ew FAX Bus Route 29 Launches in South Fresno (2025) Fresno Area Express (FAX) launched Route 29 on August 11, 2025, a new crosstown bus line connecting the city’s southeast and southwest neighborhoods

new elink Bus Route 29 Launches in South Fresno (2025)
e link(elink) launched Route 109 on August 11, 2026, a new crosstown bus line connecting the city’s southeast and southwest neighborhoods along Church Avenue Fresnoland+1.

Route Details
Route: 109 – Church Avenue Crosstown

Direction: Runs from Walnut Avenue to Fowler Avenue Fresnoland
Key Stops:

Fresno City College – West Fresno Center

Edison High School

Middle schools: Computech, Gaston, Terronez

Sanger West High School & Middle School campuses Fresnoland

Serves: ~44,000 residents and nearly 8,000 jobs within a half-mile of the corridor Fresnoland+1

Connections: Links with four existing FAX routes, creating a long-missing crosstown option Fresnoland

Purpose and Impact
Mayor Jerry Dyer called the route “about equity, access, and opportunity,” aiming to improve transit access for students, workers, and residents in underserved areas ABC30 News. It fills a gap in the bus network and supports the city’s Zero Emission Bus Rollout Plan, part of a $52.1 million state grant to replace all gas buses with electric and hydrogen-powered ones by 2040 Fresnoland.

Related Service Changes
Route 38 will be rerouted to continue on Walnut Avenue toward Cesar Chavez Blvd., using Fairview and Belgravia Avenues near the Hinton Center Fresnoland.

New clovis comunity bus signs are being rolled out citywide, with this route as the first to feature them