Transit
Public transportation services are available throughout Kern County. If you set up an account on the carpool and vanpool matching website, you may find public transit routes to help you with your commute. Public transit providers, phone numbers and service areas are listed below. Summary information is provided. You may choose to visit the transit agency's website directly for specific route and fare information. Unless otherwise noted, Dial-a-Ride operates only within the city limits.
Arvin
661-854-3139
7AM - 4PM Office Hours
Serving: Arvin/Lamont
California City
760-373-8665 Dial-a-Ride
Delano
661-721-3333 (TDD/TTY: 711 through the California Relay Service)
Delano Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Dial-a-Ride
www.cityofdelano.org/index.asp?nid=66
McFarland
661-792-3092 Dial-a-Ride
Ridgecrest
760-499-5040 Dial-a-Ride
http://www.ci.ridgecrest.ca.us/transit.asp?id=37
Serving: Ridgecrest, Inyokern, Randsburg
To purchase passes, call 760-499-5020
Shafter
661-746-2955 Dial-a-Ride
Taft
661-763-3822 Dial-a-Ride
Tehachapi
800-323-2396
Wasco
661-758-7222 Dial-a-Ride
www.ci.wasco.ca.us/Public_Documents/WascoCA_DPW/S0014A7AB
The following operators serve Metropolitan Bakersfield:
Golden Empire Transit (GET)
661-869-2GET (2438)
www.getbus.org
GET-A-Lift: 661-324-9874
GET-A-Lift is only available for those eligible under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Applications are available at the District office, 1830 Golden State Avenue, Bakerafield, CA 93301 or may be downloaded from the GET website.
Consolidated Transportation Service Agency
661-392-2035
Curb-to-curb service for seniors and the disabled
Intercommunity Service
Kern Regional Transit
800-560-1733
www.co.kern.ca.us/roads/kernregionaltransit.asp
Intercommunity services are provided between Bakersfield and the following:
Frazier Park, Wasco/Lost Hills/Shafter/McFarland/Delano, Taft, Tehachapi, Lamont, Buttonwillow and Lake Isabella
Intercommunity services are also provided between:
Mohave/Tehachapi and California City-Palmdale/Lancaster
Local Transit Services are provided in Rosamond, Mojave, Boron, Kern River Valley, Kernville, Lamont, and Frazier Park. See Dial-a-Ride numbers above, or visit the Kern Regional Transit website for schedule and fare information.
Social Services Agency Transportation
New Advances for People with Disabilities (NAPD)
Daily transportation for clients in the Bakersfield area and the outlying communities of Delano, Wasco, Shafter, Buttonwillow, Taft, Lamont, Arvin, Tehachapi, and Bear Valley.
661-395-1361
2601 F Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Love, Inc. of Greater Bakersfield
661-325-8838