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SamTrans

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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. [1]

59 relations: AC Transit, All Nighter (bus service), American football, Articulated bus, Atherton, California, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Bay to Breakers, Belmont, California, Board of supervisors, Burlingame, California, California, Caltrain, City council, Clipper card, Colma, California, Commuter rail, County, Daly City, California, East Palo Alto, California, Exonumia, Express bus service, First Transit, Foster City, California, Gillig Corporation, GPS tracking unit, Half Moon Bay, California, Hillsborough, California, Interstate 280 (California), List of SamTrans bus lines, Menlo Park, California, Millbrae, California, Muni Metro, MV Transportation, North American Bus Industries, Outsourcing, Pacifica, California, Palo Alto, California, Paratransit, Public transport, Rail transport, Redwood City, California, San Bruno, California, San Carlos, California, San Francisco, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco Peninsula, San Francisco Transbay Terminal, ..., San Jose, California, San Mateo County, California, San Mateo, California, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Santa Cruz Mountains, South San Francisco, California, Special district (United States), Thoroughfare, Transit bus. Expand index (9 more) »

AC Transit

AC Transit (Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) is an Oakland-based public transit agency serving the western portions of Alameda and Contra Costa counties in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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All Nighter (bus service)

The All Nighter is a night bus service network in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Articulated bus

An articulated bus (either a motor bus or trolleybus) is an articulated vehicle used in public transportation.

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Atherton, California

Atherton is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States.

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Bay Area Rapid Transit

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), is a rapid transit public transportation system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

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Bay to Breakers

Bay to Breakers is an annual footrace in San Francisco, California on the third Sunday of May.

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Belmont, California

Belmont is a city in San Mateo County in the U.S. state of California.

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Board of supervisors

A board of supervisors is a governing body that oversees the operation of county government in the American states of Arizona, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Virginia, and Wisconsin, as well as 16 counties in New York.

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Burlingame, California

Burlingame is a city in San Mateo County, California.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Caltrain

Caltrain (Reporting mark JPBX) is a California commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley).

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City council

A city council, town council, town board, or board of aldermen is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality, or local government area.

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Clipper card

The Clipper card is a reloadable contactless smart card used for electronic transit fare payment in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Colma, California

Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, near the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Commuter rail

Commuter rail, also called suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates between a city centre and middle to outer suburbs beyond 15 km (10 miles) and commuter towns or other locations that draw large numbers of commuters—people who travel on a daily basis.

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County

A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes,Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations.

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Daly City, California

Daly City is the largest city in San Mateo County, California, United States, with an estimated 2014 population of 106,094.

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East Palo Alto, California

East Palo Alto (abbreviated E.P.A.) is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States.

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Exonumia

Exonumia are numismatic items (such as tokens, medals, or scrip) other than coins and paper money.

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Express bus service

An express bus service (also known as commuter bus service) is a bus service that is intended to run faster than normal bus services between the same two commuter or destination points.

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First Transit

First Transit is a United States-based subsidiary of FirstGroup.

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Foster City, California

Foster City is a planned city located in San Mateo County, California.

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Gillig Corporation

Gillig Corporation (formerly Gillig Brothers) is an American designer and manufacturer of buses.

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GPS tracking unit

A GPS tracking unit is a GPS device, normally carried by a moving vehicle or person, that uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) to track the device’s movements, at intervals, and to determine its location, and its carrier.

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Half Moon Bay, California

Half Moon Bay is a coastal city in San Mateo County, California, United States.

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Hillsborough, California

Hillsborough is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Interstate 280 (California)

Interstate 280 (I-280) is a 57-mile (92-km) long north–south Interstate Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.

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List of SamTrans bus lines

This is a list of bus routes operated by the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) primarily in San Mateo County of the San Francisco Bay Area, in the state of California.

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Menlo Park, California

Menlo Park is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the United States.

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Millbrae, California

Millbrae is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, just west of San Francisco Bay, with San Bruno on the north and Burlingame on the south.

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Muni Metro

The Muni Metro is a light rail system serving San Francisco, California, operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), a division of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).

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MV Transportation

MV Transportation, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas., is the largest private provider of paratransit services and the largest privately owned transportation contracting firm in the United States.

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North American Bus Industries

NABI Bus, LLC (NABI) was a manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses with its headquarters, bus manufacturing and assembly operations, located in Anniston, Alabama.

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Outsourcing

In business, outsourcing is an agreement in which one company contracts its own internal activity to a different company.

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Pacifica, California

Pacifica is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay.

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Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto is a charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States.

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Paratransit

Paratransit is recognized in North America as special transportation services for people with disabilities, often provided as a supplement to fixed-route bus and rail systems by public transit agencies.

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Public transport

Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, or mass transit) is transport of passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that charge a posted fee for each trip.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Redwood City, California

Redwood City is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California's Bay Area, approximately south of San Francisco, and northwest of San Jose.

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San Bruno, California

San Bruno is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, incorporated in 1914.

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San Carlos, California

San Carlos is a city in San Mateo County, California on the San Francisco Peninsula, about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area (popularly referred to as the Bay Area) is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun estuaries in the northern part of the U.S. state of California.

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San Francisco International Airport

San Francisco International Airport is an international airport south of downtown San Francisco, California, United States, near Millbrae and San Bruno in unincorporated San Mateo County.

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San Francisco Municipal Railway

The San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF Muni or Muni) is the public transit system for the city and county of San Francisco, California.

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San Francisco Peninsula

The San Francisco Peninsula is a peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area that separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.

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San Francisco Transbay Terminal

The San Francisco Transbay Terminal or Transbay Terminal, was a transportation complex in San Francisco, California, United States, roughly in the center of the rectangle bounded north–south by Mission Street and Howard Street, and east–west by Beale Street and 2nd Street in the South of Market area of the city.

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San Jose, California

San Jose (Spanish for 'Saint Joseph'), officially the City of San José, is an economic, cultural, and political center of Silicon Valley and the largest city in Northern California.

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San Mateo County, California

San Mateo County (Spanish for "Saint Matthew") is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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San Mateo, California

San Mateo (Spanish for "Saint Matthew") is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California's Bay Area, approximately south of San Francisco, and northwest of San Jose.

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Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is a special district responsible for public transit services, congestion management, specific highway improvement projects, and countywide transportation planning for Santa Clara County, California.

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Santa Cruz Mountains

The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a mountain range in central and northern California, United States.

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South San Francisco, California

South San Francisco is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Special district (United States)

Special districts (also known as special service districts, special district governments, limited purpose entities, or special-purpose districts in the United States) are independent, special-purpose governmental units that exist separately from local governments such as county, municipal, and township governments, with substantial administrative and fiscal independence.

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Thoroughfare

A thoroughfare is a road connecting one location to another.

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Transit bus

A transit bus (also big bus, commuter bus, city bus, town bus, stage bus, public bus or simply bus) is a type of bus used on shorter-distance public transport bus services.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SamTrans

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