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represents an opportunity to include the potential commute and business hour traffic flows to and from Bayfair BART, and the interactions with any development within the TOD. The proposed vision for the Fairmont-Halcyon corridors appear to suit the desired transportation modes in and out of the TOD study area well. • I would like to see an extended Halcyon corridor mentioned in the TOD as a note or annex, and the associated diagrams updated accordingly. 2. AC Transit BRT - Extension from San Leandro BART to Bayfair The AC Transit East Bay BRT project, as currently envisioned, runs from Downtown Oakland to a southern terminus at the San Leandro BART station. This system will use hybrid-electric buses with onboard technology for automatic signal activation. An opportunity exists to couple the vision of the Bay Fair TOD to the existing San Leandro Downtown TOD, by linking the San Leandro and Bayfair BART stations using BRT. While the majority of the East Bay BRT runs down East 14th Street, continuing this route would result in heavy congestion in the narrow sections of East 14th south of Davis Street in San Leandro. The current BRT route design turns west on Davis Street, and terminates on San Leandro Avenue at the San Leandro BART. This puts the BRT within a few feet of the proposed East Bay Greenway, proposed for construction on the dormant Union Pacific (formerly Western Pacific) Oakland Subdivision right-of-way, which passes adjacent to BOTH the San Leandro and Bayfair BART stations. • I would like the TOD vision to consider the possibility that in a rail-to-trail scenario, a single-lane, bi-directional BRT path could be constructed on the eastern portion of the Greenway, with a short double-lane passing area near 139th Ave. • A further opportunity might be to include a full BRT station with the passing lanes at 139th Ave., providing an additional transit opportunity to this mixed industrial/residential area. The single lane BRT could be planned for maximum separation and buffering from bicycle and pedestrian traffic on the Greenway, but the width of the railroad right-of-way in this area should allow ample space. Operationally, the distance of the BRT lane on the Greenway would be about 2.5 miles, and using in-bus electronic controls, buses could be scheduled to leave simultaneously from Bayfair and San Leandro BART, and hold at 139th Ave. for a synchronized meet and pass. The use of GPS location, V2I (Vehicle to Infrastructure) communication and PTC-type (Positive Transit/Train Control) technologies would assure operational safety. 37