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Contact:  Rosemary Booth
Director of Marketing and Communications
Office: (925) 455-7558

For Immediate Release
Posted 25 July 2007

WHEELS ANNOUNCES FALL SERVICE CHANGES AND PHASE II
FARE INCREASE EFFECTIVE SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2007

On Monday June 5, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority authorized a two phased Transit Fare Increase Program on WHEELS cash fares, tickets and passes, to offset high fuel costs and other operating expenses.  Phase I was implemented last year (August 26, 2006).  Phase II of Transit Fare Increase Program goes into effect on August 25, 2007.

Buy WHEELS TICKETS & PASSES EARLY AND SAVE:  All tickets and passes purchased at the current price will be accepted as a valid fare after August 25, 2007.

Service Changes

1A/B - Rose Pavilion – East Dublin:
Route 1B will operate counterclockwise in the AM and Route 1A 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 will be modified to provide service to Dublin Ranch Villages.  In addition, the route will 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 will not be operated during the midday hours.

1E – Dublin Ranch Villages – Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station – Fallon Middle School:
This is a new commute hour service between Northern Dublin Ranch and the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station.  The service will operate along Central Parkway and Dublin Ranch Drive connecting directly with the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station.  Service will operate from approximately 6:00-9:00 AM and 4:00-7:00 PM.  This route will also serve students traveling to/from Fallon Middle School.

3/3V – Stoneridge Mall/West Dublin: Route 3:
To better serve residents of West Dublin, this route will operate in both directions during the core PM commute hours.  Three additional trips will operate in the clockwise direction from approximately 4:00-7:00 PM to serve passengers traveling to/from the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station.  Two midday trips of the Route 3 will 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 have been added extending service to 6:00-11:00 AM and 2:00-8:00 PM. In the route's Hacienda Business Park portion, northsouth service will be moved one block to the west - from Willow Road to Chabot Drive.  Route 3V: Two additional trips in the AM serving the Shannon Park area and one additional PM trip have been added to serve passengers traveling to/from the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. 

10 – Stoneridge Mall/BART Station/Livermore Transit Center/East Ave-Vasco Road:
WHEELS has increased service frequency to more closely match those of BART trains - both on weekdays and on weekends. Midday service frequency on weekdays will increase from every 30 minutes to every 15 minutes, and some of the evening service frequency will increase from 40 minutes to 20 minutes.  Saturday service frequency on East Avenue will be increased from 40 minutes to 20 minutes, and Sunday frequencies will increase from every 30 minutes to 20 minutes.
 
11 – Livermore Transit Center/Springtown:
WHEELS has extended 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 will be discontinued but be filled by increased frequency on Route 15 (see below).  The route will serve Scott Street and a portion of Portola Avenue.  The new 11 route will no longer serve the Livermore Civic Center, leaving this duty solely to Route 14.  Service hours will be approximately 6:00-9:00 AM and 4:00-7:00 PM.

15 – Livermore Transit Center/Springtown:
WHEELS will increase daytime service frequency from 60 minutes to 30 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays, with evening service remaining at every 60 minutes.  Route 15 weekdays will 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: This route will 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 will extend service by 20 minutes in the evening to better coincide with the end of visiting hours at the Santa Rita Jail.

50 – Hacienda/Koll Shuttle:
Operated as a free shuttle between the Dublin Koll Center and the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station, WHEELS will extend service to operate from approximately 6:00-10:00 AM and 4:00-7:30 PM.

53 – Pleasanton ACE Station/Stoneridge Mall/Fairgrounds:
Operated as a shuttle between the Pleasanton ACE station and West Pleasanton, WHEELS will extend service to Washington Mutual Way and the southeastern portion of Johnson Drive.

70X – Dublin/Pleasanton BART/Walnut Creek BART/Pleasant Hill BART/Kaiser Medical
Center/Walnut Creek:
WHEELS has added four daily roundtrips, to provide a consistent 30-minute frequency. Service hours will be expanded (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 will begin one hour earlier in the AM and operate one hour later in the PM.

162 – Junction Avenue Middle School/Livermore:
Service to/from Hagemann Park will be replaced by a special Route 12 trip.

163 – East Avenue Middle School/Livermore High School:
Current service to the Big Trees Park neighborhood will receive one additional PM trip.  This route will be renumbered as Route 16.

202 – Wells Middle School/Dublin:
To better serve students originating in the adjacent neighborhood, WHEELS has realigned 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 will 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 will extend service one block down from its current eastwest 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 will 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.

612 - Harvest Park Middle School/Hart Middle School/Amador Valley High School/Pleasanton:
This is a new route to serve students traveling between the Hanson Park and Del Prado Park area to Harvest Park Middle School, Hart Middle School and Amador Valley High School. 

The new WHEELS Bus Book will be available two weeks prior to the service change.  For route and schedule information, please call the WHEELS Customer Service at (925) 455-7500 or visit us online at www.WHEELSbus.com.

You can also preview the new timetables at the link below:

• New Timetables effective 25 August 2007

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Related Link:  New Timetable Preview

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