By Public Transportation
San Leandro is also easy to access by public transportation. BART, or Bay Area Rapid Transit (http://www.bart.gov/), is a subway that connects San Francisco, SFO, Concord, Fremont and Pleasanton/Dublin with 2 stations San Leandro and Bayfair. San Leandro also has bus services that service thorughout the town.
By ship
San Leandro used to have its own ferry terminal near the San Leandro Marina, but due to low ridership, the ferry pier has been closed until further notice. The former ferry pier and building are currently under threat of demolition. The closest ferry terminals are in Oakland's Jack London Square and in Alameda, both can be accessed to San Leandro by car or bus. Ferry services also take riders to San Francisco and Sausalito.
By bus
San Leandro is linked to Bay Area cities by bus services and has its own local bus services, Flex Shuttle and LINKS linking parts of town to another.
By plane
San Leandro is only 5-20 minutes from the Oakland International Airport (http://www.flyoakland.com/) IATA: OAK and bus services and BART link San Leandro with the airport. San Francisco International Airport (http://www.flysfo.com) IATA: SFO is also accessible to San Leandro by BART and bus services and is about 25-30 minutes from San Leandro. San Jose International Airport (http://www.sjc.org) IATA: SJC is the least accessible to San Leandro, because BART doesn't go into San Jose, so access by car, bus or an expensive taxi ride are the only options, San Jose International Airport to San Leandro is 30-40 minutes.
By train
San Leandro is close to the Oakland Amtrak station and is accessible to San Leandro by BART or bus. (http://www.amtrakcaliforn...)
By bike
San Leandro's scenes and landscape is best seen by biking around the city and comes in handy in downtown rush hours, when streets are clogged by cars and buses. Miles and miles of bike lanes are found on practically every major street and residents enjoy biking in the city's parks and shoreline.
By car
San Leandro is easy to access by car, it is located by two major Bay Area freeways, Interstates 580 and 880. 580 leads to the Civic Center, Downtown, Bayfair Center and the BART station. The exits on 580 to San Leandro include, Grand Avenue/Downtown, 150th Avenue/Fairmont Drive, 164th Avenue/Miramar Avenue and Junction California State Route 238 to Hayward, when traveling westbound, the exits are, Carolyn Street/164th Avenue, Fairmont Drive/150th Avenue, Benedict Drive and Estudillo Avenue/Downtown. Exits on 880 are, Davis Street, Marina Blvd., Washington Avenue and Junction Interstate 238 to 580.
Other highways include Interstate 238, which begins in Castro Valley before arriving into San Leandro at the first exit. 238 connects 580 with 880 and vice versa. Also in San Leandro is an off-ramp to California State Route 238 to Hayward off 580. California State Route 185 is East 14th Street, which leads non-freeway traffic to either Oakland or Hayward. California State Route 112 is Davis Street, which begins in Downtown San Leandro before turning into California State Route 61 Doolittle Drive which leads to Alameda. 580 Eastbound leads people to Hayward, Stockton, Fresno and Los Angeles the latter which is via Interstate 5. 580 Westbound leads people to Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley, Sacramento via Interstate 80 and San Rafael. 880 Northbound leads people to Oakland, Downtown Oakland, Berkeley via Interstate 980 to 580 and San Francisco via Interstate 80. 880 Southbound leads to Hayward, San Jose and Santa Cruz the latter via California State Route 17.