The privately owned Modesto Motor Bus Service (MBS) took over and ran transit operations in Modesto through 1973, serving a peak of one million riders in 1945 due to wartime shortages of gasoline and automobiles.
The privately owned Modesto Motor Bus Service (MBS) oversaw transit operations in Modesto until 1973, with the highest number of passengers being one million in 1945 due to wartime fuel and vehicle scarcity.