SJRTD expands bus service to Dublin BART link
The San Joaquin Regional Transit District on Wednesday announced that it will add weekend service to the Dublin BART station and start deploying new buses for its commuter service beginning this weekend.
“We did a large survey on unmet transit needs last fall, and this was one of the top things that came up,” RTD public information officer Terry Williams said.
Starting Saturday, RTD’s commuter buses will take passengers from Stockton to the Dublin BART station five times a day on weekends in addition to the currently-scheduled nine times a day on weekdays, Williams said.
Approximately 278 passengers each day take the bus to the Dublin BART on weekdays, Williams said, and RTD anticipates approximately 50 riders each day on weekends.
According to Williams, the buses will leave Stockton for the Dublin BART station at 7 a.m., 8:25 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Return trips will leave the Dublin BART station at 8:35 a.m., 10 a.m., 12:05 p.m., 5:35 p.m. and 9:35 p.m., Williams said.
“It depends on traffic, but it generally takes about an hour and 25 minutes one way,” Williams said.
Basic fares are $7 each way, according to a Wednesday press release, although passengers can save up to 40 percent by purchasing monthly passes, or by using the mobile application Mobile2Go to purchase a commuter pass on a smartphone by visiting
At the end of the survey, the driver receives a report detailing the results and Aragon or another member of the survey team explaining in what areas, if any, the vehicle produced emissions over the allowed levels.
One driver’s car had the “check engine” light on when he agreed to participate in the survey on Wednesday, Aragon said, and Aragon told the driver exactly what to tell the technician when taking his car in for maintenance. “This might have been $100 in a shop, just for a 10-minute test,” Aragon said. “In general, people are pretty happy just to receive the information.”
Although the results are not reported to the California Department of Motor Vehicles and drivers do not receive tickets or citations for producing excess emission levels, Prow said BAR would investigate a smog shop that passed a vehicle if that vehicle produced excess emissions during the survey.
“We’re evaluating our own program, not the public,” Prow said.