The transportation district expects the new feature to be well received since the AC Transit website had nearly 16 million page views last year, with 2.4 million hits seeking real time bus information and another 257,000 page views seeking help with trip planning, transit officials said. "And the addition of service notices alerts riders to current and upcoming changes such as detours due to construction, parades and other major events," Peeples said. It makes a great tool even better," AC Transit Board of Directors President Chris Peeples said. Adding real-time trip updates allows better planning and more certainty and saves our riders time. "Google maps is a very popular trip planning tool for our riders. Bus riders in Alameda and Contra Costa counties can now use Google maps to plan their trips, AC transit officials announced Thursday.ĪC Transit and Google Maps are partnering together to let riders know exactly what time their next bus is coming, using "real time" location data from every bus in the transportation district's fleet.Īdditionally, with service alerts imported straight from AC Transit's website, the district's 200,000 daily riders will also have descriptions of construction or special event detours and other temporary impacts on specific routes, transit officials said. BRT's new fleet of five-door, hybrid-electric buses will offer train-like boarding along this 9.5-mile route, arriving every seven minutes during peak times.WALNUT CREEK< Calif.
The service will run primarily along International Boulevard between 20 th Street and Broadway in downtown Oakland to the San Leandro BART Station. Provide frequent social media updates via BRTīRT is often called “light rail on wheels” because it brings the frequency, safety, and reliability of light rail to the bus rider.Share service alerts that include the temporary bus stop locations on Franklin Street and which lines will serve them and.Place signage that directs riders to the temporary bus stops on Franklin Street.Deploy ambassadors in downtown Oakland to help you find your bus stop or make your connection.Due to construction in downtown Oakland unrelated to AC Transit, expect delays on all affected bus lines.ĪC Transit is committed to providing you, our riders, with the information you need to continue to get you where you need to go. AC Transit Rider Alert through December 10. Berkley Way between Telegraph Avenue and Broadway. A detour will be setup to route traffic entering Alameda Point on W. The All Nighters will be rerouted and a new transfer point will be established at the Uptown Transit Center on Thomas L. Most southbound lines will continue to serve the stop on Broadway at 17 th Street and additional service will be added to the stop on Broadway at 12 th Street.
Northbound lines 6, 12, 18, 33, 51A, 72, 72M, 72R, and the Broadway Shuttle will serve new stops along Franklin Street between 12 th and 16 th streets. This detour is currently scheduled to begin the week of September 9. Safety on Transit - Peace officers Our uniformed Calgary Transit peace officers are highly trained and skilled professionals, who help ensure you get home safely every day. Southbound bus traffic will continue to use Broadway, but the stops between 12 th and 14 th streets in front of Oakland City Center will not be in service. Berkley Way (20 th Street) will be temporarily closed. In order to complete construction of these stations as quickly as possible, regular northbound bus service will be temporarily detoured off Broadway and onto Franklin Street. While car and bike traffic will still be able to use Broadway, the bus stops on Broadway between 12 th Street and Thomas L. AC Transit's East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) will soon begin construction on Broadway in downtown Oakland ! Four BRT station platforms will be built on Broadway, all of which will feature new lighting, real-time arrival displays, and artistic enhancements.
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