Editing SamTrans (section)

{{Short description|Public transit operator in San Mateo County, California}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox Bus transit
| name            = San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans)
| logo            = SamTrans logo.svg
| logo_size       = 150
| image           = SamTrans ECR bus at Colma station, March 2018 (cropped).JPG
| image_size      = 300
| company_slogan  = 
| parent          = San Mateo County Transit District
| founded         = July 1, 1976
| headquarters    = 1250 San Carlos Ave.<br />[[San Carlos, California]]
| locale          = [[San Francisco Peninsula]]
| service_area    = [[San Mateo County]]
| service_type    = [[bus service]], [[express bus]], [[paratransit]]
| alliance        = 
| routes          = 66
| destinations    = 
| stops           = 
| hubs            =
| stations        = 
| lounge          = 
| fleet           = 296
| ridership = {{American transit ridership|CA San Carlos SamTrans total daily}} ({{American transit ridership|dailydate}}){{American transit ridership|dailycitation}}
| annual ridership = {{American transit ridership|CA San Carlos SamTrans total annual}} ({{American transit ridership|annualdate}}){{American transit ridership|annualcitation}}
| fuel_type       = 
| operator        = {{Unbulleted list
   | SamTrans (most fixed-routes)
   | [[MV Transportation]] (certain fixed-routes and shuttles)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transparency in service delivery |url=http://www.mvtransit.com/sites/default/files/Sam_Trans_CUB_Case_Study_0.pdf |access-date=August 2, 2018 |publisher=MV Transportation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=MV Transportation Selected to Continue Operation of SamTrans CUB Service |date=December 12, 2012 |publisher=MV Transportation |url=https://www.mvtransit.com/sites/default/files/SamTrans_CUB_FINAL_12122012.pdf |access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Weigel, Samantha |date=April 28, 2015 |title=Shuttle provider suing SamTrans: Parking Company of America claiming transit agency erred in denying contract |work=San Mateo Daily Journal |url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2015-04-28/shuttle-provider-suing-samtrans-parking-company-of-america-claiming-transit-agency-erred-in-denying-contract/1776425142395.html |url-status=dead |access-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710030617/http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2015-04-28/shuttle-provider-suing-samtrans-parking-company-of-america-claiming-transit-agency-erred-in-denying-contract/1776425142395.html |archive-date=July 10, 2015}}</ref>
   | [[Trans Dev]] (paratransit)<ref>{{Cite press release |title=First Transit Awarded SamTrans New Redi-Wheels Service Contract |date=January 22, 2015 |publisher=First Transit |url=http://www.firsttransit.com/about-us/news/news-details/2015/01/22/first-transit-awarded-samtrans-new-redi-wheels-service-contract |access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref>
   }}
| ceo             = 
| website         = {{URL|samtrans.com}}
}}

'''SamTrans''' (stylized as '''samTrans'''; officially the '''San Mateo County Transit District''') is a [[public transport]] agency in and around [[San Mateo, California]], in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. It provides bus service throughout [[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo County]] and into portions of [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] (a [[consolidated city-county]]) and into portions of [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]] and [[Stanford, California|Stanford]] in [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]]. SamTrans also operates commuter shuttles to [[Bay Area Rapid Transit|BART]] stations and community shuttles. Service is largely concentrated on the east side of the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]], and, in the central county, [[Interstate 280 (California)|I-280]], leaving coast-side service south of [[Pacifica, California|Pacifica]] spotty and intermittent.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Angelica Pence |date=May 12, 2000 |title=SamTrans to Add Shuttle Service Along the Coast New route around Half Moon Bay |publisher=the San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/05/12/MN55112.DTL}}</ref>

SamTrans is constituted as a [[special-purpose district|special district]] under California state law. It is governed by a board of nine appointed members; two county Supervisors, one "transportation expert" appointed by the county [[Board of Supervisors]], three [[city council]] members appointed by the cities in the county to represent the county's judicial districts, and three citizens appointed by the other six board members (including one from the coastside).

The district was established in 1976 and consolidated eleven different municipal bus systems serving the county. One year later, SamTrans began operation of mainline bus service to San Francisco. Shuttle service began in 2000.<ref name=SRTP-2014 />

In addition to fixed-route bus and [[paratransit]] operations, the district participates in the administration of the [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]-[[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] [[commuter rail]] line [[Caltrain]]. SamTrans also provides administrative support for the [[San Mateo County Transportation Authority]], a separate board charged with administering the half-cent (0.5 percent) sales tax levy that funds highway and transit improvement projects.

In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the system had a ridership of {{American transit ridership|CA San Carlos SamTrans total annual}}, or about {{American transit ridership|CA San Carlos SamTrans total daily}} per weekday as of {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.