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CHAPTER 2 VISION + PLANNING FRAMEWORK <br />Strengthen New Connections to BART <br />Connections to and from the BART station <br />for all users including transit riders, vehicles, <br />pedestrians and cyclists is important for the <br />long-term success of the surrounding retail <br />businesses and residential neighborhoods. <br />Existing and new routes should be used to <br />increase connectivity to and from BART. New <br />connections should prioritize pedestrian and <br />bike users. The Bay Fair TOD Plan recommends <br />better way -finding, new connections through <br />the Bayfair Center parcels and across the <br />Estudillo Canal, improved visual connections <br />from Hesperian Boulevard to the BART Station, <br />implementation of the East Bay Greenway and <br />new at -grade connections between the two <br />BART parcels, in coordination with Alameda <br />County and BART. <br />Example of BART wayfinding <br />The diagrammatic network of streets and <br />other connections shown here and elsewhere <br />in the Plan illustrates the Plan's vision, while <br />leaving flexibility for reasonable adjustments <br />during the creation of final development <br />plans, as long as the Plan's intent, standards <br />and guidelines are met. Similar to the final <br />land use mix being dictated by market forces, <br />the final street and connectivity network will <br />be partly driven by feasible plan phasing as <br />it relates to economic forces and property <br />ownership, especially during a transitional <br />period between the current retail operations <br />and final implementation of the Plan. <br />Example ofpedestrian-orientedretai/street <br />Example ofan off-streetpath similar to the future East <br />Bay Green way <br />33 <br />