* Home * News A million miles accident-free for Calaveras Transit

As Calaveras Transit driver Livier Rodriguez Vazquez carefully drove through the town of Angels Camp last month, she passed an important transit milestone, 1 million consecutive miles of accident-free transportation for Calaveras Transit.

“We have a very thorough safety program here,” said Calaveras Transit General Manager Cynthia Lawrence. “We meet regularly to review safety issues, and that has paid off. I’m very happy with the skill level and safety awareness of my Calaveras Transit drivers.”

The current accident-free streak goes back to April 2009. Calaveras Transit is a deviated fixed-route public transit system, which logs about 302,000 miles annually serving communities within Calaveras County, and extending to Columbia College in neighboring Tuolumne County.

Calaveras Transit is operated by Paratransit Services, a nonprofit company based in the Puget Sound city of Bremerton, Wash. Paratransit Services has operated the system since July 2011 from a facility in San Andreas. Its other California operations include Lassen Rural Bus in Lassen County, Glenn Ride and Glenn Dial-A-Ride in Glenn County, Lake Transit in Lake County, and TRAX and ParaTRAX in Tehama County. Paratransit Services also provides specialized transportation services for Far Northern Regional Center in Redding.

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