . annual ridership is roughly 65 000 75 000 passenger trips per year . dial a ride paratransit edit dial a ride services are only available during the same times that fixed route services are available . yakima transit contracts with medstar llc to provide dial a ride services . dial a ride is only available to individuals who can not ride the bus system for one reason or another or their transit stop is not accessible . service is only available to individuals who start the service within the cities of yakima or selah . applications to use the service must be approved in advance . annual ridership varies between 65 000 and 75 000 riders per year . yakima ellensburg commuter edit yakima transit provides commuter bus service between the yakima airport in yakima washington and central washington university in ellensburg washington . the service costs 5 per one way trip or 150 for an unlimited monthly pass . central washington airporter operates the service under a contract with yakima transit . there are several partners that make the commuter service feasible . these partners include yakima transit the washington state department of transportation city of selah and central washington university . annual ridership is typically between 30 000 45 000 passengers per year . the commuter monthly pass is good for a free ride on yakima transit s services any time or day of the week that the fixed route bus service operates . similarly commuter cash or ticket passengers can obtain one free transfer on a yakima transit route for the day that they rode the commuter . fleet edit yakima transit operates 28 buses 28 demand response ada vehicles 28 vanpool vehicles 0 commuter vehicles . fixed route fleet primarily consists of gillig buses . demand response fleet consists of cut away vans and mini vans . vanpool fleet consists of 7 12 and 15 passenger vans . references edit http www.yakimatransit.org media transit development plan yakima 2015 7 20.pdf external links edit kml file edit help display on bing maps display on google maps template attached kml yakima transit kml is from wikidata 1 yakima transit website 2 2015 summer bus book 3 transit development plan 2014 2015 2020 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title yakima transit & oldid 713115326 categories bus transportation in washington state yakima washingtontransportation in yakima county washingtonhidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2015all articles needing additional referencesarticles using kml from wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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