tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235553090128691097.post6742103894706717532..comments2014-04-22T18:54:32.940-07:00Comments on Underperforming Asphalt: Emeryville, Food Trucks, and RedevelopmentSuburban Avengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03756275338393211512noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235553090128691097.post-58498417347261714792011-04-21T00:18:53.675-07:002011-04-21T00:18:53.675-07:00No comment on most of your Redevelopment Zone obse...No comment on most of your Redevelopment Zone observations... you're probably right. Though in the next few days Redevelopment money could be totally gone in California.<br />That shuttle, though, is not funded by RDA money:<br />At the Berkeley Urban Infill lecture #2 last week (yay see you tomorrow), one speaker was from TMG Enterprises. They developed (and still own) a large swath of Emeryville right by 80. She had me convinced they're pretty socially and environmentally conscious, as well as being a hopefully profitable developer.<br />As I understand it, TMG & other Emeryville businesses pay for the EmeryGoRound in its entirety. They have a non-profit set up to run it, check the website - emerygoround.com. If they didn't have it, (1) they'd have a hard time getting businesses/people there in the first place because there's no BART and limited AC Transit, (2) TMG wouldn't be able to convince their leasers to gradually give up parking spaces (as they're trying to do now, to add density by doing some infill - though 20 years ago it was apparently unbelievably dense for Emeryville), and (3) - don't quote me on this one I'm stretching to remember things now - they might not be eligible for some types of zoning that require the location to be "transit rich." The TMG partner is convinced that business-sponsored transportation is the only way to solve the last mile problem in places like Emeryville. Because as AC Transit is cutting service, the EmeryGoRound keeps, well, going round.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804624576190446917noreply@blogger.com