PCTPA’s COA was developed between Fall 2023 and Summer 2024 in partnership with Auburn Transit, PCT, Roseville Transit, and local jurisdictions in western Placer County. Public input was received throughout the development of the COA through surveys of transit riders and non-riders, focus groups, and PCTPA staff hosting pop-up booths at many community events. In addition, a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), composed of members from local jurisdictions, community advocates, and other transit stakeholders, reviewed the findings and advised the project team through the development of the service plan recommendations. The project team also met with staff from local jurisdictions and coordinated with Roseville Transit’s COA process. 

There are many opportunities to make the existing transit network better, especially given the new travel patterns occurring after the pandemic. Key findings regarding service needs expressed by both riders and non-riders in surveys, focus groups, and discussions with staff include: 

• Operate buses on routes more often,
• Extend routes to serve areas without nearby transit services, 
• Improve connections among cities within Placer County and between Placer County and Sacramento County, and 
• Offer more app-based on-demand service. 

Highlights of the recommended service plan are summarized below: 

• Add more service on Route 10, Route 20, and Route 40, and Lincoln Dial-A-Ride, 
• Add on-street stops on Route 10 at the Taylor Road Park-and-Ride, split Route 20 into two routes to serve more areas in west Rocklin, extend Route 30 in Auburn and Route 70 in Lincoln to serve more areas, and extend on-demand service to the Bowman area, 
• Reduce lower-ridership services to match ridership demand by converting Route 50 to a Dial-A-Ride service with a reduced span of service, remove one trip in the morning and one in the afternoon on Route 60 and discontinue Route 60 between Auburn and Colfax, and 
• Provide continuous weekday midday service on the Granite Bay Dial-A-Ride. 

Route 10 has three stops in each way along its 29-mile-long route between Auburn Station and the Watt/I-80 Light Rail Station: Sierra College, Roseville Galleria, and the Louis and Orlando Transit Center. Buses operate every 60 minutes connecting with other PCT fixed routes and Dial-A-Ride services, Auburn OnDemand, Roseville Transit fixed routes, Sacramento Regional Transit District fixed routes and Blue Line, and the Amtrak Capital Corridor/San Joaquins Thruway buses. 

Our recommendations: 

• Operate Route 10 every 30 minutes instead of every 60 minutes on weekdays from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM to make the service more convenient and provide more opportunities to connect with other transit services. If the RapidLink pilot service (estimated to operate from 2025 to 2028) becomes permanent between the Roseville Galleria and Watt/I-80 Light Rail Station, then Route 10 could only operate between the Roseville Galleria and Auburn every 30 minutes from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.  
• Realign the westbound routing and add on-street stops in both directions at Taylor Road Park-and-Ride for connections with Roseville Transit routes.

Route 20 operates between Lincoln (Twelve Bridges Library and a few trips to 3rd Street and F Street) and Sierra College on Rocklin Road. It serves the Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Roseville Galleria, and the Quarry District in central Rocklin. Buses operate every 60 minutes, connecting with PCT fixed routes and Dial-A-Ride services, Roseville Transit fixed routes, and Amtrak Capital Corridor/San Joaquins Thruway buses. 

Our recommendations: 

• Split Route 20 into two routes (between Lincoln and the Roseville Galleria and between the Roseville Galleria and Sierra College). Change the western route to serve Rocklin High School via Park Drive and Stanford Ranch Road and end the route in Lincoln at the park-and-ride lot on Industrial Avenue just south of SR-65 instead of the Twelve Bridges Library. The route would also no longer serve central Lincoln at 3rd and F streets due to terminating at the park-and-ride lot (Route 70 that serves central Lincoln is still maintained and would connect to re-aligned Route 20 at the park-and-ride lot). Change the eastern route to operate as a one-way loop with the Sierra College direction following the current Route 20 routing from the Roseville Galleria to S. Whitney Blvd, followed by Springview Drive back to the current routing along Sunset Blvd to Pacific Drive to Sierra College. The Roseville Galleria direction would follow the current routing from Sierra COllege along Sunset Blvd, then continue to Park Drive followed by Roseville Parkway before ending at the Roseville Galleria.
  • These changes will add transit services to new areas of Rocklin including apartment complexes, assisted living facilities, and various businesses. Additionally, creating two shorter routes will ensure buses arrive at stops closer to their scheduled times.

Route 30 operates between Nevada Street, Grass Valley Highway, and several local route segments on both sides of SR 49 in North Auburn. Buses operate every 60 minutes, connecting with PCT routes, Nevada County Connects routes, and Amtrak Capital Corridor/San Joaquins Thruway buses at Auburn Station, as well as with the Auburn/Highway 49 Dial-A-Ride and Auburn OnDemand services.  

Our recommendation: 

• Extend Route 30 from Auburn Station to downtown Auburn to serve commercial areas, schools, and other trip generators.

Route 40 operates between Auburn Station and Alta Store along Interstate (I-) 80 with four intermediate stops (Bowman, Meadow Vista, Weimar, and Colfax Depot). Two trips are provided in each direction, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Buses can deviate off route by calling PCT ahead of time for a reservation. Connections at Auburn Station include other PCT routes, Nevada County Connects routes, and Amtrak Capital Corridor/San Joaquins Thruway buses, as well as the Auburn/Highway 49 Dial-A-Ride and Auburn OnDemand services.  

Our recommendation: 

• Add a round trip in the afternoon on Route 40 to allow riders from Auburn on the morning trip to have shorter wait times for their return trip.

Route 50 operates on Ophir Road and Taylor Road between Auburn Station and Sierra College via Ophir, Newcastle, Penryn, and Loomis. It includes a “Campus Shopping Loop” that operates along Rocklin Road, Granite Drive, and Sierra College Boulevard. Buses operate every 120 minutes. Route 50 can deviate up to three-quarters of a mile off its fixed route alignment to serve riders. Riders can call PCT to arrange a pickup or tell the driver where they need to be dropped off.  

Our recommendations: 

• Convert Route 50 to Dial-A-Ride service. 
• Reduce early morning and evening service and discontinue Saturday service due to low ridership.

Route 60 provides two trips in each direction between Colfax and downtown Sacramento with seven stops in Placer County. The first trip in the morning and the last trip in the afternoon have much lower ridership than the other trips. Even with more employees returning to their offices in the future, ridership on these two trips would still be low and options such as Roseville Transit’s fixed routes would be available. Ridership on the segment of the route between Auburn and Colfax is very low. 

Our recommendations: 

• Discontinue the trips that arrive at J Street and 4th Street in Sacramento at 6:50 AM and depart at 5:15 PM due to low ridership. 
• Discontinue the route segment between Auburn and Colfax due to low ridership.

Route 70 provides local service within the City of Lincoln with buses operating every 60 minutes. Connections with Route 20 are provided at the Twelve Bridges Library. Route 80 has a similar route path to Route 70 but has only one trip in the morning and one in the afternoon to handle students who would otherwise overload Route 70.  

Our recommendation: 

• Extend Route 70 to serve 1st Street and 3rd Street between R Street and Joiner Parkway and end the route at the park-and-ride on Industrial Avenue. 

Both services operate in the Auburn and North Auburn areas including the SR 49 corridor. Auburn/Highway 49 Dial-A-Ride operates on weekdays from 6:00 AM to 7:30 PM and Saturdays from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Auburn OnDemand runs Monday to Saturday from 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM. 

Our recommendations: 

• Expand service to the area east of the existing on-demand zones and south of Bell Road (including the Raley’s on Lincoln Way and the Auburn Interfaith Food Closet on Auburn Ravine Road). 
• Coordinate the apps used by each service so that riders are aware of the availability of each service and to clearly define which service is available in an area. 
• Reduce service span for Auburn OnDemand to be 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM Monday to Friday and 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday.

Service is available weekdays from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM and from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM from the area south of Olive Ranch Road to the Sacramento County line, east of Sierra College Boulevard to Folsom Lake, and along Douglas Boulevard between Sierra College Boulevard and the I-80 interchange in Roseville. Granite Bay has the lowest ridership of all the on-demand areas in western Placer County. 

Our recommendations: 

• Provide service for four hours weekday middays rather than the current two peak service periods. 
• Consider an agreement with Roseville Transit for Roseville’s Arrow service to provide service to this area.  

Service is available in the City of Lincoln on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 6:35 PM and Saturdays from 8:20 AM to 4:20 PM. New developments are increasing demand for the service and resulting in longer trips.  

Our recommendation: 

• Add more weekday service during times of heaviest ridership.

Service is available on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 7:55 PM and Saturdays from 8:00 AM to 3:55 PM. 

Our recommendation: 

• No change to current service.