Wednesday, May 6th at 4:11pm BART service is returning to normal between Castro Valley and Bay Fair following an earlier PG&E outage. Passengers should expect major delays of up to 45 minutes in all directions. Click here for alternatives to get around transit service disruptions.
On Wednesday May 6th at 3:38pm BART tracks have reopened after an earlier problem between the Civic Center and 16th St. stations. Passengers should expect major delays as service returns to normal.
On Wednesday, May 6, San Francisco Bay Ferry reports larger than normal crowds are expected during the PM commute due to the Giants day game at AT&T Park. Buses will be provided at the Ferry Bldg starting at 4:30pm if any ferry departures reach capacity.
Starting April 5th through August, BART plans to close the tracks between Fruitvale and Coliseum Stations, on some weekends, to perform critical repair work. During the closures a bus bridge will be provided to shuttle passengers between the two stations. Click here for track closure dates and times, as well as more information on the bus bridge.
NOTE: Departure Times for the Fruitvale and Coliseum Stations may not be available during the BART track repair work. We apologize for any inconvenience.
As of Monday, March 23rd, VTA's Montague Light Rail Station in Milpitas will be completely closed until Fall 2015 due to the BART Silicon Valley Construction Project. Shuttles will operate every 15 minutes between Capitol Ave and Great Mall/Main Transit Center seven days per week. Click here for more details and scheduled hours of operation for the shuttle.
Several agencies will operate special schedules on Monday, May 25, 2015 for Memorial Day. Please see the 511 Transit Holiday Schedules Page for more information.
Additionally, the 511 Trip Planner has been updated to reflect these service changes for all affected trip itineraries.
Now you can select "Lower Fares" as a preference option to filter and sort trip plans on 511 Transit.
The default preference is Fastest Trip, and Fewest Transfers and Less Walking are also available.
Lower Fares preference will search for trips that have the combined lowest fares (using "Leave at" times), for those who are looking to save money. These trips are not always the fastest or most direct, but are sorted by lower total fares per trip.
Not all possible combinations are reviewed for every trip (so as not to make the processing time too long), but the system will attempt to find more of the lower cost trips than when using the other preferences in the dropdown menu.
Give it a try and let us know how it works for you!
