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{{Short description|Public transit service in Union City, California, US}}
{{Infobox Bus transit
| name            = Union City Transit
| logo            = Union City Transit logo.png
| logo_size       = 
| image           = Union City Transit route 2 bus at Union City station, April 2024.jpg
| image_caption   =  Union City Transit bus at Union City station
| company_slogan  = 
| parent          = 
| founded         = 1974
| headquarters    = 34650 Seventh Street
| locale          = [[Union City, California]]
| service_area    = 
| service_type    = [[bus service]], [[paratransit]]
| alliance        = 
| routes          = 5
| destinations    = 
| stops           = 
| hubs            =[[Union City station]], Union Landing
| stations        = 
| lounge          = 
| fleet           = 
|annual_ridership=259,096| fuel_type       =[[compressed natural gas|CNG]]
| operator        =[[MV Transportation]] 
| ceo             =  
| website         = [http://www.uctransit.org uctransit.org]
}}
'''Union City Transit''' is a [[public transit]] service in [[Union City, California]], in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].  Union City Transit operates five local [[bus]] lines, with hubs at [[Union City station]] and the Union Landing shopping center. The service had an annual ridership of 259,096 in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Union City Transit 2023 Annual Agency Profile |url=https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/transit_agency_profile_doc/2023/90161.pdf |publisher=National Transit Database}}</ref>

Local bus service in Union City began in 1974 as "The Flea".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-argus/145873070/ |title=The Union City Flea flits about the town |newspaper=The Argus |date=October 17, 1974 |first1=Jane |last1=Abbott |first2=Karen |last2=Holzmeister |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It was originally operated by Patterson Transit, which was renamed Union City Transit in 1975.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-argus/145873489/ |title=Union City zoning change for rink denied |newspaper=The Argus |date=December 17, 1975 |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Another operator took over in 1982, but the bus service kept the name Union City Transit.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/145873583/ |title=Council scraps Mercedes buses |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |date=May 19, 1982 |page=20 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/145873619/ |first=Walt |last=Gibbs |title=Federal transit chief suggests melding of Bay Area agencies |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |date=May 12, 1987 |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Union City Transit was reduced from eight routes to five in March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Union City Transit |url=https://www.unioncity.org/170/Union-City-Transit |publisher=Union City |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328205304/https://www.unioncity.org/170/Union-City-Transit |archive-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref> The name "Flea" was revived for a [[demand responsive transit]] service added in September 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Union City Transit |url=https://www.unioncity.org/170/Union-City-Transit |publisher=Union City |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104050603/https://www.unioncity.org/170/Union-City-Transit |archive-date=November 4, 2023}}</ref> 

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.unioncity.org/170/Union-City-Transit Union City Transit official website]

{{San Francisco Bay Area Public Transit|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Bus transportation in California]]
[[Category:Public transportation in Alameda County, California]]
[[Category:Union City, California]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1974]]
[[Category:1974 establishments in California]]


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