Congressman Jim Costa, Mayor Jerry Dyer, and other local leaders celebrate the expansion of YARTS into the City of Fresno and the purchase of four new clean diesel buses to take visitors to Yosemite National Park. Photo by Frank Lopez Visitors to Yosemite National Park will have an easy travel option to get there this summer. Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno), along with Mayor Jerry Dyer, local leaders and the Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS) hosted a ribbon cutting at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) to celebrate the continuation of operating service from Fresno to Yosemite National Park.
The service, that will last for the duration of the summer, expands on the Highway 41 corridor which currently operates between the city of Oakhurst to the national park. It was also announced that YARTS will be operating four new clean diesel busses as part of the $3.68 million that Costa secured through the FY 2023 Community Project Funding.
YARTS summer service from Fresno starts on Saturday with two runs, one which leaves the city at 5:30 a.m. and the other leaving at 7:15 a.
m. YARTS has been offering public service transportation to Yosemite National Park for 24 years. “Today we are standing here to celebrate the completion of the final piece of the service puzzle and that’s the inclusion of the City of Fresno which secures the future of YARTS service from Fresno to Yosemite for years to come,” said YARTS Executive Director Stacie Guzman.
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