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45 <br /> <br />3.10 Transportation System <br />Interstates 880 and 580—the Nimitz and Macarthur Freeways—bisect San Leandro <br />in a north-south direction. Interstate 238—the Castro Valley Freeway—provides an <br />east-west link between 880 and 580 in the southern part of the Planning Area. I-880 <br />is one of the busiest freeways in California, carrying 215,000 vehicles through San <br />Leandro on an average day and serving as the major north-south truck corridor <br />through the East Bay. Traffic volumes on I-580 are about 160,000 vehicles per <br />average 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 <br />located midway between the Bay Bridge and the San Mateo Bridge, the two major <br />transbay crossings between the San Francisco Peninsula and the East Bay. <br /> <br />The 107-mile Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system includes four miles of track <br />within San Leandro. Two of the system’s 45 stations are located within the city, at <br />Downtown San Leandro and Bay Fair. About 400,000 commuters ride BART to work <br />on a typical weekday. About 6,000 passengers a day exit the two stations in San <br />Leandro on a typical weekday, a ridership increase of 40 percent in the last 16 years. <br />San Leandro does not currently have an AMTRAK station, although AMTRAK’s trains <br />pass through the city between Oakland and San Jose. Most San Leandro residences <br />are within one-half mile of an AC Transit bus route, providing links to the BART <br />station and major destinations within the city and East Bay. The city is also served by <br />two active freight-rail lines and is approximately one mile from Metropolitan Oakland <br />International Airport. <br /> <br />84