![]() ![]() ![]() The Berkeley-El Cerrito Corridor Access Team We are pleased to announce that the plan has been finalized and is available on our website at It will be used by BART, El Cerrito, Berkeley, and other agencies to implement recommended strategies that help riders access BART. The City and BART staff would like to thank everyone who expressed interest in and provided feedback during the Berkeley-El Cerrito Corridor Access Plan process. The Corridor Access Plan will help BART and its partner cities ensure riders can access BART when housing is built on the El Cerrito Plaza, North Berkeley, and Ashby BART parking lots. For more background information, visit /, In 2021, BART launched the Berkeley – El Cerrito Corridor Access Plan (Corridor Access Plan) engagement process to seek community feedback for future access strategies to and from BART and other transit along the corridor between El Cerrito Plaza and Ashby stations. ![]() To learn more, please visit BART’s website at BART’s Berkeley-El Cerrito Corridor Access Plan (BECCAP) With both a developer on board and grant funding to continue to work on parking and circulation, City staff and BART will host numerous community engagement and input opportunities.Īn opportunity for a new community library at the El Cerrito Plaza Station Transit-Oriented Development is also being explored as part of this process and more details will be made available at The City and BART are also continuously updating a list of Frequently Asked Questions here. BART also received State and Federal grant funding to study/identify parking and transportation strategies to enhance station access in addition to the parking studies undertaken by the City. During the predevelopment process, the development team and City will study the feasibility of including a new library at the site (City Council Resolution 2016-68 and Resolution 2019-66). This project will integrate community benefits and amenities for El Cerrito including affordable housing, public open space and art, and multimodal transportation infrastructure improvements. On Novemthe BART Board selected the development team - Holliday Development, Related California and Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA) - to advance development at El Cerrito Plaza BART and entered into a Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA). The preliminary community input received was used to develop TOD Goals & Objectives as the guiding vision for El Cerrito Plaza Station.In January 2020 the BART Board of Directors authorized staff to proceed with the next phase of this project which included a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to identify a development team that was released in July 2020. In 2019, BART kicked off a series of community engagement and City Council meetings to discuss TOD at El Cerrito Plaza Station. ![]() You can also view BART’s Transit-Oriented Development Work Plan here.įor additional information, please visit El Cerrito Plaza BART Station BART’s systemwide goal is to produce 20,000 homes with 35% earmarked as affordable on its properties by 2040.Ī brochure describing AB 2923 and how it affects BART’s TOD Program may be downloaded here. This legislation is intended to create new housing opportunities near transit in order to support California’s housing and climate crisis. On September 30, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2923 to allow for development streamlining and TOD standards for BART located property within ½ mile of stations in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties. Assembly Bill 2923 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District: Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) ![]()
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