Joel Watkins

Golden Empire Transit District

Golden Empire Transit serves the Bakersfield Metropolitan area: The area within the District's legal boundaries is 187 square miles, and population 510,049 (as of 2022). GET has an active fleet of 82 fixed route buses, including 3 over-the-road MCI buses, plus 35 GET-A-Lift buses which are all fueled with clean burning, compressed natural gas (CNG); 5 buses are fueled with Hydrogen. All fixed route buses are equipped with wheelchair lifts and back racks. GET has 404 bus benches made out of recycled plastic milk jugs, purchased with a grant from the Department of Conservation.