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SANTA MARIA Calif. – The Santa Maria Area Transit returned to full service Thursday and passengers are required to once again pay a fare.
Fares will remain the same as usual with fares starting at $0.75. It's the first time in 14 months that the SMAT charged a fare.
There will be some changes in the daily operation:
All routes will have an additional run at the start of the day in the morning
Frequency of Routes 2 and 3 will be restored to twice hourly.
Extending Route 8 to Crossroads Shopping Center
According to a transit spokesman, there will be two phases of the full service plan.