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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.
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Free bus passes for select Santa Maria teens
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and last updated 2021-06-22 18:00:18-04
Starting July 1, the City of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department will be handing out month-long bus passes to Santa Maria students in need.
Labeled as Youth Adventure Passes, they are valid aboard any Santa Maria Area Transit (SMAT) buses.
Applications can be picked up at the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center on South McClelland Street, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Students who are interested must be in grades 7 through 12, enrolled in Santa Maria schools with valid ID, have a parent s signature, and are able to show financial need.
A gasoline station and minimarket was approved for the intersection of Lakeview Road and Orcutt Road at Highway 135 by the Santa Barbara County zoning administrator in a virtual hearing Monday morning.
Three area residents sent letters to the Planning and Development Department, four spoke at the hearing and several posted messages on various social media pages, all but a few opposing the project based on its effect on traffic congestion in the intersection.
Lakeview Road crosses both Orcutt Road and Highway 135 within a distance of about 200 feet, and the two eastbound lanes of Lakeview merge into a single lane about 200 feet east of Orcutt Road, right before a crosswalk serving students from nearby Lakeview Junior High School.