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HIA Archive : MacArthur BART Transit Village
The City of Oakland, BART and the MacArthur Citizens Planning Committee have
been working to develop the MacArthur BART station area. The proposed MacArthur Transit Village will build mixed-use development on the transit station parking lot.
MacArthur Transit Village project was presented in October 2006 at the MacArthur BART Citizen’s Planning Committee Meeting. This HIA was conducted to evaluate the health effects of the proposed project by the UC Berkeley Health Impact Group with the goal of being submitted to the Citizen’s Planning Committee and other public agencies. A parallel environmental impact report (EIR) was being conducted by the City of Oakland as mandated by the state’s CEQA law. Plans for the Transit Village include: multi-family housing, retail and community space, community and retail parking, and renovations to public infrastructure.
This HIA entailed a review of literature and planning documents, field visits, interviews with key stake-holders, content experts, area residents, and business people. Quantitative modeling was conducted using secondary data and health-effects forecasting tools.
Pathways of interest included: Affordable housing, employment opportunities, transportation access, physical activity, access to parks and greenspace, pedestrian safety, noise, air quality, and social cohesion
The project would affect 600 persons and families who rent or buy housing units, including many who are in low SES bracket. Models showed that residents near the rail line may experience disturbed sleep, increased cancer risk from freeway emissions. There may be improved social interaction, and increased physical activity due to the project. Quantitative analysis suggests there would be one extra pedestrian injury or death per 3.25 years. Lastly, there may be increased rental-housing supply for low-income families.
Recommendations for project improvement include: unbundle parking from housing unit sales, add bicycle parking; connect project to local bike network, recruit full-service grocery store, add pedestrian safety improvements, and use building materials and ventilation systems to reduce allergens and toxic exposures.
Updated 06/23/2009
* The HIA-CLIC website and this summary were developed by the UCLA Health Impact Assessment (UCLA-HIA) Project with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Every effort has been made to ensure that these summaries are factually accurate. HIA authors have been given an opportunity to review summaries before posting. HIA authors may notify us of any factual inaccuracies or updates by filling out a Request for Update form (click for pop-up form).
** Readers interested in more detail, including literature citations, for the background summarized here are encouraged to view the full HIA report (see external link above), or to review the relevant Pathway section of HIA-CLIC.
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