Bear Transit

Bear Transit is the transit service operated by the Department of Parking and Transportation of the University of California, Berkeley. It is ran by MV Transportation. It was previously ran by Bauer's and AC Transit.

Routes

Bear Transit connects various areas of the university, Downtown Berkeley, and distant locations such as Lawrence Hall of Science in the East Bay Hills and the Clark Kerr Campus south of the main campus. It also provides shuttle service to the Richmond Field Station (RFS), a research facility also owned by the University, located in Richmond.

Daytime Routes

Map

• C (Every 20 minutes from 7:35am to 1:52pm) - Central Line Schedule
• H (Every 30 minutes from 7:35am to 7:26pm) - Hill Line Schedule
• P (Every 12 minutes from 6:48am to 7:22pm) - Perimeter Line Schedule
• R (Every 24 minutes from 7:30am to 7:04pm) - Reverse Perimeter Line Schedule
• RFS (Every 60 to 90 minutes from 6:45am to 6:10pm)- Richmond Field Station Line Schedule

Owl Service (Early morning Dial-A-Ride)

Phone: 510-642-WALK

• O (2:00am to 6:00am)

Safety Shuttles (Nightime)

Map

• D (Every 30 minutes from 7:45pm to 3:00am) Schedule
• E (Every 30 minutes from 7:30pm to 3:00am) Schedule

To Your Door Shuttles (Nightime flexible routes)

Map

• A (Every 30 minutes from 9:05pm to 2:45am) Schedule
• N (Every 30 minutes from 7:40pm to 2:50am) Schedule

Fares

Current

Facilities

Garage

• Address: 1952 Oxford St., Berkeley, CA 94720
• Fax: 510-642-5451
• Phone: 510-642-5149

Offices

• Address: 2150 Kittredge St., Berkeley, CA 94720-1934
• Fax: 510-642-9004
• Phone: 510-643-7701

Roster

Active

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Build Date	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes

Retired

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Build Date	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
		1964	GMC	TGH-3501	GMC	GMC Hydramatic	1 unit
		1966	GMC	TGH-3501	GMC	GMC Hydramatic	1 unit
		?	Flxible	Metro	Detroit Diesel		Ex-SunTran? 1 unit was spotted running in the 1990's.
86-89		1979	GMC	RTS-03 (T7H-203)	Detroit Diesel 8V71T	Allison V730	Ex-Santa Clara County Transit District 1100 series. 86 was Ex 1127. (Lic. Plate: {E}424420). 87? was Ex 1130. (Lic. Plate: {E}424418). 88 was Ex 1137. (Lic. Plate: {E}424419). 89? was Ex 1143. (Lic. Plate: {E}424421). Retired circa 2001. Auctioned off.
117			Chevrolet	ChevyVan
1508, 1519, 1527, 1529, 1533, 1538		1984	Gillig	Phantom 40' (40TB/96/6V92)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison HT-747	Formerly AC Transit 1508, 1519, 1527, 1529, 1533 & 1538; used starting circa 2001. Retired in 2003. They were auctioned off.
2400, 2407, 2422, 2423, 2427		1988	NFI	D35	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison HTB-748	Formerly AC Transit 2400, 2407, 2422, 2423 & 2427; used starting circa 2003. Retired in 2008 and scrapped in 2009.
2709, 2710, 2720, 2728		1991	Gillig	Phantom 30' (30/102TB/6V92T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Voith D863.2	Formerly AC Transit 2709, 2710, 2720 & 2728; used starting circa 2006. Retired circa 2011 and scrapped in 2012.
2745		1991	Gillig	Phantom 30' (30/102TB/6V92T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Voith D863.2	1992 model. Formerly AC Transit 2745. Retired circa 2011.
2805, 2813, 2815-2817, 2819, 2823		1993	Gillig	Phantom 40' (40/102TB6V92T)	Cummins ISM	Voith D863.3 2816: Voith D864.3	Formerly AC Transit 2805, 2813, 2815-2817, 2819 & 2823; used starting circa 2005 & 2008. Originally had Detroit Diesel 6V92TA engines. 2816 was sold to San Francisco MUNI as a parts bus circa 2007. It is unknown whether it ran for Bear Transit at all despite being painted into the livery. Retired circa 2011 and scrapped in 2012.

External Links

• pt.berkeley.edu/around/transit/shuttles