Commuting is a Gas

Your Boulevardier may have a scoop for BART commuters. A shuttle service between BART and Castro Valley's park-and-ride lots, using natural gas-powered buses, is being planned. No details are available, but the folks who run Valley Truck Rentals (the place just below Neighborhod Church on John Drive) are involved. Valley Truck Rentals also plans to add wind and/or solar power to its operations.

CV To Lose M Transbay Bus?

Your Boulevardier occasionally takes the M bus across the San Mateo Bridge to visit Mon Petit Chou. The bus is clean and comfortable, even if the schedule is far from ideal. One works with it.

However, it appears that, because of budget cuts, the schedule will get even worse for Castro Valley residents. If Your Boulevardier reads AC Transit's current staff recommendation correctly, the bus will terminate in the East Bay at the Hayward BART station, rather than Castro Valley. The relevant section can be found on page 12:

Line M: Hayward BART to Oracle via Winton, Hesperian, Hwy 92, Chess Dr., Metro Center, Hillsdale Blvd. Hillsdale Caltrain, Oracle HQ. The Line M will no longer provide service to the Dumbarton Bridge corridor and consequently the Ardenwood Park and Ride facility.

Granted, the major cut in service has been made on the west end of the line, not on the east. Still, Your Boulevardier will miss the chance to catch the M at the Castro Valley BART station.