Author Archives: mtrcadmin

COVID-19 and its Effect on Public Transit

Written by mtrcadmin on December 21, 2020 — Leave a Comment

By Charles P. Hobbs (Note: This article also appeared in the Transit Advocate, v. 28, no. 2) In December 2019, reports came out about a mysterious viral disease in Wuhan, China. By mid-March 2020, this disease, now known as COVID-19 (COronaVIrus Disease 2019), had spread around the world. A global pandemic was declared. Workplaces and […]

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Motor Coach Age – History of Santa Barbara Transit

Written by mtrcadmin on April 25, 2020 — Leave a Comment

My article “Santa Barbara” (about the history of the Santa Barbara bus system) has been published in the January-June 2019 issue of Motor Coach Age. While a limited number of print copies are available from the Motor Bus Society, they have graciously allowed me to post a watermarked, read-only copy: Enjoy!

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Proposed service change affecting OCTA-NCTD connection in San Clemente

Written by mtrcadmin on March 14, 2017 — 5 Comments

Back in 2011, I published the story Transit Trip in Trouble about possible changes to North County Transit District’s #395 between San Clemente and Oceanside. NCTD is now considering cutting the #395 and replacing it with a flexible-destination service (“FLEX”). Unfortunately, the replacement service would run only as far as Camp San Onofre, leaving Camp San Mateo and […]

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