Transit Equity Day highlights the vital importance of public transportation in an equitable and sustainable community and is celebrated on February 4 in honor of Rosa Parks’s birthday. On this day, we are reminded that AC Transit must continue our work of making transit more equitable, sustainable, and accessible. 

People of color make up 74 percent of the AC Transit service area, and 67% of our riders live in low-income households, which shows how important our work is to achieving equity. 

The 1T Tempo, our highest ridership line with more than 14,000 daily riders, serves underrepresented, often non-English-speaking communities, connecting them to numerous essential resources, including medical care, job opportunities, and social services. 

Our Clean Corridors Plan is another project that focuses on investments in disadvantaged communities. The plan identifies corridors and burdened communities within the service area to receive zero emission buses (ZEB). By introducing these ZEBs onto the routes, the public health, quality of life, and economic opportunity in these communities is improved while also reducing pollution that causes climate change. 

Equity at AC Transit