Placer County Transit

Placer County Transit – (530) 885-BUSS

Placer County Transit directly operates fixed route service between:

  1. Auburn and the Watt-I-80 Light Rail;
  2. Lincoln, Rocklin and Sierra College;
  3. Highway 49
  4. Lincoln Circulator
  5. Lincoln School Tripper
  6. Alta, Colfax and Auburn;
  7. Taylor Road Shuttle

This service operates Monday through Friday, 5:00 am to 9:00 pm; and on Saturdays from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm.

PCT contracts Dial-A-Ride service and the Taylor Road Shuttle to PRIDE Industries. Dial-A-Ride provides service based on reservations directly to requested destinations within the service area. Dial-A-Ride is provided in Auburn in the Highway 49 Corridor, Loomis, Rocklin and Granite Bay. The Taylor Road Shuttle provide service to Newcastle, Penryn and Loomis from Auburn to Sierra College in Rocklin.

PCT provides connections with Auburn Transit, Gold Country Stage (Nevada County), Lincoln Transit, Roseville Transit, and the Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT) at designated transfer points within respective jurisdictions.

The Placer Commuter Express (PCE) service begins in Colfax and stops at Clipper Gap, Auburn, Penryn, Loomis, Rocklin and Roseville, and ends in downtown Sacramento.  This service operates Monday through Friday from 5:00 am to 8:00 am and from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

The Placer County vanpool program is administered by PCT.  The vanpools are leased from a private firm and driven by one of the commuters in the vanpool.  Currently there are ten vanpools originating from Placer County to various employers in Sacramento and Davis.  The vanpool program is supported with County subsidy.