Beginning Monday, April 27, 2020, service on all 13 Early Bird Express (EBX) bus routes will be reduced or discontinued until further notice due to decreased ridership during shelter-in-place orders. In mid-March, the network carried roughly 1,000 riders per day. Today, that number has dropped to between 100 and 150 riders, an 85-90% decline in ridership.
Since the shelter-in-place order was established, BART and its seven partnering bus agencies have been working to monitor ridership trends, evaluate potential service options, and craft a data-driven service plan. EBX service needs to be reduced to match demand, save costs and support our transit partners in maintaining reliable service based on staffing levels. Partner bus agencies have also indicated that EBX service reductions are needed to free up their overall service capacity to sustain their core routes.
The following routes will continue running with the number of daily trips reduced:
- 701 (Pittsburg/Bay Point Station to Salesforce Transit Center)
- 702 (Pleasant Hill Station to Salesforce Transit Center)
- 704 (El Cerrito Del Norte Station to Salesforce Transit Center)
- 705 (MacArthur Station to Salesforce Transit Center via 19th St./Oakland Station
- 706 (Bay Fair Station to Salesforce Transit Center via Fruitvale Station)
- 713 (Salesforce Transit Center to San Francisco International Airport Station)
- 714 (Salesforce Transit Center to Daly City Station)
The following routes will be discontinued:
- 703 (Dublin/Pleasanton Station to Salesforce Transit Center)
- 707 (Fremont Station to Salesforce Transit Center)
- 708 (El Cerrito Del Norte Station to 19th St./Oakland Station)
- 709 (Antioch Station to Pittsburg/Bay Point Station)
- 712 (Pittsburg/Bay Point Station to 19th St./Oakland Station)
- 715 (North Concord Station to Pleasant Hill Station)
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