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Ot San Leandro Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan o Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION 3t- '. operate under the same terms and conditions as those at the Downtown San Leandro BART Station. The station is presently accessible from the City bikeway network along Hesperian Boulevard. Additionally, a bicycle /pedestrian connection exists between the Bay Fair BART Station and Bayfair Center. Bicycle access from the • unincorporated areas east of the station and internal bicycle circulation between the two sides of the station are less clearly demarcated. Current Alameda County plans would improve bicycle access from the east by designating bike routes along 159 Avenue /Coehlo Drive and Elgin Street. These bikeways would provide important connections to East 14 Street and adjacent neighborhoods. The aforementioned East Bay Greenway trail would create an additional opportunity for bicycle and pedestrian access to the station. Bicycle Access on BART: Given space constraints in BART trains and stations during peak travel periods, bicycles are not allowed on all BART trains at all times. During the morning peak period, approximately 7:05 a.m. – 8:50 a.m., bicycles are not allowed on trains traveling from the East Bay to San Francisco. In the evening peak period, approximately 4:25 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., bicycles are not allowed onboard trains traveling from San Francisco to the East Bay; additionally, cyclists traveling from the East Bay to San Francisco during this period must exit at Embarcadero Station. Bicycles are allowed on all BART trains during non - commute hours (8:50 a.m. – 4:25 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. – closing) and all day on weekends and holidays. In addition to these time restrictions, cyclists are never permitted to ride in crowded cars or in the first car of a BART train. Bicycles are, however, always allowed on trains on the Richmond - Fremont line. AC Transit Bus Service Alameda- Contra Costa Transit (AC Transit) operates local bus service throughout Alameda and western Contra Costa Counties as well as transbay bus service into San Francisco and San Mateo Counties. 15 AC Transit routes serve San Leandro, with many of these routes stopping at the San Leandro and /or Bay Fair BART Stations which function as major bus -bus and bus -BART transfer points. Routes 1, 1R, 40, and the All- Nighter 801 provide service to San Leandro from the north terminating at the Bay Fair BART Station. Routes 75 and 89 provide local connections within San Leandro with stops at both BART stations. Routes 32, 48, 93, 97, and 99 only operate as far north as Bay Fair BART Station providing service to communities to the south and east of San Leandro. Route 85 also provides service to the south through San Leandro from the Downtown San Leandro BART Station. Routes NX3, NX4, and S provide transbay service to San Francisco. Route 1R is unique in that it provides limited stop rapid bus service along East 14 Street. This core AC Transit route is planned for eventual conversion to full bus rapid transit (BRT) —which includes stations and off-board fare collection — between Downtown Berkeley and the Downtown San Leandro BART Station. As BRT is implemented, and potentially extended further south to the Bay Fair Page 8