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==Services==
AC Transit operates four main brands of bus services: local, Transbay, Tempo, and Rapid. The agency also operates [[paratransit]] services for customers with disabilities and special school services to middle and high schools. 

Local services operate throughout the agency's entire service area, which consists of much of the [[East Bay]] region, extending north to [[Richmond, California|Richmond]] and south to [[Milpitas, California|Milpitas]] in [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]]. All local lines connect to regional transit services, with most lines serving BART stations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Maps & Schedules |url=https://www.actransit.org/maps-schedules |access-date=2025-03-10 |publisher=AC Transit}}</ref>

Transbay lines operate across the San Francisco Bay, providing regional service from the East Bay to the [[San Francisco Peninsula]]. Most lines operate from the East Bay to the [[Salesforce Transit Center]] in San Francisco, with frequent service during weekday commute hours. Select lines operate all day, 7 days per week. Transbay service is the successor to regional rail lines operated by the [[Key System]], which operated direct streetcar service from the East Bay to the [[San Francisco Transbay Terminal|former Transbay Terminal]] via rail infrastructure on the Bay Bridge.

[[Tempo (bus rapid transit)|Tempo]] is a [[limited-stop]] bus service on [[International Boulevard (Oakland, California)|International Boulevard]], with elements of [[bus rapid transit]]. Tempo buses operate in dedicated lanes on part of the route, serving bus stops located in the median of the street, and using uniquely-branded buses with doors on both sides. Tempo is listed in AC Transit schedules as route 1T, and operates 24/7 from the Uptown Transit Center at [[19th Street Oakland station|19th St/Oakland BART station]] to [[San Leandro station|San Leandro BART station]].

Rapid is AC Transit's brand for its limited-stop bus services, which was introduced in 2003 with line 72R on [[California State Route 123|San Pablo Avenue]]. AC Transit's second Rapid service, line 1R on International Boulevard, was discontinued in 2016 and fully replaced by Tempo bus rapid transit service in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holstege |first1=Sean |date=June 30, 2003 |title=AC Transit launches rapid buses |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-ac-transit-launches-rapi/139985004/ |access-date=31 January 2024 |newspaper=[[Oakland Tribune]] |location= |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-72-rapid/139985141/ 9] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> {{As of|2025}}, AC Transit has proposed Rapid services for the [[Telegraph Avenue]] and Grand Avenue corridors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rapid Corridors Project |url=https://www.actransit.org/rapid-corridors |access-date=2025-03-10 |publisher=AC Transit}}</ref>

'''East Bay Paratransit''' is a joint venture of AC Transit and BART to provide [[paratransit]] service in the East Bay, in compliance with the [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|Americans with Disabilities Act]]. East Bay Paratransit serves customers who cannot use regular bus or train service due to a disability. Paratransit service is operated by [[Transdev]].

AC Transit operates supplemental school services to middle and high schools within its service area. Some school service is provided by regular local routes with minor modifications, and other schools are served by dedicated routes numbered in the 600s. Unlike traditional school bus services provided by school districts, AC Transit supplemental school services are open to the public with the payment of regular fares, and are operated with standard transit buses. School services are funded by school districts, which has at times caused conflict between the transit agency and the school districts over the cost and schedules of the services.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bodley |first=Michael |date=2017-05-13 |title=Price for extension of AC Transit service to Oakland hills schools: $1 million |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Price-for-extension-of-AC-Transit-service-to-11142965.php |access-date=2025-03-10 |work=SFGATE}}</ref>

=== Regional connections ===
AC Transit forms part of the regional public transit network in the San Francisco Bay Area, and accepts the regional [[Clipper card]] for fare payment. AC Transit buses serve 23 BART stations in the agency's East Bay service area, and connect to multiple local transit operators including [[San Francisco Municipal Railway|MUNI]], [[Golden Gate Transit]], and [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority|VTA]]. AC Transit also connects to regional and national transportation networks, with services to [[Oakland International Airport]] and connections to [[Amtrak]] and [[San Francisco Bay Ferry]] services.

AC Transit operates [[24/7 service]] on 7 key routes in the regional [[All Nighter (bus service)|All Nighter]] network, with a central hub in downtown Oakland. 

AC Transit also operates multiple lines of the regional BART Early Bird Express network, which provides supplemental early-morning commuter service along BART lines in the 4:00 AM hour, before BART trains begin operating in the 5:00 hour. The BART Early Bird Express service was introduced in 2019 to replace cancelled early-morning BART trains, which were eliminated to provide time for additional maintenance to the [[Transbay Tube]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosen |first=Michael |date=2019-02-15 |title=BART launched its new ‘Early Bird’ service, but who is using it? |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bart-early-bus-service-ac-transit-13617363.php |access-date=2025-03-10 |work=SFGATE}}</ref>

===Routes===
[[File:AC transit bayfair stop.jpg|thumb|250px|right|AC Transit buses at Bay Fair BART Station]]
{{Main|List of AC Transit routes}}
{{As of|2024|9}}, AC Transit operates 130 routes, which includes 60 local and Rapid lines, 15 Transbay lines, 6 [[All Nighter (bus service)|All Nighter]] routes, and 45 special school routes.<ref name=":0" />