Votran

Votran, officially the Volusia County Public Transit System is the public transportation system of Volusia County, Florida, United States. The system was established in 1975. Votran provides fixed bus and paratransit service throughout the entire county
Single rides are $2 per trip, or $4 for a 24-hour pass.

History

Although the County is employing the Votran personnel directly, the management of the Votran system is contracted to First Transit. First Transit replaced RATP Dev, who had been in contract since the establishment of Votran in 1975, in 2020.

Operations Facilities

Votran houses its main operations center and bus garage/yard in Daytona Beach, which handles all administrative and a vast majority of other agency functions. Because of the distance between Daytona Beach and DeLand, a second facility is located in Orange City by which encompasses a bus garage/yard area and some operations and light-duty maintenance functions.

Stations

Votran has three main stations:

Transfer Plaza, corner of N. Palmetto Avenue and M M Bethune Blvd., Daytona Beach. Buses meet and depart every half-hour; Monday–Saturday, 7 am – 7 pm.
Intermodal Transfer Facility , 301 Earl Street and North Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach. Buses meet and depart on every hour for evening and Sunday service; Monday–Saturday, 7–11 pm; Sunday 7 am – 6 pm.
Intermodal Transfer Facility , South Woodland Blvd and Euclid Ave., DeLand. Buses service the ITF between 4:34 am and 8:36pm

Other transfer locations are available at most shopping centers and where multiple buses cross paths.

Routes

The Volusia County Government governs the county as three regions, and Votran does the same with its service. Bus routes are grouped into three regions:

East. The East side routes generally service the Daytona Beach, Port Orange, and Ormond Beach areas, With a connector to the DeLand area to connect with Routes 20, 24, and 31 on the Westside.
Southeast. There are Three Southeast Routes and Two Flex Service routes serving the New Smyrna Beachside and Mainland areas. Route 40 goes northbound to Port Orange via US1 and Nova Road to connect with the Eastside Routes near Dunlawton Square. Route 41 travels southbound serving Edgewater and Oak Hill. Route 44 serves State Road 44 in New Smyrna Beach.
West. These routes include the 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 32, and 33, and service the DeBary, Deltona, DeLand and Orange City areas, with five out of the eight routes focused mainly on Deltona, though two of the three routes follow similar paths for most of their assigned trips. Route 24 connects DeLand to Pierson and Seville in northwestern Volusia County. Routes 31–33 were added for service to the DeBary SunRail Station starting May 1, 2014. Route 31 serves North DeLand to the DeBary SunRail Station, Route 32 starts in Deltona to the DeBary SunRail Station via Orange City, Route 33 began as a Limited Stop, or Express bus from Deltona to the DeBary SunRail station via Orange City. In 2019, the route was modified to allow for more stops, but the "Express" designation remains unchanged on the website.

For the 20-series routes, service hours on the West Side are from roughly 5:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Service runs hourly on the 20 & 23, bihourly on the 21/22, and thrice daily on the 24. The 30-series routes run during rush hour only, but start earlier and end later, because they are oriented towards people taking SunRail to work in Orlando.
The East Side division is the only one that provides Sunday and night service for its routes.
Votran created the Route 25 on February 25, 2019, but was discontinued due to low ridership in August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many routes have had to operate with reduced schedules.

Route Table

VTP stands for VORTRAN Transfer Plaza, and ITF stands for Intermodal Transit Facility.

Fleet

Votran utilizes a fleet consisting mostly of 35' Gillig Low Floor transit buses, with two 29' models. Most of the agency's buses are diesel powered, with some being diesel-electric hybrids. The oldest buses were manufactured in 2006 and are slated for retirement during the course of the next couple of years.
The fleet for the New Smyrna Beach Flex and paratransit services consists of various model cutaway vans.
Active

Year	Builder/Model	Picture	Numbers	Length	Fuel type	Notes
2006	Gillig Low Floor		1601-1606	35	Diesel	Contingency Fleet.
2008	Gillig Low Floor		1801, 1802	29	Diesel	Contingency Fleet.
2010	Gillig Low Floor		1901-1909	35	Diesel-Electric Hybrid
2012	Gillig Low Floor		2001-2006	35	Diesel-Electric Hybrid
2013	Gillig Low Floor		2101-2104	35	Diesel-Electric Hybrid
2014	Gillig Low Floor		2201-2209	35	Diesel
2015	Gillig Low Floor		2301-2311	35	Diesel
2016	Gillig Low Floor		2401-2404	35	Diesel
2018	Gillig Low Floor		2501-2505	35	Diesel
2019	Gillig Low Floor		2601-2606, 2608-2611	35	Diesel
2020	Gillig Low Floor		2701-2707	35	Diesel
2023	Gillig Low Floor		2801-2804	35	Diesel	Currently on order

Retired

PHOTO	FLEET NUMBERS	YEAR	MAKE	MODEL	LENGTH	POWERTRAIN	HEADSIGN	FAREBOX	NUMBER IN SERVICE	NOTES
	1301-1303	2003	GILLIG	PHANTOM C20B102N4	35'	DETROIT DIESEL SERIES 50 EGR ALLISON B400R	LUMINATOR TWINVISON AMBER LED	GENFARE TRANSVIEW	3	Rarely used in Revenue.
	2607	2007	Gillig	Low Floor	35'	Cummins	Allison		Retired following an accident on 6/28/2021 that resulted in a fire .