Gold Coast Transit, formerly known as South Coast Area Transit (SCAT), is a municipal bus operator in western Ventura County, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, serving Ventura

Ventura, California

Ventura is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866. The population was 106,433 at the 2010 census, up from 100,916 at the 2000 census. Ventura is accessible via U.S...

, Oxnard

Oxnard, California

Oxnard is the 113th largest city in the United States, 19th largest city in California and largest city in Ventura County, California, by way of population. It is located at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, and is an important agricultural center, with its distinction as the...

, Port Hueneme

Port Hueneme, California

Port Hueneme is a small beach city in Ventura County, California surrounded by the city of Oxnard and the Pacific Ocean. The name derives from the Spanish spelling of the Chumash wene me, meaning "Resting Place". The area was discovered by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo in the mid 16th century...

, Ojai

Ojai, California

Ojai is a city in Ventura County, California, USA. It is situated in the Ojai Valley , surrounded by hills and mountains. The population was 7,461 at the 2010 census, down from 7,862 at the 2000 census.-History:Chumash Indians were the early inhabitants of the valley...

, and the adjoining areas of unincorporated Ventura County.

History

Gold Coast Transit was founded in 1973 as South Coast Area Transit with the merger of the Ventura City Transit Lines and the Oxnard Municipal Bus Lines.
Until 1994, SCAT also served Santa Paula

Santa Paula, California

Santa Paula is a city within Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 29,321 at the 2010 census, up from 28,598 at the 2000 census...

. Service to Santa Paula has since been replaced with VISTA

Ventura Intercity Service Transit Authority

Ventura Intercity Service Transit Authority, or VISTA is apublic transit agency providing bus service in Ventura County, California.It is intended to provide an intercity bus service between Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks,...

routes and a dial-a-ride service within the City of Santa Paula.
The system adopted the name Gold Coast Transit effective July 1, 2007.
This accompanied a change in bus livery and the acquisition of 26 new buses.

External links

• Gold Coast Transit homepage