Using Real-Time Departures Boarding the Bus Bringing Your Bicycle Real-Time Departure information lets Bus stops are marked with the AC All AC Transit buses have a rack you know when Transit logo and display the bus on the front for two bikes. You the next bus will lines that stop there. Most bus lines may load a bicycle at any time be at your stop, have stops every few blocks. Make of day, with no extra fare or permit. so you don’t sure you are on the correct side of Cyclists must load and unload Welcome have to wait the street for your direction of travel. their own bikes. to EasyPass! longer than Wait for the bus as close as possible Your EasyPass you need to. to the bus stop pole to make it easier EasyPass Destinations Map gives you access to the , You can access for the bus operator to see you. You On the back of this guide, you will , and the Peninsula. Real-Time Departures on the web, don’t have to signal the bus, but find a handy map of restaurants, Use this handy pocket guide to learn by phone or text message, or on doing so will help ensure that the shopping districts, BART stations, how to get around using AC Transit. electronic signs at select bus stops. operator doesn’t miss you by and entertainment options that you Our buses run 24 hours a day in Visit www.actransit.org/realtime mistake. When the bus arrives, can get to by using your EasyPass more than two dozen cities and for more info. check the line number or letter to on bus lines that travel near Mills unincorporated areas, and we make sure it’s the bus you want. College. AC Transit can get you cross the Bay, San Mateo, and Printed Maps & Schedules nearly anywhere a car can, without Dumbarton bridges. We publish two system maps that Stopping the Bus the parking hassles or expense! together cover the AC Transit service Request your stop by pulling the Hop on board any line and begin area: San Pablo to Oakland, and cord, pressing the button on the a new adventure. Be sure to double San Leandro to Fremont. We also pole, or pressing the button above check the schedule before you ride publish individual pocket schedules your head (on the green, commuter- to ensure the line is running when with a route map for each bus line. style buses). The “Stop Requested” you want. Planning Your AC Transit Trip sign will light. If you are not sure There are four ways to plan your Using Pocket Schedules when your stop will be coming up, AC Transit trip: Most pocket schedules list several ask the operator to let you know. • Use online trip-planning tools at of the bus stops along the route, www.actransit.org, with the times the bus is expected Accessibility www.511.org, or on Google to arrive at each stop. These stops All AC Transit buses have built-in Transit at www.google.com/transit. are called “time points.” There are features—passenger lifts, ramps, For more information, visit: usually additional bus stops between www.actransit.org • View maps and schedules on our handrails, and kneelers—that make www.actransit.org/easypass the time points. Just find the time it easier for seniors and persons with www.mills.edu/student_services/safety_and_ Web site at www.actransit.org. transportation/actransit.php point closest to where you are disabilities to ride. Priority seating is • Pick up our printed maps and starting your AC Transit trip and clearly marked on every bus with schedules from locations around read down the column under the signs above or near the seats. If you the Mills campus. time point in order to find the time are a senior or a person with a • Call the AC Transit Information you need to be at the bus stop. disability, you may ask the operator Center at 511 (and say, “AC to remind non-disabled passengers Transit,” then say, “Information”). to vacate a seat for you. Marketing & Community Relations • January 2012

0007-12 Line 1, 1R: • Lakeshore Shopping (Trader Joe’s, Walden Pond Books) Places to Go with Your • Bayfair Mall • Grand Lake Theatre • Fruitvale BART •19th Street BART • Fruitvale Plaza Shopping • (Powderface Coffee and Beignets, •12th Street Oakland City Center BART Mills College EasyPass Acapulco Records – Latin music) • Oakland City Center • Downtown Oakland • Oakland Museum of th •19 Street BART • Chinatown • Kaiser Center • Regal Cinemas Jack London Stadium 9 • Oakland Ice Center Rink • (Yoshi’s Jazz Club, • Fox Theatre Miss Pearl’s Jam House) • Paramount Theatre • , Jack London Square • Great Western Power Co. (indoor rock climbing and sports) Line 73 • MacArthur BART • Coliseum BART • Temescal Shopping (Genova Delicatessen, Pizzaiolo) • Amtrak • Whole Foods Market, Berkeley • Hegenberger Gateway Shopping Center (Starbucks, Jamba Juice) • Shopping (Moe’s Books, Amoeba Music) • Oakland International Airport • Downtown Berkeley BART Line NL:2 Line 45: • Eastmont Transit Center1 • Eastmont Transit Center1 • Dimond Shopping (Farmer Joe’s Marketplace, La Farine Bakery) • Coliseum BART (transfer to Line 73 for Oakland International Airport) • • Amtrak, Coliseum • Lakeshore Shopping (Trader Joe’s, Walden Pond Books) Line 47: • Grand Lake Farmers Market (Saturdays) • Grand Lake Theatre • Fruitvale Plaza Shopping • Kaiser Center (Powderface Coffee and Beignets, •19th Street BART Acapulco Records – Latin music) • Downtown Oakland • Fruitvale BART • Oakland Ice Center Rink Line 57:2 • Fox Theatre • Paramount Theatre • Eastmont Transit Center1 • Great Western Power Co. • Laurel Shopping (indoor rock climbing and sports) (Full House Café, Lucky Supermarket) • San Francisco • Dimond Shopping (Farmer Joe’s Marketplace, La Farine Bakery) Line NX3: • Loard’s Ice Cream 1 • Lakeshore Shopping • Eastmont Transit Center (Trader Joe’s, Walden Pond Books) • San Francisco • Grand Lake Farmers Market (Saturdays) • Grand Lake Theatre Line 805: • Kaiser Hospital • Eastmont Transit Center1 • MacArthur BART • Coliseum BART • East Bay Bridge Center • Oakland International Airport (Office Depot, Best Buy) 1 From Eastmont Transit Center, transfer to Line 2 73 or 805 (all nighter) to get to the Oakland Line 58L: International Airport. • Eastmont Transit Center1 2 On Lines 57, 58L, and NL, from Fruitvale and • Laurel Shopping MacArthur Blvd., transfer to Line 39 or 339 to (Full House Café, Lucky Supermarket) go to Chabot Space & Science Center, Joaquin Miller Park, and Redwood Regional Park. • Dimond Shopping (Farmer Joe’s Mills College Marketplace, La Farine Bakery) Check before you ride – line schedules vary Marketing & Community Relations • January 2012 with direction and time.