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Contact:
Rosemary Booth
Director of Marketing and Communications
Office: (925) 455-7558
For Immediate Release
Posted 30 November 2007
Wheels Announces Service Changes Effective Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Routes Servicing the Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station:
All Wheels routes serving the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station have received time adjustments to allow more transfer time both for bus-to-train and train-to-bus connection while construction of the West Dublin BART station is underway. Most of these adjustments have been made by moving the Wheels system wide pulse to occur five minutes earlier than in the previous schedules.
In order to preserve optimal transfer opportunities at the Transit Center, most Livermore routes have been adjusted to coordinate with this pulse change as well.
While dedicated school tripper (3-digit numbered) Wheels bus routes are not affected by these time changes, most other Wheels routes serving schools, for example routes 3, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 18 have received time adjustments.
Route 1C:
The afternoon 1C schedule has been adjusted in order to restore 15-minute frequency between BART and the CarrAmerica office complex in the Hacienda Business Park. All 1C trips will now depart the BART station at :24 and :54 minutes past the hour, both in the morning and in the afternoon.
Route 8:
The directional loop of the 2:39 PM trip on Route 8 has been reversed to better serve students traveling between Pleasanton Middle School and Del Prado Park at the main PM bell time. This trip will depart across the street from the school on northbound Case Avenue (at the Ridgeview Commons stop) at 3:09 PM, arriving at Del Prado Park at 3:18 PM.
Route 10:
Evening frequencies are being rearranged to coincide with the new higher BART evening frequency on BART’s Dublin line. Service on Route 10 will operate consistently every 30 minutes after the PM peak period ends (approximately 8PM to midnight). Almost all of these trips will serve East Avenue as well. The adjustment applies seven days a week.
Route 11:
Service has been modified to serve the Gardella Plaza residential area in central Livermore. The extended alignment will operate on both outbound and inbound trips. Passengers currently using bus stops on the portion of First Street that is between Scott Street and Portola Avenue will need to access this route on one of the side streets that the new alignment will serve. Note: This change will take effect on January 8, 2008.
Route 12:
Service has been adjusted to travel clockwise in the vicinity of Las Positas College. Routing entering the College is unchanged but upon exiting, the bus will return to North Canyons Parkway via Campus Hill Drive in order to serve the new Montage residential development. Please note that service will be reduced to hourly after approximately 7:30 PM, but will continue longer into the evening, with the last eastbound bus departing the College at 10:42 PM and the last westbound bus departing at 10:48 PM.
Route 20 – BART Express:
Service has been extended to serve the Livermore Transit Center and the Airway Boulevard BART park-and-ride lot in the commute direction (westbound in the morning and eastbound in the afternoon) on its way to/from the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. The new limited-stop alignment will provide more trip options for travel between the Transit Center and BART. Most of the previous route along Mines Road will remain in place; however, the Knott Park area will no longer be directly served. Current passengers using the service to travel eastbound in the morning and westbound in the afternoon will not be affected by this change.
The new WHEELS Bus Book will be available two weeks prior to the service change. To preview the Wheels January 2008 Bus Book, see the link below. Caution, the Bus Book is a rather large file. For route and schedule information, please call Customer Service at (925) 455-7500.
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Related Link: New Timetable Preview (14,000k PDF File)
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