ASUCD Unitrans

Unitrans provides public transportation service to the city of Davis, California with 49 buses on 14 routes, carrying over 3 million passengers/year. We are the largest student operated transit company in the United States. Unitrans was formed by the Associated Students of UC Davis and began operation on February 28, 1968 with two RTL-type doubledecker buses that had been retired from service in London. Some facts: *Opened to the general public as the transit service for the City of Davis in 1972. *Undergraduate students passed an initiative in 1990 to increase registration fees and provide unlimited access to Unitrans service. *Unitrans has 3.75 million annual boardings; about 21,000 on a typical day with UCD in session. 91% are UCD undergrads, 5% are grad students/staff/faculty, and 4% are general public. *14 lines run in all-day service. *During regular service, buses make about 600 trips per day, covering 4000 miles. *49 buses in Unitrans active fleet 4 are vintag...