FINAL REPORT
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EXISTING AND FUTURE CONDITIONS
The study area spans the I-80 corridor from the Solano/Yolo County border at Dixon through western Contra Costa and northern Alameda counties, to downtown San Francisco. The cities included in the corridor are Dixon, Vacaville, Fairfield, Suisun City, Benicia, Martinez, Hercules, Pinole, San Pablo, Richmond, El Cerrito, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, downtown Oakland, and downtown San Francisco. Unincorporated county areas are also included. Figure 1 presents the geographical boundaries of the I-80 corridor study area. For illustrative purposes, Sacramento also is shown in Figure 1. This section on study area conditions provides information that is key to understanding the current situation as well as the factors affecting the corridor’s future viability. Topics covered are: A. Population B. Employment density C. Traffic volumes D. Transportation services E. Travel patterns F. Transportation improvement projects G. Rail assets and constraints The section concludes with a summary of conditions.
CONTRA COSTA-SOLANO RAIL STUDY
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