I do not enjoy riding the bus alone here. The drivers are not very friendly. Many of them play their music very loud and disregard other people's personal space. I try my best to be friendly to them but sometimes it's very difficult. They are very strict and sometimes, one man insists on staring at me, one of the woman bus driver bullies me, talking too much about her personal issues and her traumatic past in a threatening way. I wish they would just be quiet and drive. A few drivers also drive very fast, and reckless. There are maybe, one or two good drivers that I possibly would trust, but I rarely see them. It's also very expensive. I like riding with a companion, this feels much safer. read more

I took the #1 bus, which was available every hour from Nevada City to Grass Valley. I got to GV in about 30 minutes, stayed 3.5 hours and hopped right back on the #1 which was running until 7pm that Tuesday, and made it back to Nevada City safe and sound. I found the bus clean (save for a woman who had left behind some drug paraphernalia on the floor which was quickly recognized and discarded by the driver), the driver polite and responsible, and the scenic drive idyllic. Round trip cost? $3. read more

Don't count on this to get you where you need to be. I called to let them know I was going to be at the stop on time so they would not leave early. Having done this before they have notified the driver since my stop commonly does not have riders. Today I know the bus left early as I could not get there until the correct time 9:28 and I was looking at the stop at that time from the window of a store in front of the stop. My clock is set by satellite. It clearly left early because it did not arrive on time or late. I will say the drivers for the most part have been kind and helpful, but the office fails consistently: as listed above and another time when I called just before closing time to request a pick up at one that is request only and no one was there so if the driver had not seen me walking toward the closest non request stop on the side of the road, and waited for me, I would have been left 15 miles from my home as it was the last stop of the day. They also make changes such as removing a 5 oclock pick up. I have used city transit and public transport, I know things happen, buses are late, etc, and I expect that but these mistakes are of a different sort.. read more