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2 EXISTING CONDITIONS San Leandro Crosstown Corridors Study 2-16 2.5 Transit Bancroft Avenue AC Transit runs Line 40 on Bancroft Avenue, which runs between Emeryville, Oakland, San Leandro, and into Ashland/Cherryland. The corridor is also very close to the East 14th Street transit priority corridor, which has Line 1T (Tempo) Bus Rapid Transit service to Downtown Oakland and AC Transit Route 10 which serves points south. The Bay Fair BART station is also close to the southern end of the corridor, about one mile south off Hesperian Boulevard. The San Leandro BART Station is also relatively close to the corridor, just under one mile away, with bicycle and pedestrian connections via Juana Avenue and Estudillo Avenue. Bus Service AC Transit Line 40 runs from Downtown Oakland to Bay Fair BART via Foothill Boulevard in Oakland and Bancroft Avenue in East Oakland and San Leandro, then along E. 14th Street in Ashland. Running the entire length of Bancroft Avenue in San Leandro, Line 40 provides critical access to schools, job centers, and BART. Appendix B provides an inventory of bus stop length, position, and amenities. Key takeaways about Line 40: • Line 40 runs at 20-minute frequencies in San Leandro Monday through Friday, 30-minute frequencies on weekends and holidays. • AC Transit runs 60-foot articulated buses. Most of the bus stops on Bancroft Avenue provide insufficient length for the full vehicle. • Line 40 sees high ridership at the school locations, especially Bancroft Middle School and San Leandro High School. At both locations, the bus stop is frequently blocked by school pickup vehicles. At Bancroft and Callan Avenues, this results in blockage of the crosswalk. • In residential areas of Bancroft, many of the bus stops have no or short red zone, resulting in parked cars in the bus stop and poor accessibility for people who may need ramp deployment. Articulated buses also frequently hang into the intersection. • The bus stops are inconsistently located on the near and far sides of intersections, as well as mid-block at some key destinations like schools and Safeway. • Bus stops generally offer limited passenger waiting facilities, with a bench without a shelter as the primary amenity. On hot or rainy days, this makes it uncomfortable to wait for the bus. Bancroft Middle School students wait to cross Bancroft Avenue with Line 40 in the intersection of Callan Avenue. Access to BART Bancroft Avenue is a critical access point to Bay Fair BART. The final connection to Bay Fair BART is along Hesperian Boulevard. The City of San Leandro is currently implementing one-way separated bike lanes on DRA F T