AC Transit Encourages the East Bay to Shop Small Saturday, November 25th
Press Releases
11/20/2017
AC Transit launches its inaugural Month-Long Small Business Saturday Campaign
The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) wants to be the first to wish the East Bay Happy Holidays and pass on the good cheer of our transit district’s launch of Small Business Saturdays. Now in its seventh successful year nationwide, Small Business Saturday will be celebrated Saturday, November 25th. This year, however, AC Transit wants to reach beyond a single dedicated day of support for local small businesses and support our community businesses for a month of Saturdays: beginning this Saturday and each subsequent Saturday through December 23rd.
Researchers have found that 48 percent of holiday shoppers want more than online shopping, they want a complete shopping experience: the option to see, touch and feel products. With 3.8 million small businesses operating in California and employing nearly 50 percent of the state’s workers, Small Business Saturday is attempting to level the playing field.
“AC Transit buses not only drive past stores offering the complete experience every operating day, we help safely transport their workforce,” says Mark Williams, AC Transit Board of Directors. “So we want to recognize the importance of small businesses and their reinvestment in our local communities, beyond Small Business Saturday.”
AC Transit encourages holiday shoppers to show us how you are shopping small. Start by snapping a creative selfie with your purchase inside an East Bay small business. Then post your images on AC Transit’s Twitter, Facebook or Instagram platforms with a short note about which bus line(s) got you to your holiday “must-stop” location, using #actransit.
Unique shops offering stylish, handmade and vintage goods span AC Transit’s 13 cities and unincorporated service area. Below are a listing of our bus lines offering frequent service to these one-of-kind shops, shopping districts and eateries.
Alameda
- Park Corridor: Lines 20 & 21
- Webster Corridor: Lines 19, 20, 51A, and O
Albany
- Solano Avenue: Lines 18, 72, 72M, 72R & 52
Berkeley
- Fourth Street, West Berkeley: Lines 51B, 80, & 81
- Gilman Street: Line 12
- Downtown Berkeley: Lines 18, 51B, 6, 7, 52, 65, 67, 79, 88, F
- Telegraph Avenue Line 6
- University Avenue: Lines 51B, 72, 72M, 72R
- San Pablo Avenue: Lines 72, 72M, & 72R
- The Alameda and Gourmet Ghetto: Lines 7, 18, 79
- University Avenue: Lines 51B, 72, 72M, & 72R
Castro Valley
- Castro Valley Boulevard Lines 32, 48, and Castro Valley Flex
El Cerrito
- El Cerrito Plaza: Lines 72, 72M, 72R, 71, 79, and 80
Fremont/Newark
- Union Square Landing: Lines 97, 99, 216, & 232, also Newark Flex to BART.
- Alvarado-Niles Road: Lines 97 & 216
- Newpark Mall: Lines 200, 212, 216, 232 and 251. Newark Flex travels to Newark shopping areas including Lido Faire Shopping Center.
- Fremont Boulevard: Lines 210, 212, 99 & 215
Hayward
- Downtown Hayward: Lines 10, 22, 32, 37, 48, 60, 83, 85, 86, 93, 94, 95, & 99 (Hayward lines converge in Downtown Hayward).
- Mission Boulevard: Lines 10, 22, 93 & 99
Kensington
- Arlington Avenue: Lines 7, 67, & 79
Oakland
- Chinatown: Lines 18, 51A, 62, 96 and the free Broadway Shuttle
- East Lake: Lines 1, 96 & 62
- Elmhurst: Lines 1, 90, 98, & 46L
- Fruitvale: Lines 1, 14, 47, 54, 20, 21 and O
- Jack London: Lines 12, 72 or the free Broadway Shuttle to Jack London Square
- Lockwood/Havenscourt: Lines 1 & 73
- Montclair Village: Line 33
- Old Oakland District: Lines: 1, 6, 12, 18, 19, 20, 51A, 72, and free Broadway Shuttle
- Piedmont Avenue: Lines 12, 51A or 57
- Rockridge: Lines 51A or 51B (from Berkeley)
- San Antonio: Lines 1 & 62
- San Pablo Avenue: Lines 72,72M, or 72R
- Rockridge: Lines 51A or 51B (from Berkeley)
- Uptown: Lines 6, 12, 18, 33, 51A, 72, 72M, 72R and NL
Richmond
- Hilltop Drive: Lines 71, 72, 74, & 76
- Macdonald Avenue: Lines 71 & 72M and the 71, 74, & 76
San Leandro
- Bayfair Mall: Lines 10, 32, 40, 48, 75, 89, 93, & 97
- Fashion Faire Plaza: Lines 10, 32, 40, 48, 75, 89, 93, & 97
- Westgate Shopping Center: Lines 1, 10, & 89
- Hesperian Boulevard: Lines 85, 93, & 97
- Downtown San Leandro & E. 14th Street: Lines 1, 75, 89
For more information on AC Transit’s Small Business Saturdays, please visit: http://www.actransit.org/small-business-sat/