The Richmond Parkway Transit Center or RPTC is a

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lot and

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located in

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. It is named after the adjacent Richmond Parkway. It serves as a transfer point for the WestCAT and

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. It is located on the corner of Richmond Parkway and Blume Drive near the Pinole border and adjacent to

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and the Hilltop Plaza shopping center. Richmond parkway transit center2

Bus service

The following bus services stop at the center:Richmond/Berkeley map
AC Transit website, retrieved February 5, 2008
, WestCat website, retrieved February 5, 2008

* 70 - Appian/Rheem to Richmond BART * 71 - Carlson/Birmingham Drive to

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* 376 - North Richmond (

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only) * LA - Hilltop to San Francisco (commute trips only) WestCAT * 16 - Pinole * 17 - Bayview * 18 - Tara Hills * 19 - Hilltop/Hercules (Saturday service only) * 30Z - Richmond Parkway - Martinez Amtrak Station half of trips are interlines with JPX. * JPX - Del Norte BART-Hercules via Pinole Valley Road (some buses continue as/from Route 30Z to Martinez) * JR - Del Norte BART-Hercules via Richmond Parkway & Blume Drive

Transit Village

As reported in 2006, in the

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newspaper the

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, 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 (

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) at the Fruitvale BART station in

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. It is one of many similar projects surrounding

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stations, regional ferry terminals, and Park & Ride lots & Transit Centers to reduce sprawl and traffic.

Planning

In 2016 an ultra light rail service was proposed and supported by the Richmond City Council to connect the center with the city's waterfront ( Marina Bay). In 2017 the Metropolitan Transportation Commission mulled expanded parking here to address projected double digit traffic growth in the area through 2040. It has also been studied as a potential location for a future

station extension along the

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.Transit study seeks alternatives to congested Interstate 80 commute
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Notes

External links

AC Transit improvement study for RPTC

Transit and parking information at Transit Unlimited
* {{Richmond, California Bus stations in Contra Costa County, California Buildings and structures in Richmond, California Bus stations in the San Francisco Bay Area