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Public Transportation
Getting the Bay Area where it needs to go.

AC Transit
www.actransit.org
The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District is the third-largest public bus system in California, serving 13 cities and adjacent unincorporated areas in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

AC Transit has been serving the East Bay since 1960, taking over from the Key System and its predecessors, which carried passengers via buses, horse-drawn rail, electric streetcars, and ferries over the previous 100 years.

Alameda / Oakland Ferry
www.eastbayferry.com
The Alameda/Oakland Ferry is a publicly subsidized public transit system operated by the City of Alameda and the Port of Oakland.
Amtrak
www.amtrak.com
Amtrak serves more than 500 stations in 45 states. Those not included are Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
www.bart.gov
The Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is a 95-mile, automated rapid transit system serving over 3 million people in the three BART counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco, as well as northern San Mateo County.
Grey Hound
www.greyhound.com
Greyhound Lines, Inc. is the largest provider of intercity bus transportation, serving more than 2,600 destinations with 18,000 daily departures across the country.
Oakland International Airport
www.flyoakland.com
For more than 70 years, Oakland International Airport has been an important force in aviation history and a contributor to the economic well being of the San Francisco Bay Area.



Related links:
- 511.org
Your Bay Area travel guide


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