Planning Commission Agenda Packet 102225 (1)

Dublin/Pleasanton BART Existing Conditions – Access and Circulation June 6, 2025 Page 12 of 24 Bus and Shuttle Table 5 summarizes the bus routes serving the station. Twenty bus lines, operated by six bus operators, currently serve the station. The Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority - LAVTA (whose bus service is called Wheels) operates 12 routes, more than other operators, followed by County Connection, which operates four routes at the station. Other operators include commuter or “early bird” routes that serve San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties, primarily in the early morning or late afternoon or evening hours. Of the 20 bus routes that serve the station, 18 stop on the Dublin side of the station and only two stop on the Pleasanton side. As shown on Figure 1, bus stops are located in three primary areas around the station. The main bus boarding area is on the Dublin side, where 12 bus bays are located just north of the station entrance along the transit-only access road. These bays serve most of the County Connection and Wheels bus routes and provide amenities, including shelters, benches, trash receptacles, and route information displays. Two additional curbside bus stops are located on Iron Horse Parkway, also on the Dublin side and northeast of the station, which primarily serve commuter bus routes and provide similar amenities. As shown on Figure 7, four additional bus bays are located along the transit-only road on the Pleasanton side of the station. These stops provide the same amenities as the stops on the Dublin side of the station. Two bus routes currently use these stops, Wheels Route 54 and County Connection Route 636. Wheels Route 54 connects to the Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) Pleasanton station, which is located near Downtown Pleasanton. The ACE is a commuter rail service which only operates in single directions during the peak hours. As shown in Table 6, the two bus routes stopping on the Pleasanton side of the station had an average of about 12 riders combined on a typical weekday. Six of the bus lines that have stops on the Dublin side of the station use the transit -only roadway to cross under the freeway and exit the station on the Pleasanton side. About 30 total buses serve the station during each of the morning and evening peak hours. Based on our observations, some buses stop at the Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station entrance for passengers to alight, before travelling to their designated stops at the bus bays to board passengers. According to BART staff, private shuttles also use the transit-only lanes to drop-off passengers closer to the station entrance. Paratransit services also have a stop in the northbound direction of the transit-only roadway, opposite the station entrance. We did not observe any paratransit services or private shuttles during our site visit. DRA F T