The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG), in partnership with Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD), has started offering free rides on bus route 19X from Aug. 25 to Sept. 12.
With stops on the Eastside of Santa Barbara, the 19X provides direct service between Carpinteria and City College. It has been in operation since August 2023 to ease traffic during the construction of Highway 101.
“It’s really good timing with the back-to-school season, especially when there’s a lot of traffic on the freeway and getting to campus,” Government Affairs and Public Information Manager for SBCAG, Lauren Bianchi Klemann said…