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A Coordinated Local Bus, BRT and eBART/BART StrategyGiven the delays in eBART, the need for improved transfer facilitiesand additional park & ride space in Eastern Contra Costa County, aninterim approach may be called for. Low cost forms of Bus RapidTransit (BRT) need to be considered, both as a means of buildingfuture patronage for eBART and/or BART, but also to serve the manyportions of the Tri Delta Transit service area that will never be directlyserved by rail transit. Unlike rail, building a BRT network can beginalmost immediately, even with existing rolling stock.The extension of Highway 4 between Antioch and Brentwood (segment1 of the SR4 Bypass) opened recently, reducing travel times by 15-20minutes in each direction for both automobiles and buses. Given thisnew roadway, Route 300 could be restructured to provide much fasterservice on a new branch between Brentwood and Pittsburg/Bay PointBART during peak periods on 30-minute headways, and every 30minutes to Oakley. Midday and weekend service could operate every60 minutes to Oakley and Brentwood, respectively. The Brentwoodbranch should also stop in the vicinity of Highway 4 and Lone TreeWay, a large retail center and central to many residential areas insoutheastern Antioch, western Brentwood, and southern Oakley.An East Contra Costa BRT strategy should also connect BART, eBARTand local Tri Delta Transit routes at the existing BART station but alsofuture eBART/BART stations. Permanent transit centers and sufficientpark and ride capacity should be constructed at proposed and potentialeBART station locations. While eBART will not stop at SomersvilleRoad, Lone Tree Way and downtown Brentwood in the near future,these sites are extremely well located to serve as major transit hubs,and have areas available with the potential for transit-orienteddevelopment (TOD). This approach and its potential benefits arediscussed in Chapter 4, Bus Rapid Transit Options.On Board Survey ResultsTwo onboard surveys of Tri Delta Transit fixed route passengers wereconducted, the first in October-November 2006 and the second inFebruary 2007. The 2006 survey was specifically developed for theeBART study and Tri Delta Transit use. The February 2007 survey wassponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) andincluded 22 Bay Area transit systems. The MTC survey was intended toassist in developing Short Range Transit Plans by each Bay Area transitoperator.Tri Delta Transit/eBART SurveyA total of 1,522 on-board surveys were filled out and collected on TriDelta Transit vehicles between October 16, 2006 and the third week ofNovember 2006. The purpose of the survey was to collect base dataneeded to restructuring Tri Delta Transit fixed routes to coordinateservice with the proposed eBART line. Survey results also containuseful information for marketing purposes and profiles typical users ofTri Delta Transit.48