Ridership, Buses, and Service
Ridership—Fiscal Year 2021-22
Daily (weekday) | 91,000 |
Annual | 28,909,000 |
Paratransit (annual) | 317,000** |
Ridership—Fiscal Year 2020-21
Daily (weekday) | 63,000 |
Annual | 21,242,000 |
Paratransit (annual) | 199,800** |
**AC Transit and BART contribute to a consortium created to provide paratransit services mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Service (as of September 2021)
Bus lines* | 128 |
Bus stops | approximately 5,400 |
Annual service miles | 16.7 million |
AC Transit buses connect with sixteen other public and private bus systems, 23 BART stations, six Amtrak stations, and three ferry terminals.
*Includes 60 local lines with the East Bay, 18 Transbay lines to San Francisco and the Peninsula, 6 All Nighter lines, 44 supplementary lines.
Service Area
Approximately 1.5 million people live in AC Transit’s 364 square mile service area.
Alameda & Contra Costa counties:
Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont, Richmond, San Leandro, and San Pablo.
Unincorporated Areas:
Ashland, Castro Valley, Cherryland, El Sobrante, Fairview, Kensington, Irvington, North Richmond, and San Lorenzo.
AC Transit also serves downtown San Francisco via the Bay Bridge, and Foster City and San Mateo via the San Mateo Bridge, and Stanford and Palo Alto via the Dumbarton Bridge.
Facilities
Administrative Offices | Downtown Oakland |
Operating Divisions | Emeryville, Richmond, East Oakland, Hayward |
Operations Control Center | Downtown Oakland, Emeryville |
Central Maintenance & Stores center: | East Oakland |
Training & Education center | Hayward |
Bus Fleet Information (as of March 2022)
BRT Bus 60 | 27 |
DD42 - Double Decker 42 | 15 |
MCI - Transbay 45 | 35 |
ST26 - STB: Small Transit Bus | 4 |
ST30 - Standard 30 | 86 |
ST40 - Standard 40 | 122 |
ST60 - Standard 60 | 60 |
TB40 - Transbay 40 | 54 |
BS30 - Broadway Shuttle | 4 |
FLEX - FLEX Service | 6 |
PR40 - Priority 40 | 220 |
Total | 633 |
For Aficionados: Bus Series Fleet Information With Picture
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