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All routes (including Dial-A-Ride services) will be free to ride from May 1 to June 30, 2024. Thanks to Caltrans’s Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) grant, Kern Transit is able to provide this promotion to encourage ridership and reduce the number of single-occupancy vehicles on the road. Summer Free Fares Flyers (English and Spanish)

Kern Transit encourages riders and the general public to please submit comments, concerns, or questions regarding any unmet transit needs not being met by current services. Please take the survey: Kern Transit – 2024 Unmet Transit Needs Survey Submit comments by April 19, 2024 via: Email – [email protected] Our Contact Us Page Facebook.com/KernTransit Twitter.com/KernTransit Mail… Read more »

Submit an application here: Kern Transit Bus Driver – Apply to WeDriveU (Fountain)

The following routes are free for everyone to ride until June 30, 2024: Route 130 (Santa Clarita – Bakersfield) Route 150 (Lake Isabella – Bakersfield) Route 220 (Kernville – Lake Isabella) Route 20MT (Tehachapi – Boron) This is made possible by a grant called the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) provided by the California’s… Read more »

Rider Outreach Event – Meet with a member of our Kern Transit staff to discuss everything the Transit app has to offer! When: Tomorrow, Thursday February 15th What Time: 9AM-11AM Where: Bakersfield College, CSU Bakersfield & GET Downtown Transit Center

Our 3:15 PM run from Bakersfield to Lancaster (Route 100) and 7:35 PM run from Lancaster to Bakersfield (Route 100) will be cancelled on Sunday, December 24th, 2023 and Sunday, December 31st, 2023 due to the holidays.

New schedule changes will go into effect on Sunday, December 24, 2023. Affected Fixed Routes: 100, 130, 150, and 220. Review the new schedules below. Route 100 & 250 (New Changes) Route 110 & 115 Route 120 Route 130 (New Changes) Route 140 & 145 Route 150, 220, & 227 (New Changes) Routes 230, 240,… Read more »

English: This holiday season, Kern Transit is excited to announce FREE FARES FOR ALL RIDERS for the entire month of December! We hope you’re as excited as we are about this new promotion and the holidays that are just around the corner! 🎅 Español: ¡Esta temporada navideña, Kern Transit se complace en anunciar TARIFAS GRATUITAS… Read more »