Oakland Running Festival Bus Reroutes 2016
Press Releases
03/17/2016
AC Transit has created a Temporary Transit Center & Free Shuttle to accommodate Marathon Detours
The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) wishes to alert our riders about rolling detours, delays in bus frequency and some interruptions in scheduled service on Sunday, March 20 due to the 7th Annual Oakland Running Festival.
The Running Festival includes a 3.1 mile 5K, a 13.1 mile half marathon, and 26.2 mile marathon. These combined events will generate a series of temporary barricades on Oakland streets from Mountain Avenue in the Montclair District, to 51st Street in Temescal, to Mandela Parkway in West Oakland, to Coolidge Avenue in the Fruitvale District. Buses will not be permitted to drive through any barricade between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Because the entire Running Festival starts and ends in Downtown Oakland, the Festival will affect several scheduled AC Transit bus lines operating Downtown. To continue our transit offerings, a series of eight temporary transfer stops will be provided on the perimeter of Downtown Oakland between 12th and 17th Streets. This Temporary Transit Center will be staged along Castro Street (across from I-980).
En Español: INTERRUPCIÓN DE SERVICIO Y DESVÍOS
The following AC Transit Bus Lines will route through the Temporary Transit Center:
Temporary Stop Location:td>
12th & Castro Streets |
13th & Castro Streets |
14th & Castro Streets |
15th & Castro Streets |
16th & Castro Streets |
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Lines:(# = drop-off only) | 1R Bay Fair BART 11 Piedmont # 12 Downtown Oakland # 72 Oakland Amtrak 72M Oakland Amtrak 72R Jack London Square |
# 1 Berkeley BART 18 Albany 20 Downtown Oakland # 31 Alameda Point # 51A Rockridge BART 88 Berkeley BART # 800 Both Directions 801 Fremont BART NL San Francisco |
1 Bay Fair BART 18 Park Blvd. 26 Emeryville 31 Alameda Point 51A Fruitvale BART 88 Berkeley BART NL Eastmont |
11 Piedmont 12 Downtown Berkeley 20 Fruitvale BART 72 Hilltop Mall 72M Richmond BART 72R Contra Costa College |
40 Bay Fair BART 40 Downtown Oakland # |
For many of the Lines operating through the Temporary Transit Center, this will be the only stop in Downtown Oakland.
AC Transit buses originating in Alameda or East Oakland and traveling into Downtown Oakland will stop at 6th and Washington Streets.
Regularly scheduled service for Bus Lines 14-Fruitvale BART, 54-Fruitvale BART and 62-West Oakland BART will be replaced with a Free Loop Shuttle service. The Free Loop Shuttle will provide service to Chatham Road and Bruce Street. AC Transit riders aboard either Line will then transfer to Lines NL or 57. Riders should be aware that the transfer point for the NL is located at 14th and Castro Streets, while the 57 will transfer at 40th Street and San Pablo Avenue.
AC Transit Bus Operators will be watching for intended passengers along the detour routes and will allow riders to board or disembark, where safe, upon request.