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Antelope Valley Transit Kern Regional Transit (KRT)
Authority (AVTA) KRT provides scheduled bus service t
COVID 19…it impacted all of us throughout the Antelope Valley r
individually and every business. For AVTA from California City to Lancaster and
ridership plunged by 69%, through it all Metrolink plus various other destinations y
we still managed to complete our fleet throughout Kern County. A new transit
conversion to all electric in mid March. center will begin service in Mojave to
We also crossed the 3 million and 4 serve five bus lines in East Kern, Eastern
million all electric mile benchmarks. We California, Mojave and the Antelope
built a world class fitness center for our Valley with connections to Metrolink and
employees and we partnered with some Amtrak.
great sponsors to host three massive KernTransit.org/routes-andschedules/100-
grocery giveaways to families and bakersfield-lancaster
individuals who were struggling. Mojave Regional Transit
We currently have our Main office/bus Transportation - A new transit center
is being constructed to better serve
parking and maintenance facility, along bus lines that connect Mojave to the
with four transit centers and one more Southeast Kern and Antelope Valley
under construction. region with Amtrak, Metrolink, shopping
and employment.
Mojave leaders are also working to
extend Metrolink service to Rosamond,
Mojave, and California City to serve
residents who commute to jobs in the
Los Angeles area.
More and more businesses, the local
California Highway Patrol office, the
Mojave Air & Space Port, and the Stater
Zero Emissions, Electric Battery Powered AVTA Bus.
Bros shopping center offer connections
for powering electric vehicles.
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