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Existing Conditions 3 <br />3-5 <br />Figure 3-4 depicts Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s (MTC’s) <br />Communities of Concern (COC) locations. Eight variables are used to map <br />COC. These are Minority, Low-Income, Level of English Proficiency, Elderly, <br />Zero-Vehicle Households, Single Parent Households, Disabled and Rent- <br />Burdened Households. Thresholds are established for each of these variables. <br />If a particular census tract exceeds both threshold values for Low-Income <br />and Minority shares OR exceeds the threshold value for Low-Income AND also <br />exceeds the threshold values for three or more variables, it is a Community of <br />Concern. It can be observed that many communities in the project area are <br />COC, including most of the City of Oakland Communities. <br />Often families below poverty level or that are in a COC have limited means <br />of transportation and are therefore more dependent on walking and biking <br />as a means of commuting to work or making local trips such as to drug <br />stores, grocery stores and other daily needs. These places connected by the <br />potential Trail are explained in detail under segment descriptions in Chapter <br />4 Segment Analysis. There are also industrial and high employment areas in <br />the western end of the project area. A trail connection to this area could <br />increase the connectivity and might help with alleviating poverty from these <br />areas. Also, connecting two major regional assets, such as the Chabot Park <br />and the San Francisco Bay Trail, could spur economic development in the <br />areas that are in need of revitalization. <br />FIGURE 3-4: MTC COMMUNITIES OF CONCERN LOCATIONS <br />41