Line 1R Service & Reliability Study To Be Unveiled

Press Releases
02/09/2010

Hoping to improve the reliability and efficiency of service along one of the East Bay’s most heavily-commuted corridors, AC Transit will unveil a study of Line 1R–  a 17-mile route from UC Berkeley to the Bayfair BART in San Leandro.

The Line 1R Service and Reliability Study, a detailed analysis of performance and customers’ concerns, will be presented at a community forum on Thursday, February 25, 2010, at AC Transit headquarters, 1600 Franklin Street in Oakland, from 6pm to 8 pm. The public’s presence is encouraged to evaluate the study and perhaps offer ideas about how to make the service better.

The study was commissioned because Line 1R, which runs via Telegraph Avenue, International Boulevard, and East 14th Street, has been periodically viewed as inconsistent. Both passengers and bus operators have raised concerns about bus “bunching” and scheduling that can result in overcrowded and late-arriving buses.

The study was begun in October 2008 after a task force of Oakland, Berkeley, San Leandro and AC Transit staff outlined its purpose and goals. Among other things, the study was designed to help improve the line’s reliability, overall efficiency and, ultimately, customer satisfaction.

The data-collection has been painstaking and thorough, and is now ready for public review. The community forum will consist of a brief staff presentation outlining the study’s findings, followed by an exchange of comments, questions and answers between community members and AC Transit staff. The Public Comment period ends at 5:00 p.m., March 24, 2010.

AC Transit is eager to hear the public’s perspective both on the study itself and on ways to enhance the bus service. For more information please see the Planning section of the AC Transit website:  www.actransit.org.