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Santa Cruz METRO was created in 1968 as a special district within Santa Cruz County with taxing authority. [3] Service was initially to the cities of Santa Cruz, Capitola and Live Oak. Santa Cruz METRO extended service to Watsonville, Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley in 1974.
Santa Cruz River Front Transit Center Daily San Jose, Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz Highway 17 Express: Known internally as Line 970. Operated by Santa Cruz Metro. Jointly funded by VTA, Caltrans, Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority, and Santa Cruz Metro. Select trips serve Cavallaro Transit Center in Scotts Valley.
The Highway 17 Express is an Amtrak Thruway route provided by a consortium of entities that provides regional service between San Jose and Santa Cruz County in the South Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The service is so called because it travels on California State Route 17. It is operated by the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District.
Santa Cruz SCR 0.00-12.55: Santa Cruz: 0.00: Ocean Street – Beaches: Northbound entrance only; southbound exit is via SR 1 exit 442: 1A: SR 1 north – Santa Cruz, Half Moon Bay: Southern terminus; SR 1 north exit 441B, south exit 441: 1B: SR 1 south – Watsonville, Monterey: Pasatiempo: 0.74: 1C: Pasatiempo Drive: Signed as exit 1 ...
The Santa Cruz Railroad inaugurated rail service to Watsonville in 1876, having started work on the line from Santa Cruz in 1873. A second rail line was completed in 1880, connecting the city to the San Francisco Bay Area via a narrow-gauge railway built by the South Pacific Coast Railroad over the Southern Coast Ranges .
Highways through the Santa Cruz Mountains, connecting the South Bay to Santa Cruz. Part of SR 17 in San Jose is a 6 to 8 lane freeway. Route 85 West Valley Freeway Route 237 Southbay Freeway Six-lane and, in some parts, seven to eight-lane freeways connecting the west Santa Clara Valley to the east Santa Clara Valley, bypassing Downtown San Jose.
Pasatiempo (Spanish for "Pastime") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [2] in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, located along State Route 17 between Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz. Bus service is provided by Santa Cruz Metro and the Highway 17 Express. Pasatiempo sits at an elevation of 394 feet (120 m). [2]
In 1791, Father Fermín Lasuén continued the use of Crespi's name when he declared the establishment of La Misión de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz (also known as Mission Santa Cruz) for the conversion of the Awaswas of Chatu-Mu and surrounding Ohlone villages. Santa Cruz was the twelfth mission to be founded in California. The creek ...