City of Camarillo | Draft Service Plan Concept
November 2025
Countywide Short Range Transit Plan
Goals
• Provide strategies for improved
local and regional public
transportation
• Consider fixed route and demand
response/paratransit collectively
• Offer recommendations for
increased coordination and
connectivity between communities
Desired Outcomes
• Increased ridership
• Improved marketing, communications,
and partnerships for ridership growth
• Improved operational efficiency
• Address inequity in the transportation
network
Components of the SRTP
Travel Market Analysis
Service Assessment
Service Recommendations
Capital and Financial Plan
Path toward integrated
Demand Response
Who could use transit, and where?
How our current transit system performs
Specific actions to address those questions
How to implement in the near-term
Actions to improve cost-efficiency and reduce
barriers for the riders most dependent on
public transportation
Project Process Timeline
Preliminary Public
Outreach
Existing Conditions
and Market Analysis
Performance Standard
Discussions
Initial
Recommendations
Recommendation
Refinement
More Public Outreach
Final
Recommendations
Early 2024 Late 2024
Early 2025 Late 2025
Near-Term Concepts
More direct and frequent local
routes for better transit in your
community and more
dependable connections to
regional transit
Reinvesting in local fixed-route service
Camarillo
Redesigned
routes
Moorpark
Optimized
routes between
multiple
providers
Santa Paula
Redesigned
routes
Fillmore+Piru
Optimized routes
All details subject to change
1. Route Realignment
• Two loops operating hourly
(one route + Trolley leaving train
station every 30 minutes)
All details subject to change
2. Dial-A-Ride (DAR)
• Maintain DAR availability to all
residents
• Increase price for adult non-disabled
trips within the route area
• Promote use of new routes among
those who can
• Prioritize service availability for
people with disabilities and senior
citizens
Fixed Route Changes
Scenario Annual
Revenue
Hours
Residents
within ¼
mile
No. of
buses
operating
Weekday hours Weekend hours
(Fri/Sat)
Annual Operating
Cost
Current 5,280 18,200 2
Trolley: 10:00am-6:00pm
every 30 minutes
Fixed Route: 8:00am – 4:30pm,
irregular frequency
Trolley: 10:00am-
9:00pm $693,000 (FY23)
Concept 10,327
(+5,000)
33,400
(+15,200) 3
Trolley: 10:00am-6:00pm
every 30 minutes
New routes: 6:00am – 8:00pm
every 60 minutes
Trolley: 10:00am-
9:00pm $1,372,000
(+$679k)
• Improvements to routes + fare changes on DAR will shift riders from DAR to routes, allowing city to shift drivers and buses to routes • Already-improved efficiency on DAR due to ‘ RideCo’ – better utilization How to absorb cost
increase?
Improvements to Intercity Services
• Coastal Express all-day
improvements just launched
• Redesigned East County service
(Simi Valley-Thousand Oaks)
• Redesigned Cross County Limited
to operate more frequently
(Moorpark-Camarillo-Ventura)
Improvements to Intercity Services
• Coastal Express all-day
improvements just launched
• Redesigned East County service
(Simi Valley-Thousand Oaks)
• Redesigned Cross County Limited
to operate more frequently
(Moorpark-Camarillo-Ventura)
Thank you. Questions?