July 1, 1975

• Effective date of the Hub Area Transit Authority joint powers agreement (JPA) and the "Our Car" subsidized taxi service for seniors and persons with disabilities

August 1979

• Replace of "Our Car" with a general public Dial-A-Ride service

September 1982   

• First urban fixed routes introduced

January 1988

• Replacement of fixed route service with a general public "Zonal” Dial-A-Ride system which, when combined with other cuts, resulted in a 37 percent service reduction from FY 1986-87 to FY 1988-89 / Sutter County withdraws from the JPA

July 1990

• Sacramento Commuter service begins on Highway 70 with two 15-passenger buses

January 1991

• Sutter County rejoins the JPA

January 1993

• Agency renamed as the Yuba-Sutter Transit Authority with the reintroduction of urban fixed route service and the restructuring of the Dial-A-Ride service

Aug./Sept. 1994

• Expansion of the Sacramento Commuter service into the Highway 99 corridor and the start of a subsidized vanpool program which ended December 2000

November 1994

• Weekday evening subsidized taxi service begins (ended June 1999)

March 1995

• New clockwise Marysville route and all local fixed route and commuter buses equipped with bike racks (on all buses by June 1997)

May/June 1996

• Occupied the remodeled former Seven-Up plant in Marysville as the operations, maintenance, and administration facility / First summer youth bus pass program August 1997 Opened the Bogue Road Park & Ride Lot (nearly doubled in sized in March 2012)

April 1998

• Initiation of Downtown Trolley demonstration service (ended December 1998) July/August 1998 Added bi-directional Route 4 service, Saturday fixed route service and an expanded Dial-A-Ride boundary / Monthly passes & discount ticket book programs initiated

Aug./Sep. 1999

• Introduction of weekday evening general public Dial-A-Ride service and weekday commuter service to the Lincoln Airport Industrial Park (ended January 2004)

April 2001

• Introduction of Route 5 and half hour service frequencies on Routes 1 and 3

September 2003

• Introduction of monthly fixed route pass for youth with deep discounts in other pass rates; Saturday Route 4B service; the North Beale Transit Center; and, bus stop information panels

July 2004

• Saturday service hours extended one hour to 5:30 p.m. and a noon Sacramento schedule is added September 2005 Initiation of the FRAQMD funded year-round Discount Monthly Youth Pass Program (combined in 2015 with similar discount pass programs for seniors and persons with disabilities)

October 2006

• Route 6 (Linda Shuttle) is added to allow Route 1 to be extended to the Yuba City Marketplace and River Valley High School (school segment was delayed until Oct. 2007) and half hour service frequencies are added to Routes 1 & 3 on Saturdays

December 2008

• Opening of the McGowan Parkway Park & Ride Lot and delivery of 12 low-floor local fixed route buses to replace 8 old buses to greatly enhance accessibility, speed passenger boarding and allow for Route 2 expansion

January 2008

• Expansion of the Wheatland Route to two days a week with other route, schedule, stop and policy changes to eliminate advance reservation requirement

January 2009

• Expansion of Route 2 to half-hour service each weekday; expansion of the Live Oak Route from one to two round trips three days a week; and, Foothill route, schedule, stop and policy changes to eliminate advance reservation requirement

October 2009

• Opening of the Plumas Lake Park & Ride Lot

January 2010

• Install video surveillance system on all local fixed route buses (now on all buses)

April 2010

• Introduction of the first tour-bus style, 57-seat, 45’ commuter buses (now standard)

January 2012

• Completion of the remodel and expansion of the existing operations, maintenance and administration facility to its maximum capacity

April 2013

• Initiation of the FRAQMD funded Discount Monthly Senior Pass Program

January 2014

• Initiation of a FRAQMD funded one-year demonstration Discount Monthly Disabled Pass Program (combined in 2015 with similar discount pass programs) / Delivery of 11 heavy duty low floor replacement & expansion fixed route buses for an all low-floor fixed route fleet

July 2015

• Expansion of the Live Oak Route from three to five days a week which included service to Yuba College’s Sutter County Center

September 2015

• Local fixed route changes to move Route 1 out of the mall; realign Route 4A with Route 4B; and other related and miscellaneous changes

December 2015

• Mercy Housing funded Wheatland route expansion to one round trip each weekday

June 2017

• Introduction of the regional Connect Card and related fare policy changes

July 2018

• Complete the conversion to an all tour-bus style commuter bus fleet / Full Connect Card conversion (drop paper passes & transfers) / Installation of free Wi-Fi service on all commuter buses (added to the local fixed route fleet in March 2019)

June/July 2019

• Added a bus tracking system with predictive arrival times for passenger use on all local, rural and Sacramento schedules / Systemwide fare and fare policy changes / Sacramento service expansion in the Highway 70 corridor for a total of 23 weekday schedules / Significant bus stop enhancements (new shelters and Simme seats)

November 2019

• Delivery of 11 replacement buses for an all Gillig heavy-duty local fixed route fleet

March 2020

• Local start of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic leading to a host of temporary operational and policy changes many of which remain in effect for FY 2023

July 2021

• Purchased a 19.7-acre replacement facility site at 6035 Avondale Avenue in Linda

May 2023

• Adoption of the NextGen Transit Plan recommending significant service changes, staffing, and technology implementations

July 2023

• Retirement and replacement of the long-time Executive Director / Permanent Route 2 service frequency reductions

November 2023

• Permanent elimination of the six Sacramento schedules suspended during the pandemic and elimination of an additional AM, PM, and midday commuter schedule

December 2023

• Board approval of NextGen Transit Plan related IT, staffing, marketing and public outreach initiatives

January 2024

• Delivery of 6 Frontrunner cutaway buses to expand the demand-response service fleet

March 2024

• Board authorization for the sale of 2 surplus MCI commuter buses to the Redding Area Bus Authority

May 2024

• Adoption of an updated Implementation Plan for the NextGen Transit Plan Phase 1 local service changes and Marysville/Roseville service launch

July 2024

• Award of a contract for the NextGen Transit Facility environmental review, and preliminary architectural and engineering

September 2024

• Board approval of the NextGen Transit Plan Phase 1 local fixed route service and fare structure changes, to be effective January 2025

December 2024

• Board approval of the NextGen Transit Plan Phase 1 local demand-response service alternative, to be effective Spring 2025

January 2025

• Local Route Fare Changes. The price of local fixed route monthly passes increased from $10 to $20 for Basic Passes, and from $5 to $10 for Discount Passes. The Daily Cap on local one-way fares increased from $3 to $4.50 for the Basic Fare Daily Cap, and from $1.50 to $2.25 for the Discount Fare Daily Cap.
• Introduction of later weekday evening service hours for all local fixed routes from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. No change to the Saturday local fixed route service hours.
• ADA Paratransit services operate until 8:00 p.m. on weekdays.
• Elimination of the late-night Dial-A-Ride service for the general public on weekdays. Dial-A-Ride service (for eligible seniors and persons with disabilities) ends at 8:00 p.m., when fixed-route services conclude, instead of the current 9:30 p.m. end time.
• Award of a contract for the vehicle and signage (rebarding) project

March 2025

• Board approval of Caltrans State Route 70 Binney Junction Roadway and Complete Streets Project Settlement

April 2025

• New commuter schedule with  options to the May Lee State Office Complex in Sacramento

May 2025

• MOD (Mobility On-Demand) implementation in Linda and Olivehurst
• Board approval of the contract to provide real-time vehicle tracker 

August 2025

• NextGen Transit Facility Preliminary Design presentation to the Board and Open House