Richmond Parkway Transit Center
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The Richmond Parkway Transit Center or RPTC is a park and ride lot and bus terminal located in Richmond, California. It serves as a transfer point for the WestCAT, AC Transit, and Greyhound lines. Many drive to and park at this lot from the surrounding Hilltop Area and the cities of Pinole, Hercules, Rodeo and Crockett, and the community of El Sobrante, and then take express buses to commute into San Francisco's San Francisco Transbay Terminal. It is located on the corner of Richmond Parkway and Blume Drive near the Pinole border and adjacent to Interstate 80 and the Hilltop Plaza shopping center.
[edit] Bus service
The following bus services stop at the center:
- AC Transit: LA Hilltop, 70 Appian, 71 Rumrill, 376 North Richmond Night
- WestCat: 16, 17, 18, 19 JX (JL and JR variants)
[edit] Transit Village
As reported in 2006, in the East Bay newspaper the East Bay Express, there are plans to build a transit village at or adjacent to the site. Its purpose is as smart growth and to encourage transit use. It is modeled on the Fruitvale Model (Fruitvale Transit Village) at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland, California. It is one of many copy-cat projects surrounding BART & Caltrain stations, regional ferry terminals, and Park & Ride lots & Transit Centers. Their purpose is to reduce sprawl and traffic.
