NABI 42-BRT CNG F2222

Location: 1st Street at Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA
Operator of Vehicle: Foothill Transit
Date of Photo: March 10, 2022

There are many different transportation providers in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.  While the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, better known as “Metro”, probably comes to mind first for many, there are about 20 other bus systems operating within Los Angeles County.  (Los Angeles County is not coterminous with the City of Los Angeles, there are 87 other incorporated cities within the county).  One of these other transit providers in this portion of southern California is Foothill Transit. 

Foothill Transit operates in 22 of the incorporated cities in Los Angeles County, mostly in the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys in eastern Los Angeles County.  The system’s two bus yards are located in Pomona and Arcadia, while the administrative headquarters are located in West Covina.  The agency has over 350 buses serving 37 routes, though actual operations are carried out by Keolis at the Pomona Yard and by Transdev at the Arcadia Yard. 

The most notable aspect of Foothill Transit’s fleet is how the agency began moving to alternative fuels earlier than most other transit agencies.  Foothill Transit began operating compress natural gas buses, such as the one pictured here, in 2002 and retired its last diesel buses in 2013.  In 2010, Foothill became the first agency to operate an electric bus manufactured by Proterra.  Foothill Transit acquired two electric double decker buses from UK manufacturer Alexander Dennis in 2021.  That same year, Foothill Transit ordered 33 XHE40 hydrogen fuel cell buses from New Flyer; these buses entered service in 2022.

For more photos of Foothill Transit, please click here.