BART Plus to Be Discontinued by AC Transit.News Editors OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2003 Beginning Monday, Sept. 1, 2003, BART Plus tickets will no longer be accepted on AC Transit AC Transit (in full, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) is a regional bus agency serving parts of Alameda County and Contra Costa County in the western coastal area of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. buses. AC Transit's Board of Directors adopted a number of fare changes, which included the elimination of AC Transit's participation in the BART Plus Program. The BART Plus ticket is an intermodal ticket providing customers with a set amount of BART value and unlimited rides on the bus. The BART Plus ticket works in the BART fare gate like a regular BART ticket and is valid for a two-week period as a "flash pass" when using local bus service and SF Muni Metro Muni Metro is a mass transit system operated in the City and County of San Francisco by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, managed by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Historical elements have contributed to Muni Metro's varied characteristics. rail service. Approximately 10,000 riders per month buy the BART Plus ticket generating $9 million in annual sales for all the participating operators. BART estimates that approximately 40% of BART Plus ticket users ride on AC Transit. BART Plus will still be accepted by County Connection (CCCTA CCCTA Central Contra Costa Transit Authority CCCTA Clark County Classroom Teachers Association CCCTA Cecil County Classroom Teachers Association ), Dumbarton Express (local fare credit for Transbay service), SamTrans, Santa Clara VTA VTA Valley Transportation Authority (San Jose, California) VTA Ventral Tegmental Area VTA Vacuum Triode Amplifier VTA VFR Terminal Area VTA Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority (Massachusetts) (local fare credit on Express buses), San Francisco Muni, Tri Delta Transit (not valid on Delta Express service), Union City Transit Union City Transit is a public transit service in Union City, California (near Oakland and Fremont). Five bus lines--1, 2, 3, 4/4A, and 5--connect riders to local destinations, such as schools, shopping centers, and the Union City BART station. , WestCAT (accepted on fare on Martinez Link service), WHEELS (Livermore, Dublin and Pleasanton) and BART. |
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