Private bus company Chariot will cease all operations by March 2019. A company-wide email sent Thursday morning announced the company was shutting down, which a Chariot spokesperson subsequently confirmed.

“Chariot will be winding down operations,” said Erin First, a spokesperson with Chariot.

“As you know, the mobility landscape is rapidly changing, we’ve made the tough decision that Chariot is not going to be a sustainable business moving forward,” she added.

California College of the Arts had partnered with Chariot and UCSF to launch several Mission Bay Routes from the East Bay. The routes were to be launch on the same day the college learned of the company's decision to close.

Read the full article released by the SF Examiner on January 10, 2019.