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Contact:
Rosemary Booth
Director of Marketing and Public Affairs
For Immediate Release
Updated 21 May 2007
LIVERMORE AMADOR VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Bus riders, community representatives, and the general public are invited to participate in a public hearing to be held on Monday, June 4, 2007 at 4 PM at the Wheels Administrative Offices, 1362 Rutan Court, Suite 100, Livermore, regarding proposed new service, route changes to Wheels bus service, effective August 25, 2007.
Details of Proposed August 2007 Service Improvements
Local Routes
1A/B - Rose Pavilion/East Dublin: WHEELS proposes to operate route 1A counterclockwise in the AM and clockwise in the PM to better serve passengers traveling to/from the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station and employment centers in the Northeast portion of Dublin. During the midday, the route would be modified to provide service to Dublin Ranch Villages. In addition, the route would be realigned away from Central Parkway and relocated to Dublin Boulevard between Hacienda Drive and Tassajara Road. The new route configuration will provide increased service along Dublin Boulevard with connections to the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. The Pleasanton portion of the route would not be operated during the midday hours.
New 1E – Dublin Ranch Villages/Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station/Fallon Middle School: WHEELS proposes to implement a new commute hour service between Northern Dublin Ranch and the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. The service would operate along Central Parkway and Dublin Ranch Drive connecting directly with the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. Service would operate from approximately 6-9 AM and 4-7 PM. This route would also serve students traveling to/from Fallon Middle School.
3/3V – Stoneridge Mall/West Dublin: Route 3: To better serve residents of West Dublin, WHEELS proposes to operate the route in both directions during the core PM commute hours. Three additional trips would operate in the clockwise direction from approximately 4-7 PM to serve passengers traveling to/from the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. Two midday trips of the Route 3 would be removed from the Wildwood Road segment, with those 2 midday trips instead serving the Safeway Shopping Center on Amador Plaza Road (at Dublin Boulevard). On Saturdays, one additional AM and one additional PM trip would be provided, extending service to 6-11 AM and 2-8 PM. In the route's Hacienda Business Park portion, north-south service would be moved one block to the west - from Willow Road to Chabot Drive. Route 3V: WHEELS proposes two additional trips in the AM serving the Shannon Park area and one additional PM trip to serve passengers traveling to/from the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station.
10 – Stoneridge Mall/BART Station/Livermore Transit Center/East Ave-Vasco Road: WHEELS proposes to increase service frequency to more closely match those of BART trains - both on weekdays and on weekends. Midday service frequency on weekdays would increase from every 30 minutes to every 15 minutes, and some of the evening service frequency would increase from 40 minutes to 20 minutes. Saturday service frequency on East Avenue would be increased from 40 minutes to 20 minutes, and Sunday frequencies would increase from every 30 minutes to 20 minutes.
11 – Livermore Transit Center/Springtown: WHEELS proposes to extend service from the Livermore Transit Center, to employment and retail centers located along Las Positas Road and First Street to Greenville Road. Service to Springtown would be discontinued but be filled by increased frequency on Route 15 (see below). The route would serve Scott Street and a portion of Portola Avenue. The new 11 route would no longer serve the Livermore Civic Center, leaving this duty solely to Route 14. Options are being explored to bring Route 14 service closer to the new Livermore Library on Livermore Avenue. Service hours would be approximately 6-9 AM and 4-7 PM.
15 – Livermore Transit Center/Springtown: WHEELS proposes increasing daytime service frequency from 60 minutes to 30 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays, with evening service remaining at every 60 minutes. Route 15 weekdays would start one hour earlier in the AM and operate one hour later in the evening, bringing its total service span to be approximately 5 AM to midnight.
20 - BART/East Avenue/Vasco/LLNL: WHEELS proposes to operate a longer service span in the AM with service beginning 5:45 AM with a last eastbound bus leaving from the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station at 9:30 AM.
51 – BART/Santa Rita Jail: Operated as weekend-only service between Dublin/Pleasanton BART and Santa Rita Jail, WHEELS proposes to extended service by 20 minutes in the evening to better coincide with the end of visiting hours at the Santa Rita Jail.
Shuttles
50 – Hacienda/Koll Shuttle: Operated as a free shuttle between the Dublin Koll Center and the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station, WHEELS proposes to extend service to operate from approximately
6-10 AM and 4-7:30 PM.
53 – Pleasanton ACE Station/Stoneridge Mall/Fairgrounds: Operated as a shuttle between the Pleasanton ACE station and West Pleasanton, WHEELS proposes to extend service to Washington Mutual Way and the southeastern portion of Johnson Drive, to better serve the office complexes located in the vicinity.
Express Routes
70X – Dublin/Pleasanton BART/Walnut Creek BART/ Pleasant Hill BART/Kaiser Medical Center/Walnut Creek: WHEELS proposes an addition of four daily round trips, providing for consistent 30-minute frequency and an expansion of service hours (5:15 -9:30 AM and 3:10 -7:30 PM). This route will now serve the Kaiser Medical Center in Walnut Creek on the non-commute direction (northbound in AM, southbound in PM). Service would begin one hour earlier in the AM and operate one hour later in the PM.
School Tripper Service
162 – Junction Middle School/Livermore: Current service to/from Hagemann Park would be replaced by a special Route 12 trip.
163 – East Avenue Middle School/Livermore High School: Current service to the Big Trees Park neighborhood would receive one additional PM trip, to better overlap with commute times.
202 – Wells Middle School/Dublin: To better serve students originating in the adjacent neighborhood, WHEELS proposes to realign service away from Dublin Boulevard to Central Parkway, between Hacienda Drive and Tassajara Road.
604 – BART/Foothill High School/Pleasanton: To better serve high school students residing in the Fairlands, Hacienda Business Park and Muirwood Park areas, WHEELS proposes to discontinue the portion of the route that serves the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station and redirect service directly to/from Foothill High School from those neighborhoods.
606 – Pleasanton Middle School: WHEELS proposes to extend service one block down from its current east-west path along Arbor Drive south to Bordeaux Street to increase coverage for middle and high school students living in south Vintage Hills.
611 – Ruby Hill/ Amador Valley High/Pleasanton: WHEELS proposes to extend service one block down from its current east-west path along Arbor Drive south to Bordeaux Street, in order to increase coverage for middle- and high school students living in south Vintage Hills.
Harvest Park Middle School/Pleasanton: Options are being explored to provide service for Harvest Park Middle School students residing in the south Del Prado Park area.
Can't Make the Public Hearing?
Submit your comments via fax to (925) 443-1375, by mail to Wheels Board of Directors, 1362 Rutan Court, Suite 100, Livermore, CA 94551 Written comments, addressed to the Wheels Board of Directors, must be received by 5:00 PM on Friday, May 25, 2007, or use the Comment Card available online at www.wheelsbus.com.
Translation Services
A Spanish interpreter can be provided, if needed. Contact Wheels at (925) 455-7500 by Friday, May 25, 2007 to make arrangements.
For information about Wheels routes, schedules or Trip Planning assistance, call (925) 455-7500 or visit our Schedules/Maps section.
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