$39 million recommended affordable housing award includes bike and pedestrian upgrades around El Cerrito Plaza BART

Written By Janet Byron

Bike East Bay reports that California’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program has recommended a $39 million award for the El Cerrito Plaza BART "Parcel A South" affordable housing development, part of transit-oriented development plans for the station area. This award would include infrastructure construction funding for the following upgrades:

  • A half mile of east-west Class IV protected bicycle lanes on Central Avenue from San Pablo Avenue to Richmond Street

  • A half-mile of traffic-calmed bike boulevard on Lincoln Ave from San Pablo Avenue to Ashbury Avenue

  • A traffic-calmed bike boulevard on Lassen Street from Carlson Blvd to Belmont Avenue, west of the station area

  • Nearly a half-mile of sidewalk and pedestrian upgrades on Richmond Street

  • Five new bus boarding islands and shelters

The developer also worked with Bike East Bay to include $150,000 for a multiyear bike education program serving future residents of the development and others.

Janet Byron
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