FAIRFIELD — Solano County not only has planes, trains and automobiles, but buses and ferries as well.
Just for good measure, it has bike and pedestrian routes for those who like to get about on their own power.
People are on the move and the county has ways to get them where they are going. The transportation backbone is Interstate 80, which links the county with the central Bay Area and Sacramento. Interstate 680, Interstate 505, Highway 12 and Highway 37 are other major regional routes that pass through the county.
More than 90 percent of commuters travel to work by vehicle, according to Census 2010. Most drive solo, but van pools and car pools are also popular.
Others take advantage of express buses that leave Vallejo and Fairfield for Bay Area Rapid Transit stations.
The newest addition to the local bus world is Route 21 , which is run by the Napa Vine transit and travels between Fairfield-Suisun and Napa via Highway 12 in Jameson Canyon. Bus riders previously had to take an out-of-the-way route through Vallejo.
The Capitol Corridor trains stop in Suisun City on their way between Sacramento and San Jose, with a link to BART in Richmond. Suisun City has Solano County’s only active train station, but that could change by 2016. Fairfield plans to build a train station at Vanden and Peabody roads.
For those who like to travel by water, the Vallejo ferry has commute runs from the Vallejo waterfront to San Francisco. Plans call for constructing another Vallejo ferry stop across the Mare Island Strait from the present terminal, on Mare Island.
Solano County even offers options for those who have private planes. Pilots can use either the Nut Tree Airport in Vacaville or the Rio Vista Airport.
Here is where to go to get information on getting around Solano County and the region:
- Fairfield-Suisun Transit System: www.fasttransit.org or 422-2877.
- BART: www.bart.gov or 510-465-2278 (Fairfield and Vallejo buses and Capitol Corridor trains connect with BART stations)
- SolTrans (Benicia and Vallejo bus service): www.soltransride.com or 648-4046.
- Vallejo Baylink Ferry: www.baylinkferry.com or 877-643-3779.
- Dixon Readi-Ride: www.ci.dixon.ca.us/index.aspx?NID=237 or 678-5020.
- Vacaville Transit: www.citycoach.com or 449-6000.
- Rio Vista Delta Breeze: www.rio-vista-ca.com/transit/index.html or 374-2878.
- Nut Tree Airport, Vacaville: www.co.solano.ca.us/depts/genserv/nta/default.asp or 469-4600.
- Rio Vista Airport: http://riovistacity.com/airport or 374-2176.
- Capitol Corridor Trains: www.capitolcorridor.org or 877-974-3322.
- Solano-Napa Commuter Information: www.commuterinfo.net/ or 800-535-6883.
- Napa Vine Transit: www.ridethevine.com/vine or 251-2800.
Reach Barry Eberling at 427-6929, or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/beberlingdr.
