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BQ.'IG? <br />T, ff <br />BRT will Better Serve <br />Low-income and Transit- <br />Dependent <br />ransitDependent Populations <br />in the Project Corridor <br />• The proposed project corridor <br />is primarily an inner city route <br />that serves densely populated <br />neighborhoods. <br />• About 40% of the total population <br />and over half of the total employment <br />population in Berkeley, Oakland, and <br />San Leandro lies within the corridor <br />— 23% of the households in the <br />corridor do not have a car. <br />• Reduced accessibility to jobs and <br />other activities limits individual <br />opportunities. <br />• By improving access to important <br />employment and educational centers <br />in the East Bay, the BRT project will <br />improve access to employment, <br />education and shopping. <br />:ik+4t,3 <br />E � •E <br />awii Iy�i1F.Fk1.xbINtMTIO+r �+�Y�..�-,nf.l0.q <br />/�� A('Yru'NrfaJ R,ylY.yrl <br />r INr <br />4MV }fie,',~ <br />S t <br />,arra ry,Nrrse.,s :;,+a.aaa�v <br />v Afiruu�! u!r„frvv�i <br />0 <br />Low Income Population <br />in BRT Corridor <br />22% of the corridor population is <br />low income <br />Minority Population <br />in BRT Corridor <br />Ethnic minorities make up almost <br />76% of the population along the <br />corridor <br />Transit Dependent Population <br />in SRT Corridor <br />In some areas, such as in central <br />Oakland, 49% of households do not <br />have a car <br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 <br />