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The EAZ Transit Plan looks holistically beyond to the larger Dublin context. With important changes occurring through the middle of the city, the SR 161 spine stretching from the EAZ to the Bridge Street Corridor encompasses the majority of future development and commercial intensification in Dublin. Specifically, the plan looks at the role that COTA plays today in the Dublin area and considers a long-term progression of transit options that will adjust to development patterns and growth.

With the predominance of the automobile, short term solutions for transit include working with COTA to expand service within Dublin and the EAZ. COTA’s long-range plans identify the hospital area as a destination point and focus for future routes linking adjacent suburbs. Development of the EAZ will include the westward extension of routes as the employment center grows. With COTA’s system focusing on linear routes, key end

points or loops within the EAZ should be established and changed as major employers or other amenities are identified. The additional routes should be focused on providing greater access and choice for commuters.

As the EAZ and the entire SR 161 Corridor intensifies, greater effort should be made to focus on Dublin’s needs. Whether through COTA or a City-sponsored service, the establishment of a circulator route or primary transit spine should be established that will link key Dublin area businesses, amenities and destinations. Various options were considered that included both spine and circulator options. Based upon a proposed transit route in the Bridge Street Corridor Plan, the preferred planning option includes a primary transit spine that mirrors SR 161 along Perimeter Drive where most retail and employment nodes can be accessed. The spine would be considered in combination with a circulator