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For purposes of discussions relative to Tri Delta Transit service, EastCounty is distinguished into four sub areas:North of Highway 4. The northwestern portion of the service areaincludes the mature neighborhoods of Pittsburg, Antioch and Bay Pointeast to Hillcrest Avenue. This area contains the oldest urbanizeddistricts in Contra Costa County, including downtown Pittsburg,downtown Antioch, and Shore Acres in Bay Point. Most higher densityresidential neighborhoods in East County are located along theHighway 4 corridor. Current and planned future development focuseson in-fill residential housing, commercial revitalization, and reuse ofobsolete industrial properties. These functions will moderately increaseDensity of population and jobs in the area and are projected toincrease moderately during the next decade, helping improveproductivity of existing fixed route service.South of Highway 4. Beginning in the 1970’s low and medium densityneighborhoods began to form south of Highway 4 in Antioch andPittsburg. Most of this development is generally north of James DonlonDrive and Buchanan Road. Somersville Towne Center (formerly CountyEast Mall) is the major regional shopping center in East County, and islocated south of Highway 4 at the Somersville Road interchange. EastLeland Road between Somersville and Loveridge Road functions as afocus for transit routes due to the large number of activity centers,including Los Medanos College, County Social Services, PittsburgHealth Center and Somersville Towne Center.Single-family houses dominate the housing stock in Antioch andPittsburg, but there are also a significant number of multifamilyhousing complexes on major streets including Sycamore Drive inAntioch and East and West Leland Roads in Pittsburg. Tri Delta Transitfixed routes cover this area better than most areas dominated by acurvilinear street system, due to the presence of suitable collectorstreets. Transit coverage is more limited in these areas thanneighborhoods with grid street networks due to the lack ofthroughways.Moderate levels of population and employment growth are forecast inthe area bounded by Railroad, Buchanan and Loveridge Roads andHighway 4 in Pittsburg, as well as in the commercial area surroundingthe Somersville Road interchange at Highway 4 in Antioch.Brentwood/Oakley. Rapid suburban growth has overtaken thispreviously rural area of East Contra Costa County since the 1980’s,replacing a large percentage of the area’s agricultural land. Residentialand institutional growth west of Highway 4 is gradually merging withthe rapid growth in southeast Antioch, except for areas designated asopen space. The area between Brentwood and Antioch is projected toexperience very rapid population growth during the next few decades,along with more modest employment growth. Community expectationsare that Tri Delta Transit should serve this area in the short-rangefuture, although the effectiveness of conventional fixed route service isuncertain due to the low density and demographics of the area.5