APPENDIX F

TRAVEL ON BAY AREA BRIDGE CORRIDORS

This Appendix presents mode-specific travel data on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge corridor, and vehicle usage data on the other Bay Area bridges.

 

SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE CORRIDOR

 

Actual

Capacity

Bay Bridge Vehicles

10,800

10,800

Bay Bridge Corridor Person Trips

Single/Double Occupant Vehicles

Carpools/Vanpools

Buses

BART

Ferries

 

8,900

8,200

2,800

14,000

750

 

 

Total Person Trips, Corridor

34,100

 

Source: Caltrans DEIS Bay Bridge East Span Seismic Safety Project

1997 VEHICLE COUNTS ON BAY AREA BRDGES

 

1997 Vehicle Counts

 

Bridge

Peak Hour
(Both directions)

All vehicles
(all day)

Trucks
(all day)

Bay Bridge

20,800

260,000

11,500

Benicia

7,800

98,000

7,000

Carquinez

8,200

110,000

6,400

Dumbarton

5,400

65,000

2,300

Golden Gate

10,200

119,000

1,900

Richmond-San Rafael

6,000

60,000

3,600

San Mateo

7,200

85,000

5,000

 

Source: Caltrans 1997 State Highway System traffic counts.