Bear Transit is the bus service operated by the Department of Parking and Transportation of the University of California, Berkeley.
Bear Transit connects various areas of the university, including student housing, the main campus, the Hill area, Downtown Berkeley (including Berkeley BART), and distant locations such as Lawrence Hall of Science in the East Bay Hills and the Clark Kerr Campus south of the main campus.
Daytime (Operates weekdays only) Nighttime (Operates seven days a week) Pandemic related changes In 2020, due to the pandemic, low ridership and high operating costs, service to the Richmond Field Station (RFS), a research facility also owned by the University, located in Richmond, was eliminated.
[6] In 2020, due to the pandemic, Campus Shared Services, an employee-only shuttle which served North Berkeley BART and an offsite facility in the 4th Street District of Berkeley, was suspended.
[8] This route, unlike its clockwise companion, the Perimeter Line, provides staggered 15 minute departures from the Berkeley BART Station during the day (P-Line leaving at :00 and :30 after the hour; R-Line leaving :15 and :45 after).