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===Bus services=== [[File:Fresno FAX bus.jpg|thumb|[[Fresno Area Express]] bus]] [[Fresno Area Express]] (FAX) is the city's primary [[public transit]] system, which operates eighteen routes and Handy Ride, a [[paratransit]] operation. FAX introduced a frequent bus service called FAX15 in January 2017 with buses operating every 15 minutes on Cedar and Shaw Avenues. The FAX Q line, which the agency brands as bus rapid transit, was introduced in February 2018 and offers service as often as every 10 minutes on Blackstone Avenue, Ventura Avenue and Kings Canyon Road.<ref name="Department of Transportation | FAX Q">{{cite web |title=Department of Transportation: FAX Q |url=https://www.fresno.gov/transportation/fax/fax-q/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711232126/https://www.fresno.gov/transportation/fax/fax-q/ |archive-date=July 11, 2019 |access-date=February 17, 2020 |publisher=City of Fresno Department of Transportation}}</ref> As the county seat and the largest city in the region, Fresno also sees service from neighboring regional bus services including [[Clovis Transit]], [[Fresno County Rural Transit Agency]], [[Kings Area Regional Transit]], and [[Visalia Transit]]'s [[V-LINE]]. Intercity and long-distance bus services are provided by [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]]. The [[Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System]] added summer seasonal service between Fresno and [[Yosemite National Park]] in May 2015.<ref name="Sierra Star Yosemite">{{cite news |last=Wilkinson |first=Brian |date=May 22, 2015 |title=Fresno-Yosemite bus service begins Saturday |newspaper=Sierra Star |url=http://www.sierrastar.com/2015/05/22/73267_fresno-yosemite-bus-service-begins.html?rh=1 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528052536/http://www.sierrastar.com/2015/05/22/73267_fresno-yosemite-bus-service-begins.html?rh=1 |archive-date=May 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Bee bus route">{{cite news |last=George |first=Carmen |date=May 20, 2015 |title=New bus route from Fresno to Yosemite starts Saturday |newspaper=Fresno Bee |url=http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article21522318.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101941/https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article21522318.html |archive-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref> The city once provided [[tram|trolley]] service during the late 19th and early 20th century. Known as the Fresno City Railway Company and later the [[Fresno Traction Company]], the service operated horse-drawn streetcars from 1887 to 1901. Electric streetcars were introduced in 1903. The electric streetcars were used until 1939.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.valleyhistory.org/PandP/fultonstreet.html |title = Fulton Berry's Street: From Street Cars To No Cars At All, Almost |publisher = Fresno Historical Society |access-date = June 6, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070223054804/http://valleyhistory.org/PandP/fultonstreet.html |archive-date = February 23, 2007}}</ref> A proposal to include a modern [[light rail]] system in long-term transportation plans was rejected by the Fresno County Board of Supervisors in January 1987.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pyle |first=Amy |date=January 25, 1987 |title=Will rail rejection place Fresno on wrong track? |page=A10 |work=Fresno Bee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-will-rail-rejection-place/125991161/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=June 6, 2023}}</ref>
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