The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit agency is asking for the public’s input on three possible system-wide bus service redesigns.
Earlier this year, agency officials asked people to weigh in on the “AC Transit Realign” project and then, based on that feedback, established equity, reliability and frequency as the guiding principles for the redesign phase.
During this phase, people are once again asked for their comments, but this time on the three specific “preliminary service scenarios,” each of which feature different bus route and schedule changes throughout the system.
The first proposal is called “Balanced Coverage” and leaves the current system pretty much the same, although it includes strategies to increase ridership, according to AC Transit officials.
In the second option, “Frequent Service,” the system would reduce or end bus service in areas with the lowest ridership and reallocate “resources to areas of high demand.”
“A third scenario called the ‘Unconstrained Vision’ represents an aspirational proposal, which envisions the bus network’s operation supported by new sources of significant funding,” the agency said in a news release Thursday.
To weigh in on the plans, people can visit AC Transit Realign landing page.
AC Transit runs 151 bus lines that serve 13 cities and unincorporated communities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
