No permission needed. Lompoc Mayor Jenelle Osborne shook up the political establishment recently when she announced her bid for the Santa Barbara County
The California Transportation Commission awarded the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments and Caltrans $132.4 million in funding for the U.S. Multimodal Corridor Project on June 28.
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GOLETA, Calif. Riders hopping on the Clean Air Express or Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District buses don t have to have cash on hand anymore.
Contactless payment options are being introduced in the tri-county region on Santa Barbara County public transit systems.
Clean Air Express customers will also pay a dollar less as those contactless payments will be $6 rather than the standard $7 one-way cash fare. Multi-ride fare discounts are also being honored.
It s part of a pilot program in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties. It is also happening in a fe other regions including Monterey, Salinas and Sacramento.