Tempo (bus rapid transit)

Tempo is a bus rapid transit (BRT) service in Oakland and San Leandro in California. It is operated by AC Transit as Line 1T. The route has dedicated lanes and center-boarding stations along much of the corridor, prepaid fares, signal preemption, and all-door boarding.

1T
A southbound bus at Downtown San Leandro station
Overview
OperatorAC Transit
Vehicle27 New Flyer XDE60[1]
Liverypurple, blue, silver, black
Began serviceAugust 9, 2020 (2020-08-09)
Predecessors1, 1R
Route
LocaleOakland, San Leandro
StartUptown Transit Center
ViaInternational Boulevard
EndSan Leandro BART station
Length9.5 mi (15.3 km)
Stops34
Service
Frequency10 minutes (6 am–7 pm)
15 minutes (7 pm–midnight)
60 minutes (Midnight–6 am, weekdays)
30 minutes (Midnight–6 am, weekends)
Journey time40–47 minutes
TimetableAC Transit 1T
MapAC Transit 1T
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Route

The northern terminus of the line is at the Uptown Transit Center, located at 19th Street BART station. The lines continues down Broadway in mixed traffic, passing 12th Street/Oakland City Center BART station before the southbound and northbound routes split at 11th and 12th Streets, respectively. Both directions simultaneously meet at and run on Lake Merritt Boulevard before splitting again to 12th Street and International Boulevard. Southbound buses join International Boulevard at 14th Avenue and begin median running in an exclusive bus lane. Services continue to a station near Fruitvale BART and onward to San Leandro, where operation in mixed traffic resumes and the line continues down Davis Street to terminate at San Leandro BART.

Articulated buses call at specially built high-curbed bus stops at the north and south ends of the line while the majority of International Boulevard stops feature median strip boarding platforms.

History
The southbound BRT platform at 19th Street under construction, April 2020

The success of AC Transit's line 72R "rapid" service made it a model for another rapid bus line that was introduced.[2][3] On June 24, 2007, Line 1R (or International Rapid) began operating on weekdays between Berkeley Way and Oxford Street in Berkeley and Bay Fair BART station, mainly along Telegraph Avenue, International Boulevard, and East 14th Street. Weekend and holiday service operated between downtown Oakland and San Leandro only. The service lacked many features of full bus rapid transit, being a limited service 1 line but with articulated buses.

Approved in 2012 by both cities, the project is funded by Alameda County Measure B, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the State of California, and the Federal Transit Administration. Line 1R was eliminated on June 26, 2016. The project broke ground in August 2016.[4] The section of the former line between uptown Oakland and UC Berkeley continued service as local line 6. The service was dubbed Tempo and opened on August 9, 2020.[5] Local route 1 was eliminated with the start of the new service.[6] Fares will not be collected until November 8.[1]

References
  1. Almond, Elliot (9 August 2020). "AC Transit rolls out new service linking Oakland and San Leandro". The Mercury News. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. "Marketing & Community Relations Priorities Through December 2006," memo to AC Transit Board of Directors, 19 April 2006 Archived August 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Change Happens: June 24," AC Transit Marketing, 15 May 2007 Archived November 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. AC Transit Announces the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the East Bay Bus Rapid Transit
  5. Savidge, Nico (5 August 2020). "Here's when service will start on Oakland's new bus rapid transit line". The Mercury News. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. "Tempo Service Starts on Sunday, August 9". AC Transit. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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