Facility Tours

New Facility Overview

GCTD began operating out of it’s the new Operations and Maintenance Facility on July 28, 2019. The building is located at 1901 Auto Center Drive, in Oxnard, Ca. 

Quality transit service is at the heart of fostering livable, sustainable, and economically vibrant communities. In order to meet the growing transit needs of western Ventura County, GCTD forecasts fleet needs will reach 125 vehicles within 30 years.  In 2019, GCTD relocated into a new facility.

Community & Economic Benefits of the New Facility

Quality transit service is at the heart of fostering livable, sustainable and economically vibrant communities. GCTD forecasts in order to meet the growing transit needs of western Ventura County, fleet needs will reach 125 vehicles within 30 years. With GCTD’s existing aging facility located in a residential neighborhood and utilized beyond its design capacity, there is no room for future expansion at the current site.

Through the improved transit capacity this facility provides, the community GCTD serves will have greater access to jobs, school, medical services and more. The facility will enable GCTD to fulfill its mission “To provide safe, responsive, convenient, efficient, and environmentally responsible public transportation that serves the diverse needs of our community.“

The facility will enable GCTD to provide lasting green job opportunities in the operations and maintenance of transit service helping our local work force and economy.  The construction of the new facility will also create 380 construction jobs.

Environmental Benefits of the New Facility

GCTD strives to be a leader in sustainable transportation service.  With that in mind, the new facility was designed in a way that will minimize life-cycle costs and energy usage throughout its delivery. A commissioning process will validate the systems’ energy and environmental performance goals. GCTD has instituted sustainable opportunities, such as all California Green Building standards, as well as other environmentally sensitive construction opportunities that offer the greatest potential for initial capital and long-term operating cost savings, as well as those that can be maintained and preserved through a maintenance program.

Buildings will employ energy efficient lighting that is controlled and will reduce intensity when allowable to save energy, low-flow water fixtures, day-lighting for office areas and bus maintenance bays, and other cost effective environmentally sensitive features. The new facility will also be positioned and designed in such a way that will take maximum advantage of the sun and wind, helping to decrease lighting, heating and air conditioning costs. As the new facility will use 100% LED lighting, the costs will be comparable to the lighting costs at the current facility, even though it will be three times in size.

Interested in visiting the GCTD Operations Facility with your school group to get a look "behind the scenes"?  Please contact us at least one month in advance of requested visit date. To schedule a visit, please submit a request on our contact page with your name and the name of your organization, your phone number, the preferred date and time for the visit.

Take Your Next Field Trip On The Bus

More and more classes are taking their field trips using the bus system.  When field trips are made by elementary, junior high or high schools to educational points of interest including, but not limited to, libraries, museums and historical landmarks, teachers may request a "Transit in Education" Boarding Pass for the students and adults in the group. The boarding pass will allow the class to ride to to the destination FREE (one-way) a savings of 1/2 off the full round trip fare. The class rides on a regularly scheduled bus route(s) to their destination. To learn more, please call our Customer Service staff or fill out our contact form. We will help you plan your trip, and notify the bus drivers so they are expecting your group. Large Groups over 30 persons may need to ride at different times due to the capacity of the buses.

Scheduling a Presentation For Your Group

Gold Coast Transit District staff can provide free short presentations throughout Ventura County on topics related to public transit and mobility. To request a presentation, please fill out our contact form with your name and the name of your organization, your phone number, the preferred date and time for the presentation, the topic, the length and the number who will attend. Please contact us at least one month in advance of the speaking date. Requests from school classes are very welcome.