AC Transit To Increase Service Starting Next Week Amid Return To Schools, Offices

Castro Valley CA

05 August, 2021

3:50 PM

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By CBS San Francisco Staff: OAKLAND (CBS SF) – AC Transit will expand its service schedule systemwide next week in anticipation of Bay Area residents returning to schools and offices, the transit agency announced Wednesday. The service expansion, set to begin Sunday, includes resuming supplementary bus service to schools in Alameda and Contra Costa counties as well as select Transbay bus lines, Early Bird Express bus lines and overnight 800 bus lines. AC Transit officials said they expect to further increase service over the next 18 months in anticipation of ridership increases. Average weekday ridership has already increased from 59,200 per day in March to 70,500 per day at the end of July. Read more at CBS CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.