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The Port of Oakland is located 10 miles north of the heart of San Leandro. It occupies <br />19 miles of waterfront on the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay. This seaport ranks among <br />the top 5 in the nation and top 20 in the world for annual container traffic. <br />The City is within close proximity to three major airports. Located just five minutes <br />away from San Leandro, the Oakland International Airport serves more than 9.8 million <br />passengers and handles more than 950 million pounds of cargo annually. The Oakland <br />International Airport is one of the busiest cargo centers in the United States, served by six major <br />cargo carriers. San Leandro is only 20 miles from San Francisco International Airport and 30 <br />miles from San Jose International Airport. <br />Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a light rail system in the San Francisco Bay area that <br />serves San Leandro from two stations - Bayfair and Downtown. Downtown San Francisco is a <br />convenient 20-minute ride on BART. San Leandro's bus service is scheduled to complement <br />BART, providing easy, convenient travel and the ability to transfer to different forms of <br />transportation. San Leandro LINKS is a free shuttle linking San Leandro BART and the West <br />San Leandro business community. The shuttle provides an alternative mode of transportation <br />for over 20,000 employees in west San Leandro, helping to ease traffic congestion and improve <br />air quality. The shuttle runs every 15 minutes during morning and evening commute hours. <br />Educational Facilities <br />The City is served by two school districts. The San Leandro Unified School District is <br />composed of eleven public schools consisting of one high school, two middle schools and eight <br />elementary schools. A portion of the City is within the San Lorenzo Unified School District, <br />where two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school serve San Leandro <br />students. In addition, a number of parochial schools are located within the City limits and in <br />adjacent communities. Nearby higher education opportunities include California State <br />University, Hayward, Chabot College in Castro Valley, Mills College in Oakland, the University <br />of California at Berkeley and Stanford University in Palo Alto. <br />D-6 <br />