{"id":1303,"date":"2011-12-14T16:11:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T16:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2012-02-25T23:24:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-25T23:24:55","slug":"ac-transit-information-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation Guide: AC Transit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actransit.org\">actransit.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This extensive bus system spans from Fremont all the way up to El Sobrante stopping in Alameda, Berkeley, Oakland, and Emeryville along the way, with a Transbay line that runs from San Francisco&#8217;s Transbay Terminal at Mission and 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Street. Note that some Transbay line runs only on weekdays and during commute hours, but at all other times the AC Transit is a great way to connect from BART stations to other East Bay destinations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is all you need to know about how to ride AC Transit<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Basics<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><strong>Hours:<\/strong>\u00a05 a.m. &#8211; 12:30 a.m.; limited night service 1 a.m. &#8211; 5 a.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Cost:<\/strong>\u00a0$2.10 (local), $4.20 (Transbay); $0.25 (transfer between local buses), $1.85 (transfer from BART)<br \/>\n<strong>Discounts: <\/strong>Youth and Senior &#8211; $1.05 (local) $2.10 (Transbay); $0.25 (local transfer), $0.80 (BART transfer)<br \/>\n<strong>Notes:<\/strong> There are bike racks on the front of the buses, but you cannot bring a bike inside the bus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco Station<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transbay Terminal (Howard Street between Main and Beale)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Destinations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contra Costa County (North):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>El Cerrito (Roughly 40 minutes)<\/li>\n<li>El Sobrante (Roughly 2 hours)<\/li>\n<li>Kensington (Roughly 30 minutes)<\/li>\n<li>Pinole (Roughly 1.5 hours)<\/li>\n<li>Richmond (Roughly 1.5 hours)<\/li>\n<li>San Pablo (Roughly 1 hour)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Alameda County (South): <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alameda (Roughly 30 minutes)<\/li>\n<li>Albany (Roughly 30 minutes)<\/li>\n<li>Ashland (Roughly 1.5 to 2 hours)<\/li>\n<li>Castro Valley (Roughly 2 hours)<\/li>\n<li>Cherryland (Roughly 1.5 \u2013 2 hours)<\/li>\n<li>Berkeley (Roughly 30 minutes)<\/li>\n<li>Emeryville (Roughly 20 minutes)<\/li>\n<li>Fairview (Roughly 1.5 \u2013 2 hours)<\/li>\n<li>Fremont (Rougly 2.5 hours)<\/li>\n<li>Hayward (Roughly 1.5 \u2013 2 hours)<\/li>\n<li>Newark (Roughly 3 hours)<\/li>\n<li>Oakland (Roughly 30 minutes)<\/li>\n<li>Piedmont (Roughly 1 hour)<\/li>\n<li>San Leandro (Roughly 1.5 hours)<\/li>\n<li>San Lorenzo (Roughly 1 hour)<\/li>\n<li>Union City (Rougly 2.5 hours)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>actransit.org This extensive bus system spans from Fremont all the way up to El Sobrante stopping in Alameda, Berkeley, Oakland, and Emeryville along the way, with a Transbay line that runs from San Francisco&#8217;s Transbay Terminal at Mission and 1st\u00a0Street. Note that some Transbay line runs only on weekdays and during commute hours, but at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,47],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-by-mode","7":"category-transportation"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Transportation Guide: AC Transit - offMetro CA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transportation Guide: AC Transit - offMetro CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"actransit.org This extensive bus system spans from Fremont all the way up to El Sobrante stopping in Alameda, Berkeley, Oakland, and Emeryville along the way, with a Transbay line that runs from San Francisco&#8217;s Transbay Terminal at Mission and 1st\u00a0Street. Note that some Transbay line runs only on weekdays and during commute hours, but at [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"offMetro CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-12-14T16:11:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-02-25T23:24:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kaitlyn Ellison\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kaitlyn Ellison\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kaitlyn Ellison\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#\/schema\/person\/f139945f6bcdbc45247dc794ce7540da\"},\"headline\":\"Transportation Guide: AC Transit\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-14T16:11:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-02-25T23:24:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/\"},\"wordCount\":245,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"By Mode\",\"Transportation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/\",\"name\":\"Transportation Guide: AC Transit - offMetro CA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-14T16:11:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-02-25T23:24:55+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Transportation Guide: AC Transit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/\",\"name\":\"offMetro CA\",\"description\":\"Getaways from San Francisco and Los Angeles\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#organization\",\"name\":\"offMetro California\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/logo2x-e1555941407628.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/logo2x-e1555941407628.png\",\"width\":165,\"height\":162,\"caption\":\"offMetro California\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#\/schema\/person\/f139945f6bcdbc45247dc794ce7540da\",\"name\":\"Kaitlyn Ellison\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pacific_Ocean_at_sunset-e1508957171190-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pacific_Ocean_at_sunset-e1508957171190-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Kaitlyn Ellison\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/author\/kaitlyn\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Transportation Guide: AC Transit - offMetro CA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Transportation Guide: AC Transit - offMetro CA","og_description":"actransit.org This extensive bus system spans from Fremont all the way up to El Sobrante stopping in Alameda, Berkeley, Oakland, and Emeryville along the way, with a Transbay line that runs from San Francisco&#8217;s Transbay Terminal at Mission and 1st\u00a0Street. Note that some Transbay line runs only on weekdays and during commute hours, but at [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/","og_site_name":"offMetro CA","article_published_time":"2011-12-14T16:11:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-02-25T23:24:55+00:00","author":"Kaitlyn Ellison","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kaitlyn Ellison","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/"},"author":{"name":"Kaitlyn Ellison","@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#\/schema\/person\/f139945f6bcdbc45247dc794ce7540da"},"headline":"Transportation Guide: AC Transit","datePublished":"2011-12-14T16:11:51+00:00","dateModified":"2012-02-25T23:24:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/"},"wordCount":245,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#organization"},"articleSection":["By Mode","Transportation"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/","url":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/","name":"Transportation Guide: AC Transit - offMetro CA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-12-14T16:11:51+00:00","dateModified":"2012-02-25T23:24:55+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1303\/ac-transit-information-guide\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Transportation Guide: AC Transit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/","name":"offMetro CA","description":"Getaways from San Francisco and Los Angeles","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#organization","name":"offMetro California","url":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/logo2x-e1555941407628.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/logo2x-e1555941407628.png","width":165,"height":162,"caption":"offMetro California"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#\/schema\/person\/f139945f6bcdbc45247dc794ce7540da","name":"Kaitlyn Ellison","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pacific_Ocean_at_sunset-e1508957171190-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pacific_Ocean_at_sunset-e1508957171190-150x150.jpg","caption":"Kaitlyn Ellison"},"url":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/author\/kaitlyn\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}