Some Facts and Stats about WestCAT.  Last updated 18 April 2012

Facts about WestCAT

Number of Routes:  8 local fixed routes, 2 regional, 4 express routes

Number of Bus Stops:  Approx. 250

WCCTA  Employees:  7

Operations Facility:

Pinole: Western Contra Costa Transit Authority

Transit Hubs: 

• Hercules Transit Center
• Richmond Parkway Transit Center
• Amtrak Station, Martinez
• Contra Costa College
• El Cerrito del Norte BART Station
• San Francisco Transbay Terminal

Population Served:  62,000

Area Served:  20 square miles

Joint Powers Agency Board Members (July 2011-June 2012)

• Phill Green - Pinole 
• Debbie Long - Pinole
• Timothy Banuelos - Pinole (Alternate)
• Aleida Andrino-Chavez - Contra Costa County
• Tom Hansen - Contra Costa County (Chair)
• Dr. Maureen Powers - Contra Costa County (Chair)
• Tricia Robles – Contra Costa County (Alternate)
• Gerard Boulanger - Hercules
• Myrna de Vera - Hercules (Vice-Chair)
• Dan Romero - Hercules (Alternate)

Some WestCAT Factoids

• WestCAT has consistently outperformed its relative position in the 9-county bay area in every category in MTC's statistical summary of bay area transit operators.
  
  
• Of the 23 bay area transit systems, WestCAT ranks 16th in Total Operating Budget (a good measure of its relative position).
  
  
• It ranks 14th in total passengers carried;
  13th in passengers per hour;
  6th highest in farebox recovery percentage;
  6th in lowest cost per passenger;
  6th in total trips per person in its service area (behind SF Muni, BART, AC Transit, VTA and SamTrans);
  And 4th in lowest cost per hour.
  
  
• It has maintained the lowest hourly operating cost of any express bus operator in the region throughout the 14 years since BART transitioned the express services to the local operators.
  
  
• Despite its small staff, WestCAT has implemented a successful real time information system offering departure predictions for every stop and every route it operates. This is integrated with the region's 511 system, and WestCAT remains the only transit agency in the bay area to have met accuracy and performance standards for real-time transit information.
  
  
• WestCAT has a very loyal and stable workforce.
  
  
• 43 of 63 drivers have over 5 years seniority 1 driver over 30 years seniority.
  5 drivers over 20 years seniority.
  18 drivers over 10 years seniority.
  
  
• The Contractor's Manager, Asst. Manager & Payroll clerk each have 25+ years seniority.

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