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Alameda#1) Marina Village - College of Alameda satellite campus (Atlantic Avenue by Challenger Drive near sculpture of egg hatching)
#2) Wind River - 500 Wind River Way
#3) College of Alameda (555 Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway near the campus loop road)
Oakland
#4) Lake Merritt BART (near Laney College) on Madison Street between 8th and 9th Streets
- General public
- Commuters to BART
- Pedestrians - Tube alternative
- Bicyclists - fits 12 bicycles
- Students, faculty and staff between the College of Alameda and Laney College
Background
Before the Estuary Crossing Shuttle, bicyclists and ped
estrians traveling between the west end of Alameda and Oakland's downtown had to use either a bus with a bicycle rack that carries up to two bicycles or a narrow path in the Posey Tube with two-way pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Also, students who are enrolled simultaneously at Laney College and the College of Alameda did not have a direct transit route between these two schools. The City of Alameda, in cooperation with the City of Oakland, the Peralta Community College District and BikeAlameda, won two Bay Area Air Quality Management District Transportation Fund for Clean Air Regional Fund program grants to operate the Estuary Crossing Shuttle for two years, with an option to apply for future year funding. The local match is the Transportation Systems Management/Transportation Demand Management (TSM/TDM) Fund. The Estuary Crossing Shuttle service started on August 15, 2011.
To receive email updates on the Estuary Crossing Shuttle, email Gail Payne at gpayne@ci.alameda.ca.us. For more information, contact the City of Alameda at (510) 747-7936.
In the News!
Free shuttle linking Alameda, Oakland, to continue - by Peter Hegarty, Oakland Tribune, March 15, 2012
Free Oakland-Alameda Bus Shuttle Service to Continue - Alameda Patch, March 12, 2012
Press Release (October 2011): Estuary Crossing Shuttle Schedule Changes
New Shuttle between Laney and COA: PCCD students benefit from Estuary shuttle - by Chris Devine, Laney Tower, October 3, 2011
BikeAlameda Launches Estuary Shuttle - by Sam Felsing, Alameda Sun, August 18, 2011
BART launches new Estuary Shuttle - by Janet Levaux, Oakland Tribune, August 16, 2011
Press Release (July 2011): Estuary Crossing Shuttle Provides Improved Connection between Alameda's West End and Oakland/BART
West End Estuary Crossing Shuttle Coming in August - by Nancy Lopez, Alameda Patch, June 20, 2011
BikeAlameda Discusses Great Estuary Crossing - by Corey Hill, Alameda Sun, April 22, 2011
Press Release (March 2011): Estuary Crossing Shuttle Bus - City of Alameda Wins Regional Grant Monies
