Tracer is the public bus system for the city of Tracy, California

Tracy, California

Tracy is the second most populated city in San Joaquin County, California, United States and an exurb of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 82,922 at the 2010 census.-History:...

, USA and the bus system is unique in that since 2002 every April and December the buses are 100% free to all riders.

Operations

The service provides four circulator routes. The buses are designated by letters A through D. Fares range from free to 1.50 depending on the category. Most routes operate from approximately 7 AM to 7 PM weekdays and 9 AM to 5 PM on hourly headways. Service is provided near Tracy ACE station and to West Valley Mall

West Valley Mall

West Valley Mall is a mall in Tracy, California that opened in 1995. It is owned and operated by General Growth Properties and is located directly off of Highway 205. Anchor stores include JCPenney, Target, Macy's, and Sears....

. Major hubs for this bus system are Tracy Transit Center

Tracy Transit Center

Tracy Transit Center is a bus station in Tracy, California. The facility serves as a bus hub for transportation on local, commuter, and long-distance bus services....

 with connections to San Joaquin Regional Transit District

San Joaquin Regional Transit District

San Joaquin Regional Transit District is a transit district that provides bus service to the city of Stockton, California and the surrounding communities of Lodi, Ripon, Thornton, French Camp, Lathrop, Manteca, and Tracy.San Joaquin RTD operates 36 fixed routes to the Stockton metropolitan area,...

 (SMART) bus lines to neighboring communities in addition to Greyhound Lines

Greyhound Lines

Greyhound Lines, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States, Canada and Mexico, operating under the well-known logo of a leaping greyhound. It was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, in 1914 and...

 and Amtrak Thruway Bus services. The service's second hub is at Naglee Park and Ride Lot

Naglee Park and Ride Lot

Naglee Park and Ride Lot is a transit center in Tracy, California. The lot serves as a bus hub for transportation on local, commuter, and long-distance bus services.Tracer and taxi services offer local connections...

 by West Valley Mall where numerous SMART lines connect to the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station

Dublin/Pleasanton (BART station)

Dublin/Pleasanton is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station on the border of Dublin and Pleasanton. The station is fed by twenty local and regional bus lines from five different providers....

 and job centers in Livermore

Livermore, California

Livermore is a city in Alameda County. The population as of 2010 was 80,968. Livermore is located on the eastern edge of California's San Francisco Bay Area....

, Palo Alto

Palo Alto, California

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, Mountain View

Mountain View, California

-Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south...

, Sunnyvale

Sunnyvale, California

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, Santa Clara

Santa Clara, California

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, Pleasanton

Pleasanton, California

Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about east of Oakland, and west of Livermore. The population was 70,285 at the 2010 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in...

, Milpitas

Milpitas, California

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, and San Jose

San Jose, California

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

. The Tracer line A connects with the Amtrak Thruway Bus at the Tracy Amtrak Bus Stop at Clover Road near I-205 and Tracy Boulevard. Line 6 runs six daily trips in either direction between Stockton

Stockton, California

Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...

 and San Jose, California

San Jose, California

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

 while line 34 twice daily trips to San Francisco

San Francisco, California

San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

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