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DRAFT Bus Service 3. Circulation Element Wheels provides public bus service for the Tri-Valley communities of Pleasanton, Dublin, and Livermore. The buses serve neighborhoods, businesses, and schools providing an important public transit feature for those who need or want an alternative to automobiles. With regional connections via BART, Wheels also provides local travel options. The Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authoritycurrently plans a new Route 10 Bus Rapid Transit project ~ PID, along its existing Route 10. This route runs from the Pleasanton/Dublin BART' station to the Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories. The RAPID service would substantially reduce commute times along this line. The City currently maintains aDial-A-Bus aratransit service for senior and l~~disabled residents on weekdays providing about 60~ercent of the program's operating budget. ' The City Department of Parks and Community Services provides drivers who operate the bus service on a regular schedule during weekday hours and by appointment during evenings and weekends. Wheels supplements this paratransit service with weekend and extended-hour weekday service. Several regional transit companies and private shuttles also serve Pleasanton. The County Connection in Contra Costa Count provides BART express bus service between the Walnut Creek BART Station and the Pleasanton/Dublin BART station. The San oac~uin Regional Transit District provides bus service from the San ~oacluin Valley to the Hacienda Business Park with separate service to the BART station The Modesto Area Express (MAXI provides bus service between Modesto and the Pleasanton/Dublin BART station as well as between Modesto and the Lathrop/Manteca ACE train station Several companies~rovide private shuttles to/from Pleasanton for their employees, while several taxi companies operate in the city. Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities The City of Pleasanton's Community Trails Master Plan provides general direction as to the proposed location of pedestrian and bicycle recreational facilities. The City has received funding to create a pedestrian and bicycle master plan to explicitly address on-street facilities that will complement and expand on the existing Community Trails Master Plun. See Figure 3-13 for existing and proposed pedestrian and bi~cle trails and paths The proposed plan will prioritize projects establish new standards for bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and be incorporated into the fllameda Countvzvide Biewcle Plan and the Alameda Countyzvide Strategic Pedestrian Plan. Circulation Element 012908 redline 3-33 City Council Ol 29 08