Public Hearing 7/20: Line 376 Service Changes

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07/05/2005

Notice is hereby given that the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District will hold a public hearing at 2:00pm, Wednesday, July 20, 2005, to elicit public comments on a proposal to alter the frequency of service of the Richmond/North Richmond shuttle, Line 376.

Line 376 was identified in the West County Plan as operating below standards and the District identified that about one-third of the route only carries about 15 percent of the passengers.  Accordingly, the District recommends a route change that would decrease dedicated service levels from six to four buses but still service 85 percent of the present passengers and still make timed connections with the new Owl network.

Line 376: First departure Richmond 8:15 pm daily (headway 30 minutes daily) and last arrival at Richmond BART at 2:43 am daily.
Fiscal Impacts: Reduction in existing service hours – about 12 hours daily.
Passenger Impacts: Elimination of service from 23rd Street in Richmond, affecting about 30 passengers daily.

Recommended Routing:
Continuous Loop – From DelNorte BART via Cutting Blvd., 23rd St., Macdonald Ave., Richmond BART, Macdonald Ave., 6th St. – 7th St. – Filbert St. – 3rd St., Market Ave., Rumrill Blvd., College Ln., Campus Contra  Costa College, Campus Dr., Mission Bell Dr., El Portal Dr., Broadway Av., 11th St., Stanton Av., Giant Hwy., Phanor Dr., McGlothen Wy., Banks Dr., Williams Dr., McGlothen Way., Griffin Dr., Giant Hwy., Atlas Rd., Alan Ritchey Postal Facility, Atlas Rd., Richmond Pkwy., Fitzgerald Dr. Appian Wy. to Hwy. #80 Richmond Pkwy., off-ramp into Blume Dr., Richmond Parkway Transit Center, Blume Dr., Klose Wy. Hilltop Mall Rd., Hilltop Mall Transit Center, Hilltop Mall Rd., Robert Miller Dr., San Pablo Av., El Portal Dr., Mission Bell Dr., Campus Dr., Contra Costa College, Campus Dr., College Ln., Rumrill Blvd., Market Ave., 3rd St. – Filbert St. – 7th St. – 6th St., Macdonald Ave., 16th St., Ave., Hill St., El Cerrito Del Norte BART Station.Richmond BART, Macdonald Ave., 22nd St., 23rd St., Cutting Blvd., San Pablo

Your Comments are Invited

Public comment on the proposed changes is invited either in writing or at the public hearing scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 20, 2005, at the City of San Pablo Council Chambers, One Alvarado Square, 13831 San Pablo Avenue, San Pablo, CA .

Comments may be submitted by letter, facsimile, e-mail or by voicemail, but must be received no later than 12 noon on Wednesday, July 20, 2005. Address written comment to AC Transit, Board of Directors, 1600 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA 94612; send it by facsimile to 510- 891-4874; or send it by e-mail to planning@actransit.org; or voicemail messages at 510-891-4854.

Meeting site is wheelchair accessible.

A sign language interpreter and/or Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin interpreters can be provided if needed and requested of the District’s Secretary’s Office at 510-891-4851 by 5:00 p.m. Friday July 15, 2005. Hearing impaired only, call TDD-ONLY 1-800-448-9790.

Please do not wear scented products to the meeting.