When you’re building a new BART station from the ground up, you might as well build transit-oriented development around it, affordable housing and all:
Housing on both sides of the station will be located within a quarter mile — or 10-minute walk — of Safeway, Target and Stoneridge mall. The developer may also consider establishing a Flexcar program on-site, to allow residents to rent vehicles.
The two-story BART station building will be constructed in the I-580 median and will connect via pedestrian bridges over the freeway to the mixed use projects in Pleasanton and Dublin.
Four-story parking garages for BART patrons will also be constructed on each of the Pleasanton and Dublin station-area properties.
Garages, eh? Shh…don’t tell the Sierra Club!
I kid. Seriously, though, this sounds pretty cool. Too many BART stations are surrounded by freeways and parking lots and other trappings of suburbia. Nice to see that they can adapt.
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