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<br /> <br />4.3.5 Access to Information <br />The ability to reach out to those who live and work in San Leandro is important to the City, <br />therefor the City of San Leandro has multiple information outlets for residents and <br />businesses to access information. The City’s website and social media accounts, <br />and the local television and radio channels are all updated with emergency <br />preparedness information as well as timely, safety information in the event of a <br />disaster. In an effort to make sure that information is available and the <br />information is whole community inclusive, the City’s preparedness information is <br />translated into multiple languages and distributed through the website, social <br />media, trainings, and public outreach venues. In the event of a disaster the City <br />would translate all critical information and distribute via social media, radio, <br />television and the City’s mass notification system. <br /> <br />4.3.6 Transportation System <br />Interstates 880 and 580 – the Nimitz and MacArthur Freeways – bisect San Leandro in a north- <br />south direction. Interstate 238 – the Castro Valley Freeway – provides an east-west link <br />between I-880 and I-580 in the southern part of the Planning Area. I-880 is one of the busiest <br />freeways in California, carrying 220,000 vehicles a day through San Leandro and serving as the <br />major north-south truck corridor through the East Bay. Traffic volumes on I-580 are about <br />140,000 vehicles a day. Both of the freeways are four lanes in each direction and both provide <br />several interchanges connecting to local streets in San Leandro. San Leandro is located midway <br />between the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge and the Hayward-San Mateo Bridge, the two <br />major transbay crossings between the San Francisco Peninsula and the East Bay. <br />The 95-mile Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system includes four miles of track within San <br />Leandro. Two of the system’s 39 stations are located within the city, at Downtown San Leandro <br />and Bayfair Center. More than 16,000 passengers a day used these two stations in 1997. San <br />Leandro does not currently have an AMTRAK station, although AMTRAK’s trains pass through <br />the city between Oakland and San Jose. Most San Leandro residences are within one-half mile of <br />an AC Transit bus route, providing links to the BART station and major destinations within the <br />city and East Bay. The city is also served by three freight-rail lines and is approximately two <br />mile from Metropolitan Oakland International Airport. <br /> <br />4.3.7 Environment <br />San Leandro is located on the East Bay Plain, a flat area that extends 50 miles from Richmond in <br />the north to San Jose in the south. The Plain is about three miles wide in the San Leandro area. <br />At its eastern edge, the plain transitions into low hills, rising to 526 feet at the highest point in