BART Strike Commute Alternatives: Ferry and Bus Schedules; Driving and Carpooling

Should BART workers strike Tuesday, the best option for most commuters will be to stay and work from home. If that’s not possible, here is a list of links to transportation alternatives:  

Ferries

Alameda Main Street-San Francisco ferry

Oakland-San Francisco ferry

Harbor Bay-San Francisco

Oakland/Alameda-South San Francisco

Buses

AC Transit’s BART strike guide

BART’s limited charter bus service from El Cerrito del Norte, West Oakland, Concord, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Dublin/Pleasanton, San Leandro, Hayward, and Fremont stations directly into San Francisco from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m.

The Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority will run a bus from the East Dublin/Pleasanton BART station to the Eastmont Transit Center in Oakland.

Driving

Map of freeways where Caltrans will extend carpool hours on HOV lanes from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Carpooling

Map of San Francisco casual carpool pickup locations back to the East Bay

Map of all Bay Area casual carpool pickup locations

Bicycles

"Bike the Strike" from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition