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Existing Transportation Conditions <br /> <br /> Transit <br /> <br /> There are several tran-~it options available in the Tri-Valley area. Areawide bus service is <br /> provided by local carden. Dial-a-ride service is also provided for those transit patrons <br /> that are unable to utilize regular bus service. Transit services provided by larger Tri- <br /> Valley employers augment areawide bus service by either providing special shutties, as in <br /> the case of Bishop Ranch, or by distributing free transit passes as in the case of Hacienda <br /> Business Park. Connections to other locations in the Bay Area outside of Tri-Valley are <br /> available through the BART Express bus service, which carries patrons to BART stations <br /> in Hayward and Walnut Creek. Connections from Stockton to the Tri-Valley area are also <br /> available through a bus service provided by the San Joaqnln Regional Transit Authority. <br /> <br /> Areawide Bus $eN/ce <br /> <br /> Bus service in the Tri-Valley area is provided by Central Contra Costa Transit Authority <br /> (CCTA), which operates County Connection; Livermore/Amador Valley Transit Authority <br /> (LAVTA), which operates WHEELS; and Bay Area Rapid Tr_~nsit (BART), which operates <br /> the BART Express Buses. County Connection operates scheduled, fixed-route, and dial-a- <br /> ride bus service in the suburban portions of Contra Costa County. Three routes serve the <br /> Tri-Valley cities of Dandle and San Ramon. BART express buses are operated by BART <br /> and provide feeder service between park-n-ride lots, business parks, and BART stations. <br /> BART operates six routes in the Tri-Valley, serving the Bayfair and Walnut Creek BART <br /> stations. WHEELS bus routes, operated by the Livermore/Amador Valley TrAnsit <br /> Authority, provide scheduled, fixed-route, and dial-a-ride bus services to the Cities of <br /> Dublin, Pleasanton, and Livermore. Pleasanton also provides its own dial-a-ride service. <br /> Table 2-4 briefly describes the bus routes serving the Tri-Valley. <br /> <br /> Trip Reduction Programs <br /> <br /> The Tri-Valley area includes two major business parks: Bishop Ranch in San Ramon and <br /> Hacienda Business Park in Pleasanton. Both of these parks have implemented innovative <br /> trip reduction programs intended to reduce the number of single-occupant automobiles on <br /> COmmUte routes to these major employment centers. The City of San Ramon oversees the <br /> progrnm in Bishop Ranch. <br /> <br />' Bafion-Aschman Associates, Inc. 29 <br /> <br /> <br />