Estuary Crossing Shuttle

Estuary Crossing Shuttle was a free bus service in Alameda County, California linking BART with the West End neighborhood of the City of Alameda.[http://bart.gov/news/articles/2011/news20110818.aspx New free shuttle service links Lake Merritt BART Station to Alameda] Service ended on June 30, 2017.{{cite web |url=https://alamedaca.gov/about-alameda/estuary-crossing-shuttle |title=Estuary Crossing Shuttle |publisher=City of Alameda}}

Service

The commute hour service connected Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland with the island city of Alameda across the Webster and Posey Tubes, vehicle only tunnels separating the cities under a channel known as the Oakland-Alameda Estuary.{{Cite web |url=http://alameda.peralta.edu/apps/comm.asp?$1=20877 |title=Free estuary crossing shuttle |access-date=2011-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013200840/http://alameda.peralta.edu/apps/comm.asp?$1=20877 |archive-date=2011-10-13 |url-status=dead }} The nineteen-seater buses carry up to twenty-four passengers.{{Cite web |url=http://alameda.peralta.edu/Projects/20016/EstuaryCrossingPoster-8_5X11.pdf |title=Estuary Crossing Shuttle |access-date=2011-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328111637/http://alameda.peralta.edu/Projects/20016/EstuaryCrossingPoster-8_5X11.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-28 |url-status=dead }} The coaches carry as much as thirteen bicycles, significantly higher than the typical of two passengers per bicycle. Service operates on thirty-minute headways operating runs from 7 AM to 11:30 AM and 3:30 PM to 7 PM Pacific Standard Time.[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/inoakland/detail?entry_id=94887 New free Estuary Crossing Shuttle starts service Monday, August 15] The service is free of charge as it is funded entirely by San Francisco Bay Air Quality Management District grant money.[http://alameda.patch.com/articles/west-end-estuary-crossing-shuttle-coming-in-august West End Estuary Crossing Shuttle Coming in August], Nancy Lopez, Alameda Patch The system began operations on August 15, 2011, with a one-year $236,000 renewable grant. The ECS line also connects the Peralta Community College District campuses of Laney and College of Alameda including the latter's satellite campus on the island's Marina Village.{{Cite web |url=http://oaklandlocal.com/article/monday-aug-15-new-free-estuary-crossing-shuttle-starts-service |title=Monday, Aug. 15 - New, free Estuary Crossing Shuttle starts service |access-date=2011-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329221647/http://oaklandlocal.com/article/monday-aug-15-new-free-estuary-crossing-shuttle-starts-service |archive-date=2012-03-29 |url-status=dead }}

References

Category:Alameda, California

Category:Transportation in Oakland, California

Category:Bus transportation in California

Category:Free public transport

Category:Public transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area