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eBART is a 21-mile BART extension into East Contra Costa County. The extension will operate in the median of Highway 4 and will continue east toward Byron. The planning process is now in motion, and eBART is scheduled to be up and running by 2015.

The City of Pittsburg is developing a Specific Plan for the area surrounding the eBART station. Greenbelt Alliance is working with partners to promote the creation of a compact, walkable neighborhood around the station, with affordable homes, shops, and offices.

Overall, the plan is good -- where it promotes mixed-use development near the eBART station. On the eve of the project's approval, opponents attempted to strip four acres of homes near the station -- where the homes are needed most -- from the plan. But thanks to dedicated work from Greenbelt and our allies, the homes were saved and will be included as originally planned.

As of late October 2009, the eBART plan is approved! Read more about the approval here.

What You Can Do

• Get on the City's mailing list. Ask Leigha Schmidt, Assistant Planner with the City of Pittsburg Planning Department, to send you announcements regarding upcoming workshops on the Pittsburg eBART station area plan. Contact Leigha at (925) 252-4015 or by email. Also visit the City of Pittsburg’s website for updates.
  
  
• Email Greenbelt Alliance's East Bay Field Representative, Christina Wong, to receive updates on the project's progress.